Alia-Ranbir were going to debut together: Bhansali wanted to make the film Balika Vadhu with both of them, did Alia's look test at the age of 11

Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's love story has an old connection with Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Both of them first met on the sets of Bhansali's film Black. Alia had come to audition for the film, where she met Ranbir. Ranbir was working as an assistant director in this film. Since then Alia started liking him.

Seeing both of them together, Bhansali wanted to make a film with them. The title of the film was Balika Vadhu and it was based on the subject of child marriage.

Ranbir-Alia met for the first time on Sanjay Leela's film sets

Alia had revealed in the show Koffee with Karan in 2013 that Ranbir was her crush since the age of 11. Alia met Ranbir on the sets of the film Black. Rani Mukherjee was in the lead role in the film and Alia had gone to audition for the role of Young Rani. However, he was not selected in this film.

After not being selected, Sanjay Leela had told the casting director that he would definitely cast Alia in some future film. He immediately made a plan to take Alia's look test from the future project. Sanjay Leela asked him to dance on the song 'Dola Re Dola'. Everyone including the director liked his dance very much.

After this Sanjay Leela asked Alia to get some great pictures clicked with Ranbir. The director had asked Alia to keep her head on Ranbir's shoulder, but she refused. The reason was that he was ashamed to do so. At first she refused, but after some time Alia placed her head on Ranbir's shoulder and this beautiful picture was captured by Sanjay Leela in the camera.

The director had mentioned all these things during the promotion of 'Gangubai Kathiawadi'. He had sent this picture to Alia as a gift on her birthday.

Ranbir and Alia's first picture together.

Ranbir-Alia were to debut together

During an awards function in 2017, Alia and Ranbir had revealed that both were going to debut together. Sanjay Leela was going to make the film Balika Vadhu with both of them. For this reason, he got the photo of both of them clicked for look test.

Sanjay Leela has a huge contribution in shaping the career of both of them. Ranbir made his debut with the film Saawariya made under his direction. At the same time, Bhansali's 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' proved to be the turning point of Alia's career.

In the coming days, Alia and Ranbir are going to be seen in Bhansali's film Love and War. The official announcement of the film has been done. This is going to be a modern love story. Along with both, Vicky Kaushal will also be seen in an important role. Giving confirmation on the film, Vicky Kaushal has said that the film will be released on the occasion of Christmas next year.