Alia Bhatt finalised opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Aanand L Rai's film? This photo indicates so

Alia Bhatt and Shah Rukh Khan's chemistry in Dear Zindagi was phenomenal and it looks like the audience will get to witness that chemistry once again in Aanand L Rai's next. A photo has been doing the round that hints that Alia has been finalised for Shah Rukh's next.

Speculations were rife that Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, and Katrina Kaif were approached for the female lead role opposite Shah Rukh in director Aanand's next. However, now it appears that Alia has raced ahead of all the leading actresses.

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A photo, posted by the @oomf__X user on Twitter, shows Shah Rukh with director Aanand and a woman, who looks like Alia, at Dubai airport. Shah Rukh and Aanand were on their way back to India from Dubai. So does that mean Alia has been finalised for the project? While the photo hints at that we will wait for the makers to make an official announcement regarding the leading lady of the film.

Meanwhile, Alia was in news recently for turning down Thugs of Hindostan, which features Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan in the lead role. Reports suggest that Aamir personally requested Alia to be a part of the film, but she rejected the offer.

"Alia would love to work with Aamir. Who wouldn't? But not in a film where the heroine has so little to do. The heroine's role in Thugs Of Hindostan is underdeveloped and undernourished. In fact, Hrithik Roshan (earlier considered for the film) told Adi Chopra that the girl's role needs to be reworked and Adi agreed. But in the minute Aamir showed interest in the project, Hrithik was dropped and the heroine's role remained the same," an insider close to the development told Deccan Chronicle.