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Alia Bhatt approached for S.S. Rajamouli’s Telugu film RRR

According to reports, Alia Bhatt has been approached to play one of the female leads in ace filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli’s next directorial venture RRR, which stars Jr. NTR and Ram Charan as male leads.

A source reveals that Bhatt was approached by the team of Rajamouli though Karan Johar who presented the Hindi versions of the director’s epics Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) and Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017). “Rajamouli’s team has approached Alia Bhatt through her mentor and godfather Karan Johar”.


Another source divulges that Alia has shown interest in the project and is trying to accommodate her dates for the same. “Alia will be tied up with promotions of her upcoming films and the shoot of Brahmastra in the next few months. At the moment, she is trying to figure out dates for the Rajamouli film after wrapping up ongoing commitments”.

If Alia gives her nod to star in the film, it will mark her debut in Tollywood.

Meanwhile, she is busy promoting her upcoming release Gully Boy, co-starring Ranveer Singh. It is scheduled to buzz into theatres on 14th February, 2019.

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