Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor started dating in 2017, during the shoot of their first movie together, ‘Brahmastra’. However, here’s why filmmaker, Ayan Mukerji felt that they ruined his film.

As Ayan Mukherjee’s film took a long time in making, Ranbir and Alia’s love blossomed, but the director was a worried man. Ayan, in fact, asked the couple not to step out together as he felt they were ‘ruining’ his film. “To be honest when we started our film, I thought this is the best casting — Ranbir and Alia, powerhouses. It was just too good,” Ayan remarked during the poster launch of Brahmastra.

“Then Ranbir and Alia became very good friends, then very very very good friends in life, then more than friends. So then I didn’t want the whole world to see them for these 4 years. I didn’t want anyone to see them till my film had come out. So, lots of things haven’t happened in their lives because every time they went out together, I would be sitting at the back saying ‘you all are ruining my film. Please don’t go anywhere.’ It feels good now that we can share them,” says Ayan.

Apart from these two, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna are also playing an important role in Brahmastra. For the unversed, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor’s first film together, Brahmastra will release on September 9, 2022. Brahmastra, the first part of a trilogy, is inspired by Indian mythology and tells the tale of Shiva’s (Ranbir) journey of discovering the great power within. The much-delayed film will release next year.