Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan starrer Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari has been released today and is getting love from all corners. Well, amid this, an ongoing rumours has started that the film was first offered to Alia Bhatt. However, director Shashank Khaitan has now set the record straight, dismissing the rumours entirely.

Speaking to Free Press Journal, director Shashank Khaitan said, “Alia was never offered this film, and this film was never supposed to be Dulhania (franchise). It was always written as Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari. I know Alia, and at the time when I was writing the film, I was very aware that she was not free for the next 2-3 years because of her work schedules."

He added, “So I, Varun, and Karan had been in touch with Alia on multiple other occasions, discussing

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