Alia Bhatt first choice for Varun Dhawan starrer Coolie No 1 remake?

The first and according to insiders the “only” choice for Karisma Kapoor’s role in David Dhawan’s remake of his own movie Coolie No 1 was Alia Bhatt.

In fact, the entire project was re-formatted to suit Varun and Alia. But then, Alia is completely immersed in her work commitments until the end of the year.

More importantly, it was felt that the Alia-Varun pair must be rendered exclusive for the ‘Dulhaniya’ series. Says a source, “Karan Johar has produced two films Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya and Badrinath Ki Dulhaniya in the Dulhaniya series and the third is in pipeline. He would want to keep it exclusive.”