Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan were against Alia Bhatt being cast in Student of the Year

Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan appeared on a talk show recently where they opened up about their married life, career and more. However, the highlight of the show was when the host revealed that these two 'Students' were not in favour of Alia Bhatt as lead in Student of the Year (2012).

Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan's reaction to meeting Alia Bhatt for the first time

During the show, the host revealed that Sidharth and Varun, who had known each other from assistant director's days were against Alia being cast as lead in the film. He added that Sidharth and Varun sent him messages when they first met Alia and one of them called her "too young".

“I still remember with Alia, the first time that she walked in, how both of you sent me messages saying you can’t cast her. One of you said she is too young. I am saying it started like this but when we shot with her, three months post that for a photo shoot, I remember she stood quiet and didn’t look at either of you. Either she was conscious or shy because you all already knew me. She didn’t know me at all. We did the photo shoot, and right after that, I mean, I knew at the first shot."

The host then added that Varun was even showing him the photos of other actresses to replace Alia, but the director didn't listen to him and went ahead with the original casting.

More about Student Of The Year

The film marked the debut of Alia, Sidharth and Varun in the lead roles alongside Rishi Kapoor, Sana Saeed, Ronit Roy, Sahil Anand, Ram Kapoor and Farida Jalal in the supporting roles. The film became a success at the box office but received mixed reviews from the critics.