9 Apr – British-Indian filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has denied rumours saying that she will be helming a movie starring Alia Bhatt for Disney. The filmmaker, most known for movies like "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Bride and Prejudice", took to Twitter to repost a link from a gossip outlet, which said that Alia will play the role of a princess from Indian history that is written by Paul Mayeda Berges and to be produced by movie giant Disney. She tweeted, "This is not true. Not sure where this started. The script is still in the works."
As for Alia's involvement in the project, she said, "Alia and I had a meeting about another project and I attended her charity gala recently." It is noted that Alia is currently busy filming the movie, "Jigra". She was last seen in the Netflix film, "Heart of Stone" and Karan Johar's "Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani".