Within a span of three years, Bobby Deol locked horns with both Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. First, he played the chief antagonist in Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s 2023 blockbuster family crime drama ‘Animal’, headlined by Ranbir Kapoor. He’ll next be seen as the main villain in Shiv Rawail’s spy thriller ‘Alpha’, starring Alia Bhatt.
But Bobby maintained that the antagonism is limited to the films, clearing the air on the rumours that all didn’t go down well between him and Alia on the sets of the latter.
“A friend also shared a snapshot of that with me. I was so shocked. People are so ‘vella’ that they say anything,” said Bobby, laughing. “After I did ‘Animal’ with Ranbir, I was offered a film with Alia. I thought, ‘What’s happening? How come I’m getting to work with two of my favourites?’” he added, claiming that even though he’d fond of the couple, they don’t end up meeting that often.
He added, “First of all, she’s such a good actor. She’s a professional and so hardworking. She was so prepared in her fight sequences,” Bobby lauded Alia on ‘Aap Ki Adalat’, implying that there was no reason for him to have an unpleasant experience with her on set. “They even said that Bobby was so upset that Aditya Chopra offered him another film.”
Aditya Chopra’s ‘Yash Raj Films’ is the producer of ‘Alpha’, which is a part of the ‘YRF Spy Universe’, that already consists of blockbusters like ‘Pathaan’ (2023), Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif-starrer franchise ‘Tiger’ and Hrithik Roshan-starrer ‘War’ franchise. Its next chapter is ‘Alpha’, which also stars Sharvari and Anil Kapoor among others. Marking the feature directorial debut of Rawail, who helmed YRF Entertainment’s 2023 period thriller show ‘The Railway Men’ on ‘Netflix India’, it’s slated to release in cinemas on July 3.