Karan Johar recommends SLB to Alia Bhatt

On Saturday 3rd November, Shah Rukh Khan held a grand Diwali bash for his closest friends in the industry, amongst them were Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Reported on The Asian Age, it’s said a guest nearby overheard Johar recommend Bhansali to Bhatt when the trio were chatting, saying she “must work with the greatest director amongst us”. This surprised the guest as they saw Bhansali smile and hug Johar, “There seems to be a mutually respectful bond and a whole lot of affection between Bhansali and Johar. The earlier animosity has been washed away,” said the onlooker.

However Bhatt and Bhasali are not strangers to each other as the ‘Dear Zindagi’ (2017) actress has been seen visiting the director’s office twice. Through the advise of the ‘Padmavaat’ (2018) director, Bhatt has sought Katthak dance lessons from by maestro Birju Maharaj for her next in Johar’s ‘Kalank’, “Mr Bhansali suggested to Alia that she contact Birju Maharaj whom he knows very well. She immediately took his advice so that her Indian classical dancing would match Madhuri Dixit’s expert moves in Kalank. No, they don’t dance together. But they perform classical dances in two different sequences,” says a source.