As Shashank Khaitan`s Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari hit the big screens today, October 2, 2025, the director recently got candid about his latest film as well as the cast. The film stars Varun Dhawan, Janhvi Kapoor, Rohit Saraf, and Sanya Malhotra in the lead roles. So far, Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari reviews have been laregly mixed from the critics and the audience.

Shashak Khaitan on offering the role to Alia Bhatt

During an interview with The Free Press Journal, he was asked about a rumour floating, which suggests that Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari was supposed to be made as Dulhania 3 and was offered to Alia Bhatt. Replying to the rumour,s he said, "Alia was never offered this film, and this film was never supposed to be Dulhania (franchise). It was always written as Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari. I know Alia, and at the time when I was writing the film, I was very aware that she was not free for the next 2-3 years because of her work schedules. So I, Varun, and Karan had been in touch with Alia on multiple other occasions, discussing different ideas, sometimes ideas to make a Dulhania, but this was never it."