India, Oct. 2 -- In every frame of Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari that featured Janhvi Kapoor, I couldn't help but picture Alia Bhatt instead. Her early years gave us the breezy Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), followed by Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), both directed by Shashank Khaitan. Neither was flawless, but together they bottled the rush of young love, with Alia and Varun Dhawan's chemistry making them crackle onscreen. These are the kind of roles that were tailor made for both to them.

Watching SSKTK, I realised it is not just that Alia I miss, it is those films themselves... their innocent charm and the emotional pull.

Anyway, this one too is directed by Shashank. The story follows Sunny (Varun), left heartbroken when his girlfr...