India, Oct. 3 -- Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari director Shashank Khaitan has dismissed rumours that actor Alia Bhatt was first offered the film. Speaking with Free Press Journal, Shashank also refuted claims that the film was supposed to be made as Dulhania 3, part of the Dulhania franchise. Shashank had directed both Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014) and Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017). Both of them featured Varun Dhawan and Alia.

Shashank said that the film was "always written as", Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari. "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 t...