Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 28, 2019)

Punit Malhotra’s Student Of The Year 2, which marks the acting debuts of Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria opposite Tiger Shroff, will now have one of the three original ‘students’, Alia Bhatt, on set. The 25-year-old actress is gearing up to shoot for her portion, a fun dance number, with Tiger next week.

The team has already begun prep for the shoot while rehearsals kick off early next week. A source close to the film reveals, “Farah Khan will be choreographing the song which only features Alia. The film’s team is figuring out ways to incorporate her co-stars from the first film, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, in the sequel. Both actors are expected to shoot their portions in the coming weeks too. Alia and Tiger’s song will be shot over one week on a grand set that is being put up at a suburban studio.”

Alia, who is currently in Switzerland, is also up for a long schedule of Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra with beau Ranbir Kapoor, that will go on till late March. In April, she kicks off Sadak 2 with Aditya Roy Kapur, Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt in Romania.