Punit Malhotra talks about the song that hooks up his leading man with KJo’s former student
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; April 27, 2019)

Mirror was the first to report (February 28) that Alia Bhatt will be making a special appearance in a fun song with Tiger Shroff for Punit Malhotra’s upcoming campus romance, Student Of The Year 2. “The Hook-Up Song”, choreographed by Farah Khan, was shot over four days at Mehboob studio.

“Alia and Tiger look amazing together, their chemistry is sizzling,” raved Punit, saying they always wanted to tie-up with a student from Karan Johar’s 2012 film which had launched Alia, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. “Since we have Tiger it made sense to get Alia who was gracious despite being such a huge star. I haven’t seen anyone work so hard, I’m her fan.”

Punit admitted that Farah’s dance steps were difficult, and the actress ended up with a few bruises, but she refused to give up and despite juggling a couple of films, returned to the set every day, joking that she hasn’t done so much action in her films. “The song is a trump card which we saved for the end. Tiger will kill me for saying this, but Alia has danced better than him,” Punit laughed, adding that the colours of the clothes and the set are neon. “I call it a leap of faith, it’s a fun space to be in,” Punit adds, all praise for Farah.

Can we expect special appearances from Varun and Sid in his film? “Honestly no they are not in it,” he laughed, adding evasively, “But fingers crossed something could happen soon.”