Alia Bhatt took to social media on Tuesday to share a picture from the birthday celebrations of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. The photo also features Alia’s Love & War co-stars Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal.
In the photo all of them can be seen beaming at the camera, a cake is also seen in the frame. Alia captioned the post, “a quick break from night shoots to celebrate our director happy birthday magician sir (and happy 3 to our Gangu too) & lastly many many cheers and claps for @vickykaushal09 absolutely smashing the box office with chhaava!!! Chalo abhi party over … back to shoot.”
Bhansali celebrated his 62nd birthday on February 24. He will be helming Love & War, with Ranbir, Alia and Vicky in the lead. The film was announced earlier this year in January. It was scheduled to be released on Christmas 2025, but was pushed further to March 20, 2026.
Earlier speaking about the film Bhansali had said, “It’s a film that I am very excited about. It’s a very special film. It is not set in a particular period. There are no pillars, no costumes, no more horses. It’s a contemporary film and it’s different. The music is different, I am enjoying doing it. I have got wonderful actors. It’s a difficult film for me, so I’ll take a little time to make it properly, carefully.”