Alia Bhatt is eager to bankroll Ranbir Kapoor’s directorial debut: ‘I told him that if you don’t make me produce it, I’ll be very upset’

“We did discuss it. I actually told him that if you don’t make me produce it, I’ll be very upset! I told him if you don’t want to take me as an actor, that’s totally fine. He told me, ‘No no, I need you, you’re a tyrant,’” the Gangubai Kathiawadi actor smiled to say.

Alia Bhatt also went on to share that more than anything, she would be a ‘creative producer’ and will give inputs at the writing stage.

In an earlier interview, Ranbir Kapoor spoke about his desire to direct a film. “During the lockdown, I wrote a story, which I liked very much. But I don’t have that skill to go and share that story with people and make a film with them. But yes, direction is more on my wish list than production. Well, my wife is a producer and is a very good producer, so maybe she can produce my film,” he told Filmibeat.

On the work front, Ranbir Kapoor’s Shamshera released on Friday but failed to make a mark at the box office. Alia Bhatt’s Darlings, co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, will start streaming on Netflix from August 5.