Ranbir Kapoor to romance Alia Bhatt in Ayan Mukerji's next

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt are the hottest actors in Bollywood today. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt have been roped in to play the lead roles in Ayan Mukerjee's next film to be produced by Karan Johar's "Dharma Productions". The film will go on floors from mid next year and is slated for release in December 23, 2016.

Karan Johar has confirmed the news on his Twitter page.

AYAN MUKERJI's next for Dharma productions is slated to begin mid next year and release December 23rd,2016. RANBIR KAPOOR and ALIA BHATT...

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) July 22, 2014

This is the first time Ranbir Kapoor will be sharing the screen space with Alia Bhatt. Ranbir has worked with his close friend Ayan earlier in Wake Up Sid (2009), and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013). 

There was a huge buzz that Ranbir will be playing a superhero in this project. Ranbir has cleared the air regarding his role in an interview to a leading tabloid. "I am excited to play the role of a superhero, but when we talk of superheroes, we just have one image — Spider-Man or Superman. But he (Ayan) isn’t writing a film along those lines. I think it’s a fantasy-based film, a mythological (based) in contemporary times. And it will have a boy who will have some form of superpowers. But right now, it’s too early to talk about it," says Ranbir.