Updated On: 15 August, 2024 12:55 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
On the latest episode of Sit With Hitlist, Imtiaz Ali shares how he met Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt for the first time and ended up casting them in Rockstar and Highway

Imtiaz Ali narrates the story of casting Ranbir Kapoor in Rockstar in the latest Sit With Hitlist
You’d imagine a director reading out his script, beat by beat, to an actor. But what if we told you it was the other way around with Rockstar? In the latest episode of Mid-day’s Sit With Hitlist series, director Imtiaz Ali recalls how he had approached Ranbir Kapoor for a different film, but they ended up reviving his long-forgotten script that had done the rounds.
When Imtiaz was chatting with Ranbir, he said, “Sir, I’ve heard that you had a film where this guy says I want to become a musician…” Whatever Ranbir remembered from what he had heard, he narrated to Imtiaz.