Real life romantic relationships between a film's male and female leads can be quite productive since the chemistry between their characters translates on screen more realistically and naturally. However, that wasn't the case with Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in 'Brahmastra'. At least that's what director Ayan Mukerji thinks. Ayan believes that Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor openly dating each other ruined his passion project 'Brahmastra'.

Apparently, Ayan wanted Alia and Ranbir to keep their relationship a secret untill the release of the film so that he could introduce them as a couple for the first time with 'Brahmastra'. However, the film took to long to complete and Alia and Ranbir's relationship became publically known.

Talking about this scenario, Ayan told Zoom, "To be honest, when we started our film, I thought this is the best casting- Ranbir and Alia, powerhouses. It was just too good. Then Ranbir and Alia became very good friends, then very very very good friends in life, then more than friends. So then, I didn't want the whole world to see them for these 4 years. I didn't want anyone to see them till my film had not come out. So, Lots of things haven’t happened in their lives because every time they went out together, I would be sitting at the back saying 'you all are ruining my film. Please don't go anywhere.' It feels good now that we can share them."