Two Years, Three Girls, One Dream: Alia, Katrina, Priyanka Share How 'Jee Le Zaraa' Happened

Jee Le Zaraa story: The big announcement on August 10 about the upcoming movie starring Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt took the internet by surprise.

The film titled Jee Le Zaraa will not only have three of the most popular faces in Bollywood, but it will also have Farhan Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Ritesh Sidhwani as its makers.

The film's announcement took place on the day when Excel Entertainment, Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's production banner, completed two decades in the movie-making business. The upcoming film starring the three popular female actors comes after Excel Entertainment's two iconic films made on a more or less similar genre -- friends on a trip. The first one was Dil Chahta Hai and the second one was Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. Barring the varying reviews of the two films, they both indeed define an era.

Jee Le Zaraa Story: Origin Of the film Told By Lead Actors

Celebrating the announcement of Jee Le Zaraa, the film's lead actors shared their personalised messages for each other along with a picture. Priyanka Chopra in a long caption mentioned the sisterhood she shares with Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt and her "musing about wanting to do another Hindi movie ASAP".

Chopra wrote that she wanted her next Bollywood film to be "different, cool, never been done before". She wrote, "I thought. The idea grew into a movie helmed by an all-female cast. There are not enough Hindi movies that are female multi-starrers."

That is when the actor called Katrina Kaif and Alia Bhatt or her words " my 2 real friends". The trio after deciding on the idea thought of the people who would help to make the film. They were the people at Excel Entertainment and Tiger Baby Films -- Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti.

"It just so happened that Farhan was working on a female road trip movie at the same time! Talk about all the stars aligning!!" Priyanka Chopra wrote.
She added, "This one is to sisterhood… to friendship and to breaking the mould!! Can’t wait to get on the road with Aloo and Katty. My heart’s smiling."

Alia Bhatt in her caption wrote that the female leads of Jee Le Zaraa came up with the same dream 2 years ago and the group of four filmmakers made it happen. She wrote, "There was only one place to go to make that dream come true; to 4 of the funnest dream-makers and storytellers in the business @faroutakhtar @zoieakhtar @reemakagti1 @ritesh_sid"

Katrina Kaif also posted the picture on her social media and wrote, "This makes my heart smile ❤️ I just love these girls and being around each other is just too much fun always - combine that with a great script , awesome director , and a road trip and a 🎥 and the sky’s the limit 🤩" Read More here