Mumbai, Jan. 31 -- Movie lovers got a pleasant surprise earlier this week when Sanjay Leela Bhansali announced the cast of his next film Love & War. The epic saga stars Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal in the lead, making it a casting coup. This project marks Vicky's first movie with the filmmaker whereas for Alia it is a reunion post the success of Gangubai Kathiawadi. For Ranbir and Sanjay, this is a long awaited chance to collaborate again after Saawariya. Things didn't work out when the actor was offered Baiju Bawra earlier. But this time Ranbir loved the script and came on board. However, there were conditions applied.

This is because Ranbir collaborated with SLB for his debut film Saawariya and knows how the filmmaker wo...