India, March 18 -- Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali has directed actors like Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Alia Bhatt, and others in his films. Recently, during an interview with Komal Nahta for his podcast Game Changers, the filmmaker chose Alia over Deepika. Soon after, an old video of Deepika claiming to be Imtiaz's favourite resurfaced online.

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During the rapid-fire round, when Imtiaz was asked to choose between Deepika and Alia, he chose Alia. Following this, Reddit users dug up an old Film Companion interview featuring Deepika, in which she stated that she and Imtiaz were each other's favourites. Interestingl...