Because if he did say no to Love Aaj Kal, then Ranbir Kapoor is one lucky bloke. As the film heads towards being a critical and commercial disaster it comes to light that the role was originally written for Ranbir Kapoor.

However, Ranbir being Ranbir, was not in the mood.

Says a source, “Ranbir and Imtiaz have collaborated very successfully on two films Rockstar and Tamasha. Imtiaz was keen to do a third film with Ranbir and he wanted to do Love Aaj Kal 2 with Ranbir.”

The actor declined. Ranbir is busy with his best friend Ayan Mukerjee’s marathon sci-fi epic Bhahmastra and with Yash Raj Films’Shamshera.

A close friend reveals Ranbir’s association with Imtiaz is over.