According to grapevine, Bollywood beauty Alia Bhatt reportedly turned down to be part of Akhil Akkineni's Tollywood debut. Apparently, the makers have approached Alia but she couldn't take the offer as she is quite busy with Hindi movies in pipeline. Also little birdie tells us that Alia is now seeing Sidharth Malhotra so making debut down the south might take some time for her.

Not just Akhil's debut, Alia has been the most sought-after actress for several Telugu heroes and directors post the success of Student of the Year, Highway. She was flooded with offers but she couldn't. With this, team Vinayak is now contemplating to rope in a new face opposite Akhil. If all goes well, the movie will be launched on the eve of Sankranthi grandly.