Actress Alia Bhatt says that she wants to work with tremendous director Mani Ratnam. On trying her hands in Regional cinema, Alia said, 'My dad Mahesh Bhatt encourage me to work in Regional Cinema. He said, I should work in Bengali films. I always wanteed to work with Mani Ratnam, so maybe I should turn to South Indian Films and work with Mani Sir'. According to reports Dulquer Salmaan will be seen along with Alia Bhatt in O Kadhal Kanmani. Another report said that Mani Ratman wants to cast Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt in it's Hindi Remake, but when things did not worked out, then he took Dulquer Salmaan and Nitya Menon and made Tamil film.