At the IIFA 2017 press conference, actress Katrina Kaif said, "Please leave Alia Bhatt for Varun Dhawan and Salman Khan for me." She said this after journalists asked Alia about working with Salman in a film. Further, when Alia told journalists to ask Salman about the film, he joked, "Trying to get remake rights of this film...called Papa The Great."