Pakistan’s ‘Rockstar’ Ali Zafar invited Bollywood’s Siddharth Malhotra to Lahore for a tour of the old city, in an outright display of cross-border friendship and a bid to share each other’s culture.
The two enjoyed a night of food and some fun and Siddharth Malhotra posted the following picture:
Ali replied with:
Previously, the versatile Pakistani superstar took to social media website Twitter and in an informal chit chat first greeted the Ek Villain star who responded by saying he was busy shooting and travelling for work. “What’s up yo @S1dharthM,” tweeted Ali.
What's up yo @S1dharthM
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) January 22, 2016
“Hey Bro! Shooting, travelling, trying to make a good living @AliZafarsays,” responded Siddharth.
Hey Bro! Shooting, travelling, trying to make a good living 😉 @AliZafarsays
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) January 22, 2016
To this, Ali sent a video message to Siddharth suggesting shootings can continue but that he needed to take a break, and invited him to Old Lahore for “some great food” and “spicy time”.
@S1dharthM aajaaaaa pic.twitter.com/HFa86ekwGW
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) January 22, 2016
Ali’s kind gesture went down well with the Bollywood actor who appreciated the invitation and posted his response through a video message where he was running on a treadmill in a gym, and said he was tempted and building an appetite and “mein isi tarha bhagta hua aa raha hoon”.
@AliZafarsays Aa Raha Hoon Mein … pic.twitter.com/l7A6LrOoDT
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) January 22, 2016
This heartening and friendly cross-border twitter conversation culminated in Ali tweeting to Siddharth: “Isi tarha bhaagta hua aajaaaaa 😉 Waiting!”
Isi tarha bhaagta hua aajaaaaa 😉 Waiting! https://t.co/aewkfrODUO
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) January 22, 2016
Siddharth has just finished shooting for his next film, Kapoor and Sons, where he will sharing screen space with Pakistani superstar Fawad Khan and Alia Bhatt.