Director Shakun Batra's upcoming venture "Kapoor And Sons", starring Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan and Sidharth Malhotra, is slated to hit theatres on March 18 next year.

The romantic drama is produced by filmmaker Karan Johar and will see Alia and Sidharth sharing screen space again post their debut film "Student of the Year".

The 43-year-old filmmaker took to micro-blogging website to announce the release date of the film.


"#KapoorAndSons...starring @S1dharthM @_fawadakhan_ @aliaa08 AND @chintskap directed by @shakunbatra releases 18th March,2016," Johar tweeted.

"Excited" Alia too took to Twitter to announce the release date: " #KapoorAndSons releases on the 18th of March 2016!!! @shakunbatra @karanjohar @S1dharthM @_fawadakhan_ @chintskap Wohoooo can't wait".