"Shaandaar" is scheduled to release coinciding with Dussehra next month.
"'Gulabo..' was the first song that Shahid and I had to do. I was damn nervous dancing with him. I had to have at least 10 per cent of his energy. He has 100 per cent. I rehearsed a lot. I did work hard a lot," Alia told reporters here at a promotional event of the Vikas Bahl-directed film.
"I cried also for this, for getting such (hard) steps. But Shahid helped me a lot," she said.
Shahid said he faced a lot of competition from his 22-year-old co-star as she would be rehearsing while he was hanging out on the sets.
"Today's actors are 'shana' (smart). We usually used to hang out everyday after the shoot. I got to know that Alia used to rehearse. As she wanted to get better than me. There was competition for it."
Both the actors broke into a jig in front of media at the event.
It is for the first time that Shahid, 34, and Alia have teamed up for a film and their on-screen chemistry in the movie's trailer has been largely appreciated.
Alia revealed she had a tough time doing a bikini scene in the film.
"It (temperature) was minus two and I was doing this scene. I was not comfortable. I was freezing," she added.
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