Alaya F made her Bollywood debut with Saif Ali Khan and Tabu starrer Jawaani Jaanemann in 2020. Despite being just one film old, she has managed to make several headlines for her rumoured relationship with Aaishvary Thackeray. Now recently, during an interview with ETimes, Alaya has refuted rumour of dating Aaishvary Thackeray. She said that Aaishvary is a very good friend of her. “I know it is a cliche thing to say, but we are very good family friends. Our moms know each other, my grandad knows his mom, we have known each other for a very long time,” she added.
Alaya further stated that now when the media notices a photo of them together they assume that something is going on between them. She also said that they have been doing acting classes for a very long time, and also go to dancing classes together. “That’s why we are bound to click together; I find him to be quite funny,” she added. When asked if she feels embarrassed and awkward when they get clicked together by the paps, she said she takes it as a big compliment. She also said that she is just one-film-old, and the shutterbugs are technically supporting her and pushing her out there, so, she just smiles and let it go. “I think it is fine; people take all these things too seriously. We went for acting classes together, someone clicked us and they want to make stories now, good for them!” Alaya explained.
Last year, Alaya fuelled speculation when she attended Aaishvary's birthday party in Dubai. Both Aaishvary and his mother, Smita Thackeray, shared glimpses from the party on social media. In her caption, Smita mentioned Alaya. In his own Instagram story from the party, Aaishvary tagged his mother and Alaya, and added a red heart emoji. In January, he was spotted attending the premiere of Alaya’s debut Bollywood film, Jawaani Jaaneman. Alaya had shared pictures with Aaishvary from her 22nd birthday party.