Actor Ranbir Kapoor tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2021 joining a long list of Indian celebrities to contract the disease during the pandemic. These include Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Malaika Arora, Arjun Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Genelia Deshmukh Kriti Sanon and Baahubali director SS Rajamouli.