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ALIA BHATT is an India actress. The recipient of several accolades, including one National Award, five Filmfare Awards and three IIFA Awards. Bhatt is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. She has appeared in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2017.
She is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. She made her acting debut with Sangharsh, as a child artist in 1999. She played her first leading role in Karan Johar’s teen film STUDENT OF THE YEAR in 2012. She is one of the highest-paid actors of Bollywood who has won multiple awards for her film roles. She made a mark in the Hindi film industry with Highway, 2 States, Dear Zindagi and Gangubai Kathiawadi. She got married to Ranbir Kapoor.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACKGROUND OF ALIA BHATT
ALIA BHATT was born on 15 March 1993 in Mumbai, India. She was born into the Bhatt’s family to Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt and British actress Soni Razdan. Her father is of Gujarati descent and her mother is of Kashmiri Pandit and British German ancestry. She holds British citizenship. She has an elder sister, Shaheen, and two half-siblings, Pooja and Rahul Bhatt. Actor Emraan Hashmi and director Mohit Suri are her paternal cousins, while producer Mukesh Bhatt is her uncle. She was educated at the Jamnabai Narsee School but dropped out of her twelfth grade to pursue acting. Describing her childhood, Bhatt has said, “I had a rather grounded and modest upbringing. I didn’t get the pleasures that people assume I would’ve got because I am Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter.“
Growing up, she did not share a close bond with her father; Razdan has said that she raised her children mostly as a single parent as her husband did not take much interest in their lives. Bhatt has said that as a child, she “didn’t miss him as such because I did not really have him.“, adding that they developed a closer bond only when she became an actress.Alia Bhatt aspired to act from a young age, and has said that she first realised her interest while rehearsing for the school choir in kindergarten. She soon began dance lessons at Shiamak Davar’s institute.
Her first acting role was at age five in her father’s production venture SANGHARSH (1999), in which she briefly played the younger version of Preity Zinta’s character. Talking about her experience, she later remarked, “I don’t remember much of the shoot. I would go to the sets only for the food“. At age nine, she auditioned for a role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film BLACK (2005), but did not get the part. Three years later, Bhansali cast a then-12-year old Bhatt opposite a then-20-year old Ranbir Kapoor to make their debuts in his film Balika Vadhu, but the film was shelved.
PERSONAL LIFE OF ALIA
Alia Bhatt has frequently combated negative attention, including online trolling, for being a beneficiary of nepotism within the Hindi film industry. When all asked about how she deals with it, she has said, “Of course, I felt bad. But feeling bad is a small price to pay for the work that you are respected and loved for.” This criticism has extended to Johar, who often praises her publicly and casts her in most of his productions; their critics believe that this favouritism comes at the cost of opportunities for other actresses.
Johar defended his admiration of Bhatt by saying that he feels parental towards her.During an appearance on Johar’s talk show Koffee with Karan in 2014, Bhatt incorrectly named Prithviraj Chavan as the President of India. This led to widespread trolling of Bhatt’s IQ, which journalist Malavika Sangghvi described as an extension of the dumb blonde stereotype. Bhatt countered this by acting in a satirical YouTube video for All India Bakchod, named Alia Bhatt – Genius of the Year. Sangghvi noted that by making fun of herself, Bhatt had “managed to counter all her critics and, in fact, endear herself to them“.
Early in her career, Bhatt was reluctant to discuss her personal life, stating that she would never publicly talk about her relationships. Despite media speculation, she did not speak about dating actor Sidharth Malhotra, but spoke fondly about their bond in 2019, after they had broken up. In 2018, Ranbir Kapoor, her co-star in BRAHMĀSTRA, revealed that he and Bhatt were dating. They married on 14 April 2022 in a traditional Hindu ceremony at their apartment in Mumbai. On 6 November that year, she gave birth to their daughter. As of 2022, Bhatt lives primarily in Mumbai, and also has a home in London. In 2023, she called out two paparazzi photographers for invading her privacy by clicking pictures of her in her living room from an adjoining building.
MOVIE CAREER
After making her acting debut as a child in the 1999 thriller SANGHARSH, she played her first leading role in Karan Johar’s teen film Student Of The Year (2012). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing a kidnapping victim in the road drama Highway (2014), and went on to establish herself with starring roles in several romantic films produced by Johar’s studio Dharma Productions.
Alia Bhatt won four Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for playing a victim of drug abuse in the crime drama Udta Punjab (2016), an undercover spy in the thriller Raazi (2018), a possessive girlfriend in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), and the titular prostitute in the biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022). The last of these also earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress. She expanded to film production with the black comedy Darlings (2022), and had further commercial success in the fantasy film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022) and the romantic comedy Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023).
In addition to acting, Bhatt has launched her own sustainable clothing brand, Ed-a-Mamma, and an ecological initiative, CoExist. She supports various charities, and is an investor and prominent brand endorser. She has sung seven of her film songs, including the single “SAMJHAWAN UNPLUGGED” in 2014. Bhatt is married to the actor Ranbir Kapoor, with whom she has a daughter.
FILM AWARDS
Actress Alia Bhatt has received over 60 awards. She is the recipient of a National Film Award for Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), five Filmfare Awards: one Best Actress (Critics) for Highway (2014) and four Best Actress for the crime drama Udta Punjab (2016), the spy thriller Raazi (2018), the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), and the biographical crime drama Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022). In addition to that, she is also the recipient of a Filmfare OTT Award for the dark comedy Darlings (2022). Additional Filmfare nominations include: three Best Actress for Highway (2014), the coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi (2016), and the romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017); one Best Actress (Critics) for Raazi (2018); and another one for Best Female Debut for Student of the Year (2012).
Alia Bhatt was awarded the Screen Award and IIFA Award for Best Actress for Udta Punjab (2016), and won the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female for Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), Raazi (2018), Gully Boy (2019) and Darlings (2022), For Raazi (2018), she won a second Screen Award and second IIFA Award for Best Actress. She won her third Screen and IIFA Award for Best Actress Gully Boy (2019). For Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), she won a record-setting fourth IIFA Award for Best Actress, in addition to the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female (Critics). She also awarded the Best Actress of the Decade award at the Indian Television Academy Awards in 2022.
NET WORTH
Alia Bhatt is among the biggest superstars in the Hindi film industry, at the moment. Alia’s net worth has been estimated at Rs 517 crore, by the financial consultants Duff and Phelps. Here’s a breakdown of the same.Alia Bhatt charges around Rs 15-18 crore for a film, as per various industry sources. The actress starred in three of the biggest hits last year – RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi and BRAHMĀSTRA Part 1: Shiva. Alia is currently shooting for her Hollywood debut film HEART OF STONE co-starring Gal Gadot and the actress must have been paid a bomb for the same.
UPCOMING MOVIES OF ALIA BHATT
1. JIGRA From making her debut under Dharma banner to co-producing a movie with them – Alia Bhatt has come a long way. On Tuesday, Alia Bhatt announced her upcoming movie Jigra, which will be directed by Vasan Bala. The movie is produced by Dharma Productions and Alia’s own production company Eternal Sunshine production. The makers treated fans to an animated teaser of the film, which is slated to release in 2024. The teaser begins with a voiceover of Alia Bhatt where she takes an oath that she will protect someone from any kind of danger. Alia wrote an extensive caption. It read, “Presenting Jigra, directed by the extremely talented Vasa Bala and produced by Dharma movies & Eternal Sunshine Production. From debuting in a Dharma production to now producing a film with them, in many ways, it feels like coming full circle from where I started. Every day is a different day… exciting, challenging (and a little scary)… not just as an actor but also as a producer as we bring this film to life, and I CANNOT wait to share more as we move forward.“
2. ALIA BHATT IN AN AS SPY Agent After SHAHRUKH KHAN, SALMAN KHAN and HRITHIK ROSHAN Alia Bhatt make her debut as main female Spy Agent. Story written by Aditya Chopra and It will the 8th movie project of YRF SPY UNIVERSE.
3. BRAHMASTRA PART 2 DEV & 3 Ayan Mukerji’s BRAHMASTRA released in 2022 and was termed as one of the biggest Hindi hits of the year. The Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt film was the first part of a trilogy and ended with a cliffhanger. The first film was in the making for almost seven years but the audience will not have to wait that long for the next part. Ayan recently revealed that he will be shooting Part 2 and 3 simultaneously, but presently, the writing process is still underway.“We will make Brahmastra 2 and 3 together.
The truth is we are going to take a little bit of time to write it. I know there’s a lot of anticipation,” he shared at News 18 Rising India Summit 2023. He added, “People want the (second part of the film) film to come out. But first, we have to write it without compromising it. I think it will be about three years from now before we see Brahmastra 2 on the big screen.” Brahmastra 2 will tentatively release in 2026, as opposed to 2025, which Mukerji had previously said.Ayan was asked about the criticism that Brahmastra received, but instantly defended it with the “really good numbers” they did at the box office. “We did get some mixed reactions. We still did really good numbers. A lot of people accepted our film. It also did well when it came out on streaming,” he said, adding, “But, I still hear that criticism very clearly.”