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Alia Bhatt
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Bhatt at the 2022 Berlinale
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| Born | 15 March 1993 Bombay, India
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| Citizenship | UK (from mother) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2012–present |
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| Children | 1 |
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Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993) is a British actress with Indian roots. She is famous for her work in Hindi films. Alia is known for playing strong female characters in tough situations.
She has won many awards, including a National Film Award and six Filmfare Awards. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Time magazine honored her with the Time100 Impact Award in 2022. In 2024, they named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Alia was born into the Bhatt family. Her father is filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, and her mother is actress Soni Razdan. She first acted as a child in the 1999 film Sangharsh. Her first main role was in Karan Johar's teen movie Student of the Year (2012).
She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for her role in Highway (2014). She became a top actress with many romantic films from Johar's studio, Dharma Productions. She also won a National Film Award for Best Actress for her work.
Alia started her own film production company, Eternal Sunshine Productions, in 2019. She had big successes with the fantasy film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (2022) and the romantic comedy Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). For the latter, she won her fifth Best Actress award at Filmfare, tying a record.
Besides acting, Alia supports many charities. She is also an investor and promotes many brands. In 2017, she started CoExist, an initiative for animal welfare. In 2022, she launched Ed-a-Mamma, a clothing brand that focuses on sustainable fashion. She has also sung eight songs for her films. She is married to actor Ranbir Kapoor, and they have a daughter.
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Alia Bhatt's Early Life
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Alia Bhatt was born on March 15, 1993. Her father is Indian film director Mahesh Bhatt. Her mother is actress Soni Razdan. Her father is from the Gujarati community. Her mother has Kashmiri Pandit and British German family roots. Alia holds British citizenship.
She has an older sister named Shaheen. She also has two half-siblings, Pooja and Rahul Bhatt. Famous actors and directors like Emraan Hashmi and Mohit Suri are her cousins. Producer Mukesh Bhatt is her uncle. Alia went to Jamnabai Narsee School. She left school in the twelfth grade to focus on acting.
Alia has said her childhood was very normal and modest. She did not get special treatment just because she was Mahesh Bhatt's daughter. Her mother raised her and her sister mostly on her own. Alia has said she became closer to her father after she started acting.
Alia wanted to be an actress from a young age. She realized this when she was in kindergarten, rehearsing for the school choir. She started taking dance lessons at Shiamak Davar's institute. Her first acting role was at age five in her father's film Sangharsh (1999). She played a younger version of another character.
She auditioned for a role in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Black (2005) when she was nine. She did not get the part. Three years later, Bhansali planned to launch Alia and Ranbir Kapoor in a film called Balika Vadhu. However, that film was never made.
Alia Bhatt's Career Journey
Starting Out in Films (2012–2015)
Alia got her first main role in 2012. It was in Karan Johar's teen film Student of the Year. She starred alongside new actors Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. Alia auditioned with 500 other girls and was chosen after losing weight for the role. She played a stylish teenager in a love triangle. The film was a big success at the box office.
Alia wanted to play more challenging roles after Student of the Year. She found one in Imtiaz Ali's road film Highway (2014). She played a rich young woman who is kidnapped. She learned to speak better Hindi for the role. Alia found the emotional and physical demands of the part challenging. Critics praised her performance, noting her "underlying sadness and wistful intelligence". She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for this film.
Alia continued working with Johar's company, Dharma Productions. She starred in the romantic films 2 States and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (both 2014). 2 States was based on a popular novel. For her role as a strong Tamil girl, she learned to speak some Tamil. Critics liked her performance, calling her "easy and fresh and natural".
In Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, she played a lively character. Both films were very successful. Her achievements in 2014 helped her become a well-known actress.
In 2015, Alia reunited with director Vikas Bahl for the romantic comedy Shaandaar. She starred with Shahid Kapoor. The film was about two people who cannot sleep and fall in love at a wedding. The film did not do well at the box office.
Growing as an Actress (2016–2021)
Alia started 2016 with a role in Shakun Batra's drama Kapoor & Sons. She starred with Sidharth Malhotra and Fawad Khan. This film was a success with both critics and audiences. Next, she played a poor migrant from Bihar in Udta Punjab (2016). This crime drama was a very different role for her. She learned a Bihari dialect for the part.
The film faced some issues with the film board. But Alia's acting was highly praised. One critic said she was "stunning" in a powerful speech scene. She then played a young woman who talks to a therapist in Dear Zindagi (2016). Critics liked how she showed the feelings of young people today. For Udta Punjab, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
Her successful films continued with the romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017). She starred again with Varun Dhawan. Alia played an independent young woman who challenges traditional ideas about marriage. Critics noted the film's message about gender equality. She received another Filmfare nomination for this role.
In Meghna Gulzar's spy thriller Raazi (2018), Alia played Sehmat Khan. Sehmat is a Kashmiri spy who marries a Pakistani army officer. The film is set during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Critics found Alia "stupendous" in the role. Raazi became one of the highest-grossing Hindi films led by a female actress. This success made Alia one of the most successful actresses in Hindi cinema. She won another Best Actress award at Filmfare.
Alia started her own production company, Eternal Sunshine Productions, in 2019. Her first film that year was Gully Boy, with Ranveer Singh. This musical was inspired by the lives of street rappers. Alia took acting workshops to learn a special dialect. The film was shown at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival. Critics praised Alia's "sharp performance". Gully Boy became Alia's highest-grossing film at that time. It won many Filmfare Awards, and Alia received her third Best Actress award.
The historical drama Kalank (2019) was Alia's biggest budget film so far. It was set in the 1940s before the partition of India. She played a character in love with Varun Dhawan's character. Alia watched old films to learn how women from that time behaved. She also watched a Pakistani TV series to improve her Urdu. The film did not do well at the box office.
Her next film was Sadak 2 (2020). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, it was released online on Disney+ Hotstar. The film received negative reviews.
Becoming an Established Actress (2022–Present)
Alia had more success in 2022. She starred in Gangubai Kathiawadi. For this role, she studied the work of older actresses. Critics praised her "marvellously lively performance". The film earned a lot of money worldwide. The Guardian newspaper listed her performance as one of the best big-screen performances ever. She won her fourth Best Actress award at Filmfare and the National Film Award for Best Actress.
In the same year, Alia had a small role in the Telugu film RRR. She learned her lines in Telugu, but another artist spoke them for her. This film became one of the highest-grossing Indian films ever. She then starred in the Netflix film Darlings. This was her first film as a producer. She played a victim of domestic abuse. Critics found her "perfectly at home" in the role. It became the most-watched Indian film globally on Netflix during its first weekend. She won an award for Best Actress in a Web Original Film for it.
Her last film of 2022 was Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva. She starred with Ranbir Kapoor. This fantasy film took five years to make. It was one of the most expensive Indian films. The film earned a lot of money, becoming the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2022.
Alia worked with Karan Johar again for his film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). She co-starred with Ranveer Singh. Filming was delayed because she was pregnant. Critics liked her look in the film. It was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year. She won her fifth Best Actress award at Filmfare, tying a record with famous actresses Nutan and Kajol.
Alia also made her debut in American cinema in 2023. She was in the Netflix spy film Heart of Stone with Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan. She played a villainous computer hacker. She performed her first action scenes while pregnant. The film had many viewers on Netflix.
In 2024, Alia became an executive producer for the crime drama series Poacher. She will also star in Jigra, an action thriller. She plays a woman trying to rescue her brother from prison. Alia said she was drawn to the protective character because she had recently become a mother.
Alia will join the YRF Spy Universe in a female-led film called Alpha. She will also work with Bhansali again in the romantic drama Love & War. She will star with Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal in that film.
Other Work and Activities
Singing and Stage Shows
Alia has sung for her films. She sang "Sooha Saaha" in Highway (2014). The film's composer, A. R. Rahman, invited her to his music school for training. In the same year, she sang an acoustic version of "Samjhawan" for Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. For Udta Punjab (2016), she sang another version of "Ikk Kudi" with her co-star Diljit Dosanjh. She sang with Dosanjh again in 2024 for the song "Chal Kudiye" from Jigra.
Alia has performed live at award shows like the Filmfare, Screen, and Stardust. She also performed in a stage show in Hong Kong with Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra. She took part in a charity event in 2013 to help victims of floods. In 2016, she went on the "Dream Team 2016" tour in America. She performed with other actors and singers.
Helping Others (Philanthropy)
Alia supports many good causes and charities. In 2013, she joined a campaign for PETA to help homeless animals. In 2021, PETA India named her "Person of the Year". This was for her work supporting animal-friendly fashion and helping dogs and cats. In 2015, she joined a fundraiser for children with cancer. In 2017, she performed in a fashion show to support this cause.
Also in 2017, she started CoExist. This initiative helps raise awareness about the welfare of street animals. CoExist collected donations to make dog collars from old jeans. Alia worked with Facebook for a campaign called Find Your Green, promoting environmentalism.
In 2018, Alia joined Aamir Khan's Paani Foundation. She visited a village in Maharashtra and helped with water management work. She also launched Mi Wardrobe is Su Wardrobe (MiSu). Through MiSu, she sells clothes from her own closet to help provide electricity to a village in Karnataka. In 2021, Alia worked with ActionAid to help communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2022, she became the first Indian actress to partner with the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. Through this, she raised money for the Salaam Bombay Foundation, which helps young people. Under MiSu, Alia sold the saris she wore in her film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). The money raised helped women's healthcare. In 2024, she hosted a charity event in London for the Salaam Bombay Foundation.
Business Ventures (Entrepreneurship)
Alia designed her own clothing line for women in 2014. It was sold on the online fashion website Jabong.com. In 2018, she launched her own line of handbags. She has also invested in the beauty company Nykaa. She also invested in Phool.co, India's first company that makes products from natural materials.
In 2022, she launched her own sustainable clothing brand for mothers and children. It is called Ed-a-Mamma. This brand won the PETA India's Vegan Fashion Award for Best Vegan Kidswear Brand in 2021. This was for helping kids love animals and nature. In 2023, a company called Reliance Retail bought a big part of Ed-a-Mamma. In 2024, Alia wrote a children's picture book called Ed Finds a Home. It is the first book in a series called The Adventures of Ed-a-Mamma.
Alia Bhatt's Personal Life
Alia Bhatt has faced some negative comments about getting opportunities because of her family connections in the film industry. She has said that while it felt bad, it is a small price to pay for the work she loves.
Early in her career, Alia did not like to talk about her personal life. She said she would never speak publicly about her relationships. In 2018, Ranbir Kapoor, her co-star in Brahmāstra, shared that they were dating. They got married on April 14, 2022, in a traditional Hindu ceremony in Mumbai. On November 6, 2022, they welcomed their daughter, Raha.
Alia mainly lives in Mumbai. She also has a home in London. In 2023, she spoke out against photographers who took pictures of her in her living room from a nearby building.
Alia Bhatt's Awards
Alia Bhatt won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022). She has won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress five times. This ties the record for the most wins in this category. She won for her roles in Udta Punjab (2016), Raazi (2018), Gully Boy (2019), Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022), and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (2023). She also won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for Highway (2014). She won the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Actress for Darlings (2022).
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See also
In Spanish: Alia Bhatt para niños
