Here & Now Alia Bhatt

Four years ago she set foot into the film industry—with her very first stride she established her presence.

- Shruti Kapur Malhotra

Some thought she was here only for the frills and fancies while others saw something deeper. Student of the Year marked Alia Bhatt as the new girl next door while her second film, Highway, made the audiences sit up and acknowledge someone with immense talent. Even though she has done all of eight films since, Alia has owned each character she has played. She is versatile; her acting is effortless; the choices she has made have enlarged her sensibility and to top it all she is not one to get intense—she is enjoying the ride and doing better work. So far only one of her films has not cut the mark but even from there, she has learnt and come out stronger. Alia is enjoying the moment, exploring various characters be it the Punjabi girl in search of a Manish Malhotra outfit in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya or a south Indian girl in love with a north Indian boy in Two States or a lost girl who finds herself in Highway. Each character, each story and each film has added to her repertoire.

This year alone we saw her in a very cool, urbane Kapoor & Sons where she played Tia with much ease. Then came the very gritty, dark Udta Punjab where she was absolutely brilliant and flawless as a hockey player caught in the midst of the Punjab drug lords. And now, we shall see her in the soon to be released Dear Zindagi where she is in search for the many answers to life’s questions, adding another dimension to her eclectic characters.

I managed catching up with her to know more about her choices, her characters and her films…

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