Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt (born 15 March 1993) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. Born into a family where her parents,Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan, and elder sister Pooja Bhatt were actors and filmmakers, Bhatt made her acting debut at the age of 19 with Karan Johar's Student Of The Year (2012), which was a box-office success.

Born	15 March 1993 (age 20) Mumbai, India
Occupation	Actress, Model
Parents	Mahesh Bhatt (Father) Soni Razdan (Mother)
Relatives	Nanabhai Bhatt (grandfather) Mukesh Bhatt (uncle) Shaheen Bhatt (sister) Pooja Bhatt (half-sister) Rahul Bhatt (half-brother) Emraan Hashmi (cousin) Vishesh Bhatt (cousin)

Personal life

Alia was born into a Muslim family in Mumbai, India. Her father Mahesh Bhatt, a director was converted to Islam before married to her mother actress Soni Razdan, a Muslim. She has one sister Shaheen Bhatt, a half sister Pooja Bhatt, and a half brother Rahul Bhatt. Actor Emraan Hashmi, director Mohit Suri and Vishesh Bhatt are her cousins and producer Mukesh Bhatt is her uncle. Alia has completed high-school from Jamnabai Narsee School IBDP in May 2011.

Career

Bhatt's first movie role was as a child artist when with Sangharsh (1999), starring Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta where she played the younger Zinta.

In 2012, Bhatt made her debut in Karan Johar's Student Of The Year along with Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. Her performance were appreciated with film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama stating, 

"Alia's role is reminiscent of Kareena Kapoor in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham . Stylish, classy, born with a silver spoon, she's someone who loves to flaunt not just her clothes and bags, but also her riches. Extremely photogenic , Alia makes a super-confident debut. 

In fact, all three, Siddharth, Varun and Alia, are here to stay!". film critic Rajeev Masand from CNN-IBN wrote, "Alia Bhatt is cute as the clueless Shanaya, if a little raw". film critic Komal Nahta commented, 

" Alia Bhatt ends up with a very dumb-blonde role who has to do standard ramp poses for the camera but she performs ably". Raedita Tandan from Filmfare 

wrote, "Among the performances, Sidharth, Varun and Alia do their best not to seem like newcomers and they emerge triumphant. 

And Alia definitely has what it takes to be a star. The three make confident debuts". film critic Anupama Chopra form Hindustan Times commented,

 "The leading lady, Shanaya, played by Alia Bhatt, carries Hermes bags. She's like Poo from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham but without the killer attitude. Shanaya is substituting her lack of family ties with designer labels. 

The boys are also given simplistic backstories to explain why they are the way there are" Student of the Year stood at an all India collection of 70 crore (US$12 million) after its four weeks run and was eventually declared a major financial success. Bhatt is all set to appear in Imtiaz Ali's Highway alongside Randeep Hooda, for which filming has ended. 

She is currently shooting for Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala's joint production 2 States alongside Arjun Kapoor. She has also been confirmed t0 be the leading lady in Karan Johar's production Humpty Shama Ki Dulhania opposite Student Of The Year co star Varun Dhawan and will also be seen alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in Anurag Basu's Jagga Jasoos.

In The Media

Alia Bhatt appeared in a CocaCola Ad alongside her Student of the Year co stars Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan. She was chosen as the face of top brands like Garnier andMaybelline in India.

Filmography

1999 Sangharsh Young Preet OberoiChild Artist2012 Student of the Year Shanaya Singhania Debut 2013 Highway Veera Post - production 2014 2 States Ananya Swamina than Filming  2014 Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Pre-production (Releasing June 27, 2014) 2014 Jagga Jasoos Pre-production

Awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result
2012	Student of the Year	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining Actor (Film) Debut - Female	Nominated
2013		ETC Bollywood Business Awards	Most Profitable Debut (Female)	Nominated
		Screen Awards	Most Promising Newcomer – Female	Nominated
		Lions Gold Awards	Favorite Debut (Female)	Won
		Zee Cine Awards	Best Female Debut	Nominated
		Stardust Awards	Superstar of Tomorrow – Female	Nominated
		Star Guild Awards	Best Female Debut	Nominated
		Times of India Film Awards	Best Debut - Female	Nominated