Alia Bhatt turns 30 today. Alia Bhatt is one of the highest paid actress of our country. Alia Bhatt is one of the most popular star and the best actress of her generation. Alia Bhatt is the daughter of famous filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt. She married popular actor Ranbir Kapoor in 2022 and the couple is now blessed with a baby girl.
Alia Bhatt acted in the film Sangharsh when she was 6 years old. She played the role of younger version of Preity Zinta in the film. She appeared in the lead role with Karan Johar’s directorial Student Of The Year which was released in 2012. After the release of SOTY, Alia became popular among the youth. For SOTY, she had auditioned alongside 500 other girls and had lost 16 kg of weight. In 2014, she had 3 films. Highway which was released first didn’t work at the Box Office. Highway remains one of the career best performance and career best film of Alia Bhatt. Alia won Filmfare Award For Best Actress (Critics) for the film Highway. After Highway, 2 States was released and it went on to become a Super Hit. 2 States collected 100 crore nett at the Domestic Box Office. She paired with her SOTY co-star Varun Dhawan for the 2nd time in Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania. Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania was regarded as a modern version of DDLJ and it was a hit at the box office. Alia Bhatt recorded her first song as a playback singer in Highway. In 2015, Shaandaar was released and it bombed at the Box Office. In 2016, Alia had 3 releases and she delivered great performances in all the films. Kapoor And Sons was a hit at the box office. Udta Punjab did a decent business at the Box Office, but Alia’s performance was well praised a lot. Alia won her 1st Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film Udta Punjab. She then starred in women centric film Dear Zindagi which was directed by Gauri Shinde. Dear Zindagi also had an extended cameo by Shah Rukh Khan and the film was a success at the Box Office. In 2017, Alia starred in the Super Hit film Badrinath Ki Dulhania. In 2018, she gave biggest hit of her career at that time with Raazi. Alia’s performance as a spy was very well received and also earned her a Filmfare Award for the 2nd time. In 2019, she collaborated with Ranveer Singh for Gully Boy and the film was emerged as a Super Hit at the Box Office. Her another 2019 release Kalank didn’t perform well at the Box Office. In 2022. Alia started the year with a bang by delivering one of the powerful performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi. Gangubai Kathiawadi was the 1st Hit Film of 2022. She was also a part of Ayan Mukherjee’s big budget fantasy film Brahmastra. Brahmastra was the 1st collaboration of Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. Brahmastra went on to collect 200 crores+ nett at the Domestic Box Office. Only 5 films emerged clean hits at the box office in 2022. Out of those 5, 2 films had Alia in it. Alia also had an OTT release Darlings in 2022. The film was critically acclaimed and Alia’s performance was praised. She was also a part of Pan India epic RRR, which recently won an OSCAR.
Through the years Alia has grown and evolved as an actor. She is also a bankable star and hugely popular. She has given many strong performances in films like Highway, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi, Raazi, Gully Boy and Gangubai Kathiawadi. Alia’s filmography has perfect mixture of mass and class.
Alia will be next seen in Karan Johar directorial Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani. Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani stars Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan. The film is all set to release on 28th July, 2023. She will also star in Farhan Akhtar directorial Jee Le Zaraa which also has Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif in it.
We at Film Window wish the super talented Alia Bhatt a Very Happy Birthday and a super successful year ahead.