Alia Bhatt is a famous Indian actress who is known for her role of Shanaya Singhania in the Bollywood film Student of the Year (2012). She is one of the highest-paid Bollywood actresses. Due to her popularity and income, she appeared on the list of Celebrity 100 in Forbes India in 2014 and she also appeared on the list of 30 Under 30 in Forbes Asia.
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Alia Bhatt was born on 15 March 1993 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. She has a British-Indian nationality. Though she hails from a filmy background, she always dreamt of becoming an actress. Her dream comes true when she got the lead role in Karan Joharâs film Student of the Year. She received several awards for her performances in the Bollywood. She has worked with so many popular actors like Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan, Rishi Kapoor, Randeep Hooda, Arjun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Ronit Roy, Riteish Deshmukh, Shahid Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh, Ranbir Kapoor, and Shah Rukh Khan. She also works as a model and did numerous modelling assignments. Apart from all that, she has great singing skills.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Alia Bhatt
- Does Alia Bhatt smoke?: Not Known
- Does Alia Bhatt drink alcohol?: Yes
- Alia was born to a Gujarati-Hindu father and a Kashmiri-German-Muslim mother.
- She had expressed her desire to become an actress when she was just 2 years old.
- She was first seen as a child artist in the film âSanghrashâ (1999); starring Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta, in which she played the younger Preity Zinta.
- She never wanted her debut film to be directed or produced by her father, Mahesh Bhatt.
- When she was around 15 years, she had screen-tested for Balika Vadhu with Ranbir Kapoor.
- Earlier, she used to be overweight, but for the demand of a glamours role in her debut film âStudent of the Yearâ (2012), she lost around 16 kg of weight; after getting trained by a personal trainer for 3 months under a strict diet.
- She beat 400 girls at the auditions to get the lead role in âStudent of the Year.â
- In 2014, she turned singer and sang âSooha Saaha;â a soundtrack in the film âHighway.â
- She is an animal lover and has done campaigning for PETA to raise awareness about homeless animals.<
- Alia is scared of darkness, and thatâs why she sleeps at night with lights on.
- She has a habit of smelling her fingers.
- Alia has a habit of making diary entries every night.
- Alia believes she is a very lazy person and can sleep for more than 12 hours at a stretch.
- She likes to use menâs perfumes only.
- She has a god-gifted flexible body and can twist her body parts very easily.
- She gets very nervous while travelling by air.
- She canât afford to have a meal without curd as she is so addicted to it.
- She first met Ranbir Kapoor, when she was 11 years old, and since then, she had a crush on him.