Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt Biography

Alia Bhatt ( born 15 March 1993) is a British actress of Indian descent. Known for her work in Hindi-language films, she has received several accolades include four Filmfare Awards. One of India’s highest-paid actresses, she has appeared in Forbes India‘s Celebrity 100 list since 2014 and was featured by Forbes Asia in their 30 Under 30 list of 2017.

Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. After making her acting debut as a child in the 1999 thriller Sangharsh, she played her first leading role in Karan Johar’s teen drama Student of the Year (2012). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing a kidnapping victim in the road drama Highway (2014), and went on to establish herself with starring roles in several films produced by Johar’s studio Dharma Productions, including the romances 2 States (2014), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), and Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017); and the coming-of-age drama Dear Zindagi (2016).

Bhatt won three Filmfare Awards for Best Actress for playing a Bihari migrant in the crime drama Udta Punjab (2016), an undercover spy in the thriller Raazi (2018), and the volatile girlfriend of an aspiring rapper in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019). Following two poorly received films, she gained praise for playing the titular role in Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022).

In addition to acting in films, Bhatt has launched her own line of clothing and handbags, and is the founder of the ecological initiative CoExist. She has sung seven of her film songs, including the single “Samjhawan Unplugged” in 2014.^[4] Bhatt is married to the actor Ranbir Kapoor.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Sangharsh	Young Reet Oberoi
2012	Student of the Year	Shanaya Singhania
2014	Highway	Veera Tripathi
	2 States	Ananya Swaminathan
	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Kavya Pratap Singh
	Ugly	Young Shalini	Cameo appearance
	Going Home	Herself	Short film
2015	Shaandaar	Alia Arora
2016	Kapoor & Sons	Tia Malik
	Udta Punjab	Bauria/Mary Jane
	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	DJ	Cameo appearance
	Dear Zindagi	Kaira
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Vaidehi Trivedi
2018	Welcome to New York	Herself	Cameo appearance
	Raazi	Sehmat Khan
	Zero	Herself	Cameo appearance
2019	Gully Boy	Safeena Firdausi
	Kalank	Roop Chaudhry
	Student of the Year 2	Herself	Special appearance in song “The Hook Up Song”
2020	Sadak 2	Aarya Desai
2022	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Gangubai Kathiawadi
	RRR	Sita	Telugu film
	Brahmāstra	Isha	Post-production
	Darlings	Badru Qureshi	Completed; also producer
2023	Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani	Rani	Filming
TBA	Heart of Stone	TBA	Filming

Music videos

Discography