Alia Bhatt is a British actress of Indian descent who predominantly works in Hindi films. As a child, she played a minor role in her father Mahesh Bhatt's production Sangharsh (1999), as the younger version of star Preity Zinta's character.[1][2] In 2012, Bhatt had her first lead role in Karan Johar's teen film Student of the Year, but her performance in it was not well received.[3] Two years later, she gained praise for playing a kidnapping victim in the drama Highway (2014), winning the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.[3][4] In the same year, her starring roles in the commercially successful romances 2 States and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, both produced under Johar's studio Dharma Productions, established her as a leading actress.[5][6][7] She also sang the single "Samjhawan Unplugged" for the latter film's soundtrack.[8]

Alia Bhatt poses for the camera
Bhatt at an event for RRR in 2021

In Bhatt's three film releases of 2016—Kapoor & Sons, Dear Zindagi, and Udta Punjab—she played young women in troubling circumstances.[9] Her performance in the last of these won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[10] Following another romantic role in Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), she played a spy in the thriller Raazi (2018) and a volatile girlfriend in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019). She won two more Best Actress awards at Filmfare for the latter two.[11][12] This was followed by two poorly received films, Kalank (2019) and Sadak 2 (2020).[13] Bhatt gained further success in 2022 with a brief role in the Telugu period film RRR, and starring roles in the fantasy film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva and biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi, in which she starred as the titular prostitute; all three rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of the year.[14] She won the National Film Award for Best Actress and her fourth Best Actress award at Filmfare for the last of these.[15][16] She also produced and starred in the Netflix black comedy Darlings under her company Eternal Sunshine Productions, for which she received a Filmfare OTT Award.[14][17]

In 2023, Bhatt starred opposite Ranveer Singh in Johar's romantic comedy Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year, and expanded to American cinema with the Netflix action film Heart of Stone.[18][19] The former won her a record-tying fifth Best Actress award at Filmfare.[20][21]

Films

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.
Films
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999 Sangharsh Young Reet Oberoi Child actor [2]
2012 Student of the Year Shanaya Singhania [22]
2014 Highway Veera Tripathi [23]
2 States Ananya Swaminathan [24]
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Kavya Pratap Singh [25]
Ugly Young Shalini Cameo [26]
Going Home Herself Short film [27]
2015 Shaandaar Alia Arora [28]
2016 Kapoor & Sons Tia Malik [29]
Udta Punjab Mary Jane [30]
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil DJ Cameo [31]
Dear Zindagi Kaira [32]
2017 Badrinath Ki Dulhania Vaidehi Trivedi [33]
2018 Raazi Sehmat Khan [34]
Zero Herself Cameo [35]
2019 Gully Boy Safina Firdausi [36]
Kalank Roop [37]
Student of the Year 2 Herself Special appearance in song "The Hook Up Song" [38]
2020 Sadak 2 Aarya Desai [39]
2022 Gangubai Kathiawadi Gangubai Kathiawadi [40]
RRR Sita Telugu film [41]
Darlings Badru Qureshi Also producer [42]
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Isha Chatterjee [43]
2023 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Rani Chatterjee [44]
Heart of Stone Keya Dhawan American film [45]
2024 Jigra Satya Anand Also producer [46]
2025 Alpha TBA Filming [47]
2026 Love & War TBA Filming [48]

Television

Films
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2023–2024 Poacher Executive producer only [49]

Music videos

Music videos
Year Title Performers Ref.
2019 "Prada" The Doorbeen, Shreya Sharma [50]
"Smile Deke Dekho" Amit Trivedi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nakash Aziz [51]
2020 "Kudi Nu Nachne De" Vishal Dadlani, Sachin–Jigar [52]

Discography

Discography
Year Track Album Ref.
2014 "Sooha Saha" Highway [53]
"Samjhawan Unplugged" Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania [54]
2016 "Ikk Kudi (Club Mix)" Udta Punjab [55]
"Love You Zindagi (Club Mix)" Dear Zindagi [56]
"Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le – 2" [56]
2017 "Humsafar (Alia's version)" Badrinath Ki Dulhania [57]
2020 "Tum Se Hi (Reprise)" Sadak 2 [58]
2024 "Chal Kudiye" Jigra [59]

See also

References

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