Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt is a British-Indian actress, producer, and entrepreneur who works predominantly in Hindi cinema. Born on March 15, 1993, in Bombay (present-day Mumbai), Maharashtra, to filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan, she completed her schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai. Having made a brief appearance as a child artist portraying the younger version of Preity Zinta's character in Tanuja Chandra's psychological thriller *Sangharsh* (1999), she made her adult leading debut in Karan Johar's teen romantic comedy-drama *Student of the Year* (2012), earning a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She quickly silenced skeptics and achieved critical acclaim with her transformative second film, Imtiaz Ali's road...