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Alia Bhatt turned 31 on March 15. In her 12-year acting career, Alia has played lead roles in about 16 films, out of which 12 were hits, 2 were flops and 2 were average. Nearly Rs 1000 crore has been staked on his four upcoming films. These films include films like Jigra, Love and War, Jee Le Zara and Brahmastra 2.
Alia made her debut in 2012 with the film 'Student of the Year', but she did not get this film easily. Apart from her, about 400 girls had auditioned for the film. Alia is now one of the highest paid actresses of Bollywood. The fee for one of his films is around Rs 20-25 crore. Is. She has won the National Award for Best Actress for 'Gangubai Kathiawadi'.
'Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani' will be a hit in 2023
2023 was very good for Alia. The film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani collected 355 crores worldwide. Apart from this, Alia also received the Best Actress Award for Gangubai Kathiawadi. Alia is the most successful actress of this era. The film industry owes him approximately Rs 1030 crore. Is thought. She will be seen in big budget films like Brahmastra 2, Jigra, Love and War and Jee Le Zara.
Apart from these four films, Alia has also become the first female actor to join the YRF spy universe. According to media reports, Alia will be seen in the eighth film franchise of the universe. Alia will be seen in the role of a super agent in the film. All the films made in this universe will be based on espionage background. The budget of the film has not been revealed yet.
Now let us know interesting facts related to Alia's life and career…
Alia in childhood with Mahesh Bhatt.
Alia was born on March 15, 1993 in Mumbai. His father Mahesh Bhatt is a well-known filmmaker and mother Soni Razdan has been a Bollywood actress. Soni is the second wife of Mahesh Bhatt. Pooja Bhatt is Alia's step sister.
Alia did not get much love from her father in her childhood. Regarding this, he had said in an interview, 'Most of my childhood was spent with my mother, because father was mostly busy in his work. In such a situation, we have hardly got a chance to spend time with him. However, it is not that they have never existed for us. They were there for us whenever we needed them. He has always given freedom to all of us.
'He has always been possessive towards me, but he has never stopped us from talking. After spending so many years in the industry, today I understand why father could not find time for us at that time. He was busy with work.
Alia in childhood in a scene from the film 'Sangharsh'.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali had rejected for 'Black'
Due to the film background of her parents, Alia's childhood was also spent around films. When she was 6 years old, she worked as a child artist in the film Sangharsh made under the banner of her father's production house Vishesh Films. She played the childhood role of Preity Zinta in this film. After working in this film, Alia became interested in acting.
At the age of 9, she auditioned for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Black, but was rejected. Later, child artist Ayesha Kapoor was cast in the film, whose work was highly appreciated.
Even though Alia was disappointed at not getting work in Black, her interest in acting remained intact. This was the reason that after studying till 12th, Alia's entire focus was only on acting. She just wanted to work in films. One day she came to know that auditions were going on for Karan Johar's film Student of the Year, so she immediately reached Karan Johar's office. She had gone straight from school to give the audition, so she gave the audition in school dress only.
In this audition he performed on the song Bahara Bahara. Karan had auditioned 400 girls for the role of Shanaya Singhania in the film, but then he liked Alia's audition. But the problem was that Alia was very overweight and Karan was looking for a slim trim actress for the lead actress of the film.
Alia in a scene from 'Student of the Year'.
Awarded 'Student of the Year' for losing weight
Karan clearly told Alia that he wants to cast her in the film, but she will have to lose weight. Alia asked Karan to give her three months time and if her weight did not lose then he should cast someone else. Karan agreed to his request and asked him to meet after three months.
After three months, Alia met Karan and the filmmaker was stunned to see her amazing transformation. Alia had lost 16 kg weight. After this Karan cast Alia for Student of the Year.
Despite being the daughter of a big director like Mahesh Bhatt, Alia had to work hard to get her first film, on which she said in an interview, 'I knew that my family is in the film industry. So naturally I was more inclined towards films, but my father never said that the day you want to act, we will make a film for you.
However, 'Student of the Year' was released in 2012. The work of Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Siddharth Malhotra in the film was highly appreciated and the film was also a hit. Karan Johar paid Alia Rs 15 lakh to work in this film. Had paid fees. Alia had given this fee to her mother Soni Razdan and since then Soni manages all the finances of Alia.
The glamor girl image was broken in the second film itself.
The second film of Alia's career was Highway in which she played a non-glamorous character. Alia's acting skills were noticed and praised a lot in this film. In an interview, Alia had said about this, working in the film Highway in 2014 was the biggest opportunity for me. This film inspired me to choose characters that may not be a box-office hit, but make him better as an actor.
After Highway, Alia did films like 2 States, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Kapoor and Sons, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi, Badrinath Ki Dulhania and gradually became the favorite of the young generation fans. With 'Raazi' released in 2018, Alia once again surprised everyone with her acting skills. In this film he played the role of Indian Spy. Alia also received the Filmfare Best Actress Award for this.
'Gangubai Kathiawadi' had collected around Rs 210 crore worldwide.
Received National Award for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Gangubai Kathiawadi proved to be a game changer movie for Alia's career in 2021. It was difficult to imagine cute looking Alia Bhatt in the role of a dangerous lady don. Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali played this risky gamble in Gangubai Kathiawadi.
Alia did wonders and reached new heights of success. Alia received the National Award for Best Actress for the film. After the success of this film, Alia has started being considered the top actress of the present era.
Already had a crush on Ranbir Kapoor
Alia's love life is also quite interesting. Ranbir Kapoor was her crush ever since she entered the industry. She always wanted to marry him. Alia herself had revealed this in Koffee with Karan.
In the show, when Karan asked her which actor she would make a candidate for Swayamvar, the first name she took was Ranbir. When asked with which actor she would not mind doing hot scenes, Alia still took Ranbir's name.
Alia and Ranbir got married on 14 April 2022.
Both of them became friends during the shooting of Brahmastra.
At the Filmfare Awards in 2019, both of them confessed that they loved each other. When Alia received the Best Actress Award for the film Raazi, she said I love you to Ranbir from the stage itself.
In September 2019, Alia-Ranbir went to South Africa for a secret vacation. The pictures of both of them from this vacation had gone viral. It was during this vacation that Ranbir proposed Alia. On April 14, 2022, both of them got married in a private ceremony. Two months after the marriage, on June 27, 2022, Alia announced her pregnancy and gave birth to daughter Raha in November.
Alia is the owner of Rs 517 crore, has bought three houses
Alia's net worth has increased rapidly in her 12-year career. According to media reports, it is Rs 517 crore. Is the owner of. Alia has also invested a lot in property. He has three houses. He bought his first house not in India but in London.
The price of Alia's house in Covent Garden, known as a posh area of London, is Rs 25 crore. In an interview he had said, 'My dream was to have a house in London. I am happy that I fulfilled my dream in the year 2018.
All the functions of Ranbir-Alia's wedding were held at their house Vastu.
Bought a second house in Ranbir's apartment
Alia bought an apartment in Bandra, Mumbai in 2020 during Corona. The price of this apartment of approximately 2500 square feet on the fifth floor of Vastu Pali Hills Complex is approximately Rs 40 crore. Ranbir Kapoor's house is also on the seventh floor of Alia's new apartment. Shahrukh Khan's wife Gauri Khan has designed the interior of Alia's as well as Ranbir's house.
Alia has also invested in property through her production house Eternal Sunshine Productions Private Limited. The price of this third apartment of Alia is around Rs 38 crores.
Sister Shaheen Bhatt also gifted 2 flats
According to India Today reports, Alia had bought two more houses, which she has now gifted to her sister Shaheen. Alia had bought both these flats from Anupam Kher and his wife Kirron Kher in 2015 for Rs 8.99 crore.
Alia also runs a production house
Alia Bhatt is also a successful businesswoman. She launched a clothing brand named 'Aid-A-Mama' in 2020. Within a year, the valuation of this company reached Rs 150 crore, after which Alia's company was bought by Reliance Brands Limited for Rs 300-350 crore. Isha Ambani now owns 51 percent stake in this company.
'Darlings' was the first film from Alia's production house Eternal Sunshine to tackle the issue of domestic violence.
Alia also launched a production house in 2019 named Eternal Sunshine Production. Alia produced her film 'Darlings' which released on Netflix in 2020. Alia had also invested money in the production of the recently released web series Poacher. Apart from this, the next film of his production is Jigra, in which apart from Alia, Vedang Raina will also be seen.
Alia drives in Range Rover Vogue worth Rs 2.5 crore
From the luxurious Range Rover Vogue worth Rs 2.5 crore to the BMW 7 Series, Alia Bhatt has a collection of cars worth crores. He owns 3 Audis, out of which two are SUVs and one is a sedan Audi A6. If we include Ranbir Kapoor's car collection with Alia's, then he has about a dozen vehicles.
In 2017, Ranbir Kapoor bought a Range Rover, which cost Rs 2.26 crore. He also owns a Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG, which is worth Rs 2.14 crore. Apart from this, there is also Audi R8, which is worth Rs 2.72 crore.
