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Alia Bhatt

Actress and producer

Born 1993

Alia Bhatt is a British actress and producer who was born and raised in Mumbai and works principally in Hindi cinema. In a 2019 interview, she recalled enjoying the attention of a school singing performance at four. Her childhood screen appearance in Sangharsh preceded a leading debut in Student of the Year, where she played Shanaya Singhania. Highway moved her into a road drama as Veera Tripathi, while 2 States and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania continued her romantic-film work. The following years brought the ensemble Kapoor & Sons, the crime drama Udta Punjab and Dear Zindagi. Raazi placed her at the centre of a spy story as Sehmat Khan, followed by Safeena in Gully Boy and Roop in Kalank. Gangubai Kathiawadi became an important dramatic milestone, earning both Filmfare recognition and a shared National Film Award. Her 2022 record also includes RRR, Darlings and Brahmastra. Darlings opened another career track: Netflix identifies it as her first feature production through Eternal Sunshine, which she founded with Shaheen Bhatt. She subsequently became an executive producer on Richie Mehta’s Poacher and co-produced Jigra, in which she plays Satya. Heart of Stone extended her screen work into an English-language thriller, and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani returned her to a Hindi romantic ensemble. Her record includes television interviews and separately credited film singing, including Sooha Saaha in Highway, and promotional music videos. She wrote the children’s picture book Ed Finds a Home, illustrated by Tanvi Bhat, and was included on the TIME100 list. More recent work includes Alpha and producing Don’t Be Shy; Love & War and the announced Tumbbad 2 remain forthcoming. In her direct anniversary interview she describes producing as a broader view of filmmaking and discusses choosing work with more deliberation. Dated interviews also document music, food and beauty choices, with historical preferences kept distinct from a current routine.

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Connected people

ConnectionRanbir KapoorPublicly acknowledged husband; Brahmastra co-star.

ConnectionShaheen BhattEternal Sunshine cofounder and fellow producer.

ConnectionJasmeet K ReenDirector of Darlings.

Selected career chronology

Credits Index

Major screen, stage, music, sport or broadcast work. This is a selected public-career index, not a complete employment history.

Year	Title	Medium	Role	IMDb
1999	Sangharsh	Film	Young Reet	IMDb
2012	Student of the Year	Film	Shanaya Singhania	IMDb
2013	Ugly	Film	Young Shalini	IMDb
2014	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Film	Kavya Pratap Singh	IMDb
2014	2 States	Film	Ananya	IMDb
2014	Highway	Film	Veera Tripathi	IMDb
2014	Comedy Nights with Kapil: Arjun Kapoor & Alia Bhatt — 2 States	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2014	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Film music	Playback singer	IMDb
2014	Highway	Film music	Playback singer — Sooha Saaha	IMDb
2015	Shaandaar	Film	Alia Arora	IMDb
2016	Dear Zindagi	Film	Kaira	IMDb
2016	Udta Punjab	Film	Bauria	IMDb
2016	Kapoor & Sons	Film	Tia Malik	IMDb
2016	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	Film	Cameo appearance	IMDb
2016	Koffee with Karan: Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2016	Udta Punjab	Film music	Playback singer	IMDb
2016	Dear Zindagi	Film music	Playback singer	IMDb
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Film	Vaidehi	IMDb
2017	Baba Ki Chowki: Badrinath Ki Dulhania on the sets	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2018	Raazi	Film	Sehmat Khan	IMDb
2018	Zero	Film	Self	IMDb
2018	Welcome to New York	Film	Cameo appearance	IMDb
2018	Koffee with Karan: Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2019	Gully Boy	Film	Safeena Firdausi	IMDb
2019	Kalank	Film	Roop	IMDb
2019	Student of the Year 2	Film	Special appearance in The Hook Up Song	IMDb
2019	Prada	Music video	Music-video performer	IMDb
2019	Smile Deke Dekho	Music video	Self — promotional music video	IMDb
2020	Sadak 2	Film	Aarya Desai	IMDb
2020	Kudi Nu Nachne De	Music video	Promotional music-video performer	—
2022	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Film	Gangubai Kathiawadi	IMDb
2022	Darlings	Film	Badrunissa	IMDb
2022	Brahmastra Part One: Shiva	Film	Isha	IMDb
2022	RRR	Film	Sita	IMDb
2022	Darlings	Film	Producer	IMDb
2022	Koffee with Karan: Alia-Ranveer	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2023	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Film	Rani Chatterjee	IMDb
2023	Heart of Stone	Film	Keya Dhawan	IMDb
2023	Koffee with Karan: Kareena Kapoor Khan and Alia Bhatt	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2024	Jigra	Film	Satya	IMDb
2024	Jigra	Film	Co-producer	IMDb
2024	Poacher	Television series	Executive producer	IMDb
2024	The Great Indian Kapil Show: Bonded By Love	Television episode	Self — guest	IMDb
2024	Jigra	Film music	Playback singer	IMDb
2026	Alpha	Film	Sita	IMDb
2026	Don’t Be Shy	Film	Producer	IMDb
2027	Love & War	Film · forthcoming	Announced cast — forthcoming	IMDb
2027	Tumbbad 2	Film · forthcoming	Announced cast — forthcoming	IMDb