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TAR<br />
OF THE MONTH<br />
BOLLYWOOD<br />
Alia Bhatt<br />
Racing to<br />
the Top<br />
Alia Bhatt is an Indian film actress and singer who<br />
works in Bollywood. Born into the Bhatt family,<br />
she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and<br />
actress Soni Razdan. After making her acting debut<br />
as a child artist in the 1999 thriller Sangharsh, Bhatt<br />
played her first leading role in Karan Johar's romantic<br />
drama Student of the Year (2012), which earned her a<br />
nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female<br />
Debut.<br />
Bhatt established<br />
herself in Bollywood<br />
by starring as<br />
the female<br />
lead in several<br />
commercially<br />
successful films, including the<br />
romantic drama 2 States (2014), the<br />
romantic comedy Humpty Sharma<br />
Ki Dulhania (2014), the drama<br />
Kapoor & Sons (2016), the coming-<br />
of-age film Dear Zindagi (2016),<br />
and the romantic comedy Badrinath<br />
Ki Dulhania (<strong>2017</strong>). She received<br />
critical acclaim for portraying<br />
emotionally intense characters in the<br />
road drama Highway (2014), which<br />
won her the Filmfare Critics Award<br />
for Best Actress, and the crime<br />
drama Udta Punjab (2016), which<br />
won her the Filmfare Award for Best<br />
Actress.<br />
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