Hyderabad (Telangana): Alia Bhatt is riding high on the success of her back-to-back hits. Despite belonging to an influential family, Alia has carved out her niche in the filmdom. She has time and again wooed the audience with her impeccable acting skills. Be it in Highway, Udta Punjab, Raazi and Gully Boy, Alia has every time cast her magic on-screen.
Labelled as the product of nepotism, Alia has time and again manifested her worth, eventually shuddering the tag. Unlike other contemporaries, Alia acknowledges the fact that nepotism exists in the industry although she never promotes it. There is no way to counter nepotism but having said that Alia believes that once you come into the foray, the audience chooses you and luck does not work every time. There has to be some hard work.
Only in late 20s, Alia has already displayed her versatility and fluidity in her craft. Her captivating performance in Imtiaz Ali's Highway brought out the talent in her. Essaying the role of a closeted vulnerable girl Veera, Alia did complete justice to her character.
The actor is basking in the success of her latest release Gangubai Kathiawadi. Her casting in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film was highly criticised when the trailer of Gangubai Kathiawadi dropped. But when the film hit theaters on February 25, Alia proved that her dainty shoulders can actually do heavy lifting!