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1. Alia Bhatt wanted to be an actress from a very young age. Her first audition was for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Black, though she didn’t bag the role but it was Gangubai Kathiawadi with Bhansali that gave her, her first National Award.

2. Despite being a huge name in Bollywood, Alia Bhatt is not an Indian actor – she holds a British Passport since her mother Soni Razdaan is a Kashmiri-German. Her great grandfather who was German was imprisoned for 2 years because he tried to get a newspaper out against Adolf Hitler:

3. Here’s a fun fact, Alia was born an aunt to actor Shiv Darshan. Mahesh Bhatt’s elder sister Sheila married filmmaker Darshan Sabharwal and her son – Dharmesh Darshan fathered actor Shiv Darshan who is six years older than his aunt Alia.

4. Alia’s popularity is unmatched but did you know that an actor refused to do a film with her early in her career. The actor was none other than Emraan Hashmi, who is Alia’s cousin. The actor rightfully thought it would be too awkward doing a romantic film with his cousin! 

5.The detractors have often tried to pull the actress down, talking about her father’s marriages and affairs, speculating about her relationship with her step – siblings Pooja and Rahul Bhatt. But the actress has the best way to shut them up, saying her family embraces its so-called dysfunctionality and overcomes it with love and dignity.

6. Having a large extended family ensures you are never lonely but for Alia in her whole family there is just one person who is an anchor and a confidante – her sister Shaheen. 

7. Her quirks have always made her affable, but the girl is extremely paranoid of the dark. Hates it when people approach her from behind and try to tap her shoulders. for attention. It freaks her out.

8. Alia cannot tolerate her nails or ears dirty, personal hygiene comes above all else. She is obsessed about cleaning her feet. Pedicures and manicures are her favourite things to do in her free time.

9. A simple vegetarian meal might be her comfort food, but there is one thing that gets her goat every time-i.e. if her cook repeats the same lentils. She hates to have the same dal twice a week.

10. Despite having Gujarati, Kashmiri and German roots, Alia is a Mumbaikar at heart-she loves her poha (flat rice) and if that doesn’t talk about her Maharashtrian affinity what does?

11. Alia just cannot decide, to save her soul (which is ironically a Libra trait which her hubby should have) however, she always finds herself second guessing herself and even her shopping cart, if she ever enters a store.

12. Alia believes she has a super power, she is extremely intuitive as a person and can pick vibes very easy.

13. Alia Bhatt is a staunch believer in numerology given she is a number 3 but the number 8 has a special place for Alia as it stands to be Ranbir and her number.

14. Alia is a water baby she loves being surrounded by water.

15. Alia was proposed to by Ranbir in Maasai Mara, Kenya. The proposal was secretly planned by Kapoor.

16. What makes Alia and Ranbir’s special is how well Alia gets along with his exes. Be it Deepika or Katrina-both are good friends of the actress.

17. Even when Deepika and Alia are a house on fire whenever the two get together. In fact, they have more things in common than Ranbir Kapoor-the two love writing in little books. 

18. Everyone has seen how flawless and ethereal Alia looks all the time, however no one knows how hard she is trying to not eat her lipstick. 

19. The actress herself claims she has the weirdest way of talking… and has to consciously make an attempt to keep her face straight.

20. Trolls do not come always as faceless individuals but with a shrug, Alia insists that its best to let people think you are stupid than waste time trying to prove them wrong.

21. Alia likes her solitude, in the morning. Where there is just her and the rising sun-giving her the inspiration and the calming factor, both needed to deal with what the day has in store for her.

22. If it is not the rising sun, it is the sit-com Friends that help get her day into the right groove. On a bad day, Alia sees re-runs of the popular sitcom and feels whole again.

23. Besides these there is always the gym to vent out too. Alia is a gym rat but she hates doing burpees which many actors swear by, for being the best exercise for flexibility and cardio. 

24. Alia is one actress who doesn’t believe in faking interest or making an effort towards something that bores her. She would love to read, but she cannot keep her eyes open long enough to finish a whole chapter. She is not really a party animal, but if she ever agrees to go to a party, she always tries to push her Spotify playlist forward – why dance on a song you don’t enjoy?

25. Everyone has seen how beautifully she sang, ‘Samjhavan…’ while people credited autotune for it, Alia maintained her silence. For someone who is a trained singer in A R Rahman’s school of music, would obviously let her singing speak for itself.

26. And while her work speaks for itself, Alia does a little thing extra to ensure that she goes that extra mile. She manifests it. Alia’s manifestations did not cease after her marriage to Ranbir Kapoor who she crushed on for the longest time. She had been secretly manifesting the National Award too, and lo behold the actress achieved that too.

27. She might be the best actress in B-town today but she cannot lie to save her soul. It always shows on her face and her conscience pricks, too.

28. Alia goes around telling everyone that she is not at all comfortable winking, it comes under things she won’t do. But here a little secret – she just cannot do it.

29. But there are many things that the actress can do like play the piano, charcoal paint and more…

30. If you love her moves, you might as well know that she has been training under Shiamak Davar from the tender age of 4.

31. A mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, an actress and more – Alia has her hands full with the many roles she plays in her life but ask her how to get her mind around it all-and she might say she does it by staying in her own head.