Bollywood Star Alia Bhatt Is About to Be Everywhere
15.08.2022 - 21:59
/ glamour.com
By The British-Indian actor Alia Bhatt is . The 29-year-old comes from a family of filmmakers (her dad, the Hindi film director Mahesh Bhatt, gave her her first acting job at just 5 years old), and has starred in more than 25 films during her two decade-long career.But Bhatt is just getting started.Despite her extraordinary achievements, she’s still a bit lesser known in America.
That's about to change following the release of the dark comedy Darlings, about a mother-daughter duo seeking revenge on an abusive husband, which premiered on Netflix on August 4 with the for a non-English language film. Bhatt also received her first producer credit on the film.This fall, she will star in Disney’s Brahmāstra trilogy, which features an Indian cinematic universe for the first time, called the Astraverse.
In the first film, Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva, Bhatt plays Isha opposite her real life husband, Ranbir Kapoor, as Shiva. The film will premiere globally on September 9. According to , the story is inspired by Indian mythology, and set in the modern world “with epic storytelling," and themes of love and hope.
reports that it's one of “the most expensive Bollywood productions of all time.” And, as if a groundbreaking franchise wasn't enough, next year Bhatt will work alongside in Netflix's American spy thriller , also starring Jamie Dornan.She manages all of this just weeks after announcing to her on Instagram that she’s expecting her first child with Kapoor. Nonetheless, during our Zoom interview, which takes place at 9:30 p.m.
Mumbai time, she is sweet and professional, if not a little understandably tired, and wearing her husband's oversize T-shirt. She's as relatable as any global superstar can be.Here, Bhatt opens up to
.