Today everyone recognizes  Alia Bhatt as among the best actresses in the country. After Bollywood, she will soon be seen showing her talent in Hollywood too. Alia rules millions of hearts for her performance as well as her style. Today Alia is one of the highest-paid actresses of Bollywood.

But do you know that before reaching this stage of fame, she was rejected from the audition by a big director of the industry? Alia is celebrating her 29th birthday today and on this special occasion, we will talk about some such interesting aspects of her life.

Alia Bhatt was born on 15 March 1993 in the house of famous Bollywood film filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan. Alia’s younger sister is Shaheen Bhatt, besides Pooja Bhatt and Rahul Bhatt are her step-siblings. She first appeared on screen as a child artist in her father’s thriller film ‘Sangharsh’ in 1999.

At that time Alia was only 6 years old. But her career as an actress started in the year 2012 with Karan Johar’s film ‘Student of the Year’. Alia auditioned with 400 to 500 girls for this film and after getting selected she lost about 16 kgs. In his career so far, he has worked in ‘Highway’, ‘Udta Punjab’, ‘Raazi’, ‘Gully Boy’ and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’. He has given many super hit films like. Let us tell you that Alia is a heroine of the Hindi film industry but she does not have Indian citizenship, she has taken UK citizenship.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali once rejected her in an audition

Out of these, ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ is her recent release film and an interesting anecdote from her life is attached to this film. Alia went to audition for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 2005 film ‘Black’ at the young age of 9. In this film, she went for the role of Michelle, the childhood role of Rani Mukerji. But at that time Sanjay Leela Bhansali did not take her in his film and she was rejected from the audition itself. This was revealed by Alia during the screening of ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Awards

Talking about awards, Alia has many big awards in her kitty. She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of a teenage girl in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Highway’. At the same time, she received several awards including Filmfare and IIFA in the Best Actress category for her role as Bihari Migrant in ‘Udta Punjab’ and Hindustani Spy in ‘Raazi’.

Loves singing and painting

Apart from acting, Alia has also mastered singing. He has given voice to the songs of many of his films. Among them, ‘Samjhawan Unplugged’ from ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania’ and ‘Suha Sah’ from Highway is very popular. Apart from this, Alia is also an expert in charcoal painting.

Talking about the curve front, Alia Bhatt has many big projects in her kitty. These include films like ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’, ‘RRR’ and ‘Brahmastra’.Apart from this, Alia is going to debut in Hollywood soon.