Being
filmmaker
Mahesh
Bhatt's
daughter
doesn't
make
her
privileged.
Being
successful
doesn't
make
her
snobbish.
And
despite
all
the
luxuries
and
luck,
Alia
Bhatt
says
her
survival
in
filmdom
is
as
difficult
as
any
outsider
and
she
has
to
work
harder
too
to
stay
put.
"We
get
a
platform,
but
we
work
as
hard
as
an
outsider.
It's
not
my
fault
that
my
father
is
a
director.
He
has
made
a
mark,
so
I
can't
go
with
that
tag
for
the
rest
of
my
life," said
Bhatt
and
Soni
Razdan's
daughter.
Post
her
starry
entry
with
"Student
Of
The
Year";
she
hit
a
hat
trick
when
her
following
two
films
-
"Highway"
and
"2
States"
-
too
hit
the
bull's
eye
at
the
box
office.
And
now
all
eyes
are
set
on
her
next
-
"Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania".
"Obviously
my
name
will
always
be
related
to
him
because
he
is
my
father.
I
agree
if
I
had
not
been
Mahesh
Bhatt's
daughter,
the
visibility
that
a
girl
called
Alia
wanted
to
work
wouldn't
have
been
there,"
Alia
said
in
a
group
interview.
Despite
having
a
Bhatt
surname,
she
had
to
audition
to
bag
the
lead
role
in
"Student
Of
The
Year".
Audiences
and
box
office
are
not
lenient
with
star
kids
and
only
promote
talent.
"If
I
had
not
proved
myself
with
my
other
two
films,
then
audiences
would
not
have
accepted
me.
If
I
didn't
have
that
in
me
then
obviously
there
would
have
been
that
struggle,
but
obviously
there
was
something
that
connected
me
with
the
audience
that
is
allowing
me
to
be
able
to
choose
and
be
happy
with
my
work,"
said
Alia.
The
young
and
successful
21-year-old
claims
to
have
her
feet
grounded.
"No,
success
shouldn't
sink
in
because
then
it
goes
to
your
head
and
you
become
over
confident.
Your
work
starts
suffering.
People
start
getting
irritated.
I
don't
think
that
will
ever
help
you
to
grow
as
an
actor
and
a
performer,"
said
the
actress.
She
doesn't
only
act,
Alia
sings
too
and
went
behind
the
mike
to
croon
"Main
tenu
samjhanva
ki"
for
"Humpty
Sharma
Ki
Dulhania",
a
modern
tribute
to
"Dilwale
Dulhania
Le
Jayenge".
Talking
about
her
role
in
Shashank
Khaitan's
directorial,
she
said:
"I
am
playing
a
girl
called
Kavya
who
belongs
to
a
small
town
Ambala.
Her
concerns
in
life
are
very
restricted.
Her
ambitions
are
not
too
high.
"Her
motto
in
life
is
very
simple
like
getting
married
in
designer
Manish
Malhotra's
lehenga
and
therefore
she
is
carefree.
She
is
always
stress
free,
unlike
me...
Kavya
gets
happy
without
thinking
much.
And
that
is
the
reason
why
she
is
one
different
type
of
girl."