Alaya
F
has
undoubtedly
made
a
mark
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
with
her
performance
in
her
debut
film
Jawaani
Jaaneman.
Inadvertently,
Alaya
will
now
be
pitted
against
her
contemporaries
like
Sara
Ali
Khan
and
Janhvi
Kapoor.
But
the
young
actress
revealed
that
there
was
a
time,
when
she
herself
thought
it
was
a
big
deal
that
she
had
more
social
media
followers
than
Sara
and
Janhvi.
In
a
chat
with
film
critic
Anupama
Chopra,
Alaya
opened
up
about
how
social
media
may
be
important
for
business,
but
not
really
on
the
personal
front.
Speaking
about
how
one's
chances
of
getting
signed
by
brands
is
more
if
they
have
social
media
accounts,
she
said,
"Your
movies
get
promoted
better,
brands
want
to
sign
you
more,
it's
a
huge
part
of
the
business.
The
numbers
are
so
important,
it
creates
a
difference
in
what
you
get
paid."
Talking
about
a
time
when
she
was
obsessed
with
the
number
of
followers
she
had,
she
said,
"This
is
back
to
when
50,000
followers
was
a
big
deal,
and
I
had
them.
I
used
to
feel
yeah,
I
have
the
most
number
of
followers
from
that
slot
you
know.
Cut
to
Dhadak
was
announced
and
Janhvi
made
her
account
public,
and
overnight
she
had
like
500
thousand
followers,
cut
to
Sara's
debut
and
her
following
went
up.
And,
I
was
like,
'what,
I
put
in
so
much
effort
in
this.'"
She
concluded,
"I
realized
it's
so
stupid,
it's
always
changing.
People
buy
followers,
and
social
media
is
very
overrated."
Alaya
has
starred
alongside
Saif
Ali
Khan
and
Tabu
in
Jawaani
Jaaneman,
and
has
made
a
solid
impression
with
her
performance.
The
film
has
been
directed
by
Nitin
Kakkar,
and
is
now
running
in
theatres.