The progressive powerhouse NOBODY saw coming.
When Alia Bhatt debuted, there was no indication that we were being introduced to a powerhouse. She was a conventionally attractive star kid who came to us via the fluffiest possible film.
Dharma
But in the four years since, Bhatt has made it her business to make us feel stupid for ever having such low expectations. In 2016, it's finally time to say conclusively: we should be glad to have Alia Bhatt. Here's why.
Because in an industry notorious for having a stick up its butt, she made goofiness and self-deprecation really, really cool.
When Bhatt was the butt of the internet's jokes for a general knowledge gaffe on Koffee With Karan, she teamed up with All India Bakchod to release a video about her fictional quest for intelligence.
All India Bakchod
Because while her contemporaries prefer uncontroversial, diplomatic statements, she just doesn't have the time to mince words.
