Alia Bhatt

Some Lesser Known Facts About Alia Bhatt

• Does Alia Bhatt drink alcohol?: Yes

• Alia was born to a Gujarati-Hindu father and a Kashmiri-German-Muslim mother.

• She had expressed her desire to become an actress when she was just 2 years old.

• She was first seen as a child artist in the film ‘Sanghrash’ (1999); starring Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta, in which she played the younger Preity Zinta.

  

• She never wanted her debut film to be directed or produced by her father, Mahesh Bhatt.

• When she was around 15 years, she had screen-tested for Balika Vadhu with Ranbir Kapoor.

• Earlier, she used to be overweight, but for the demand of a glamorous role in her debut film ‘Student of the Year’ (2012), she lost around 16 kg of weight; after getting trained by a personal trainer for 3 months under a strict diet.

  

• She beat 400 girls at the auditions to get the lead role in ‘Student of the Year.’

• In 2014, she turned singer and sang “Sooha Saaha;” soundtrack in the film ‘Highway.’

• She is an animal lover and has done campaigning for PETA to raise awareness about homeless animals.

  

• Alia is scared of darkness, and that’s why she sleeps at night with lights on.

  

• She prefers to drink cold beverages over hot ones.

• She has a habit of smelling her fingers.

• Alia has a habit of making diary entries every night.

• Alia believes she is a very lazy person and can sleep for more than 12 hours at a stretch.

• She likes to use men’s perfumes only.

• She has a flexible body and can twist her body parts very easily.

• She gets very nervous while travelling by air.

• She can’t afford to have a meal without curd as she is so addicted to it.

• She first met Ranbir Kapoor, when she was 11 years old, and since then, she had a crush on him.

• Her pet peeve is people tapping her on the shoulder to call her.

• She prefers ‘online shopping’ over ‘physical shopping’ and has her own clothing brand, Ed-a-Mamma, which is named after her cat Edward.

  

• She is a huge fan of the American sitcom Friends, and watching it makes her calm down whenever she is upset or irritated. She says,
  

  When I’m upset or irritated or angry, I watch an episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and I’m fine.”

• Alia has a unique chemistry with her elder sister Shaheen Bhatt, and she often tends to ask strange questions to her. In an interview, Alia talked about this and said,
  

  I have a tendency to ask a lot of strange questions to my sister and expect her to have all the answers and it’s something that I’ve done for a very long time.”

• According to Alia, she has a weird way of applying lipstick, putting her mouth on her lipstick, she moves around her lips to apply the shade, and then she rubs it off. She says,
  

  I eat my lipstick.”
  

• The actress is obsessed with numbers like 6, 9, 1, and 8; Ranbir Kapoor has associated himself with the number 8 for the longest time as his mother, Neetu Kapoor, was born on 8 July 1958. The number 8 was also featured on Alia’s wedding kaleeras.

  

• In an interview, she revealed that she was scared of the dark and had the tendency of lucid dreaming.

• Since 6th grade, she has been keeping a memory book. While talking about this memory book, she says,
  

  I have this book called the memory book which I started filling in the 6th grade when I was 12 years old. It was from the time I was 12 to the time when I was 18 or 19. It’s full of cards, sketches and random memories. It’s very cringey but I still have it.”

  

• In an interview, Alia revealed that in childhood, she would often play a made-up game of acting with her friend Bobby who used to make her the boy.

• According to Alia Bhatt, she was obsessed with the smell of mehendi as a kid; however, on her wedding day, she got bored of putting ‘mehendi’ on.

  

• In May 2023, Gucci announced Alia Bhatt as its first global brand ambassador from India; Gucci is an Italian luxury fashion house. It was also announced that she would make an appearance at Gucci’s upcoming Cruise 2024 showcase in Seoul, South Korea. ^[9]Vogue

  

• On 17 October 2023, Alia Bhatt’s choice of wearing her wedding saree to the National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi garnered significant attention and praise from internet users. Many inquired about her decision, making Alia respond on social media. She used a photo to convey her message, encouraging people to adopt sustainable fashion practices by re-wearing, reusing, and repeating their clothing. Alia Bhat wrote,
  

  A special day calls for a special outfit. And sometimes… that outfit is already right there What’s special once can be special again. And again… 🙂 #rewear #reuse #repeat”

  

• In May 2024, her name was featured on the “Blockout 2024 list,” calling her ‘complicit’ for her alleged silence on the situation in Gaza. Blockout 2024 is a movement on social media, where users are asked to block/unfollow celebrities who have remained silent on Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

  

• She authored her first picture book ‘Ed Find A Home’ in 2024.

  

• During a podcast conversation with Nikhil Kamath in July 2024, Ranbir Kapoor revealed that Alia Bhatt was 9 and he was 20 when he first met her. He said Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to make a film, Balika Vadhu, with him and Alia.

• In October 2024, her brand Ed-a-Mamma emerged as one of the most profitable brands in India along with Hrithik Roshan‘s HRX and Katrina Kaif‘s Kay Beauty. It was asserted that her brand has grown four times since it was established in 2020.

• In October 2024, she was featured in the Hurun Rich List of 2024 as the fourth richest Indian actress.

• In July 2025, the Mumbai Police took Vedika Prakash Shetty, Alia’s secretary from 2021 to 2024, into custody for duping Alia of Rs. 76.9 lakh by routing money from her personal and business accounts into her friend’s account for personal use. Shetty did so by copying her signature on fake expense bills from 2022 to 2024. The matter arose when Alia’s mother found discrepancies in the accounts and lodged an FIR in January 2025.