Alia Bhatt is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. She is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan, and half-sister of actress Pooja Bhatt. Alia Bhatt appeared as a child actor in the 1999 film Sangharsh. She played her first lead role in Karan Johar’s Student of the Year (2012). It was followed by numerous successful movies like Highway (2014), 2 States (2014), Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania (2014), Udta Punjab (2016), Dear Zindagi (2016), Raazi (2018), Kalank (2019), and Gully Boy (2019).