Alia Bhatt filmography

Alia Bhatt is a British actress of Indian descent who predominantly works in Hindi films. As a child, she played a minor role in her father Mahesh Bhatt's production Sangharsh (1999), as the younger version of star Preity Zinta's character.^[1][2] In 2012, Bhatt had her first lead role in Karan Johar's teen film Student of the Year, but her performance in it was not well received.^[3] Two years later, she gained praise for playing a kidnapping victim in the drama Highway (2014), winning the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress.^[3][4] In the same year, her starring roles in the commercially successful romances 2 States and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, both produced under Johar's studio Dharma Productions, established her as a leading actress.^[5][6][7] She also sang the single "Samjhawan Unplugged" for the latter film's soundtrack.^[8]

Bhatt at an event for RRR in 2021

In Bhatt's three film releases of 2016—Kapoor & Sons, Dear Zindagi, and Udta Punjab—she played young women in troubling circumstances.^[9] Her performance in the last of these won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.^[10] Following another romantic role in Badrinath Ki Dulhania (2017), she played a spy in the thriller Raazi (2018) and a volatile girlfriend in the musical drama Gully Boy (2019). She won two more Best Actress awards at Filmfare for the latter two.^[11][12] This was followed by two poorly received films, Kalank (2019) and Sadak 2 (2020).^[13] Bhatt gained further success in 2022 with a brief role in the Telugu period film RRR, and starring roles in the fantasy film Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva and biopic Gangubai Kathiawadi, in which she starred as the titular prostitute; all three rank among the highest-grossing Indian films of the year.^[14] She won the National Film Award for Best Actress and her fourth Best Actress award at Filmfare for the last of these.^[15][16] She also produced and starred in the Netflix black comedy Darlings under her company Eternal Sunshine Productions, for which she received a Filmfare OTT Award.^[14][17]

In 2023, Bhatt starred opposite Ranveer Singh in Johar's romantic comedy Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year, and expanded to American cinema with the Netflix action film Heart of Stone.^[18][19] The former won her a record-tying fifth Best Actress award at Filmfare.^[20][21]

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

• All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	Sangharsh	Young Reet Oberoi	Child actor	[2]
2012	Student of the Year	Shanaya Singhania		[22]
2014	Highway	Veera Tripathi		[23]
	2 States	Ananya Swaminathan		[24]
	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	Kavya Pratap Singh		[25]
	Ugly	Young Shalini	Cameo	[26]
	Going Home	Herself	Short film	[27]
2015	Shaandaar	Alia Arora		[28]
2016	Kapoor & Sons	Tia Malik		[29]
	Udta Punjab	Mary Jane		[30]
	Ae Dil Hai Mushkil	DJ	Cameo	[31]
	Dear Zindagi	Kaira		[32]
2017	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	Vaidehi Trivedi		[33]
2018	Raazi	Sehmat Khan		[34]
	Zero	Herself	Cameo	[35]
2019	Gully Boy	Safeena Firdausi		[36]
	Kalank	Roop		[37]
	Student of the Year 2	Herself	Special appearance in song "The Hook Up Song"	[38]
2020	Sadak 2	Aarya Desai		[39]
2022	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Gangubai Kathiawadi		[40]
	RRR	Sita	Telugu film	[41]
	Darlings	Badru Qureshi	Also producer	[42]
	Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva	Isha Chatterjee		[43]
2023	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Rani Chatterjee		[44]
	Heart of Stone	Keya Dhawan	American film	[45]
2024	Jigra	Satyabhama Anand	Also producer	[46]
2025	Alpha †	TBA	Filming	[47]
2026	Love & War †			[48]

Television

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2023–2024	Poacher	—	Executive producer; Malayalam series	[49]

Music videos

Music videos

Year	Title	Performers	Ref.
2019	"Prada"	The Doorbeen, Shreya Sharma	[50]
	"Smile Deke Dekho"	Amit Trivedi, Sunidhi Chauhan, Nakash Aziz	[51]
2020	"Kudi Nu Nachne De"	Vishal Dadlani, Sachin–Jigar	[52]

Discography

Discography

Year	Track	Album	Ref.
2014	"Sooha Saha"	Highway	[53]
	"Samjhawan Unplugged"	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania	[54]
2016	"Ikk Kudi (Club Mix)"	Udta Punjab	[55]
	"Love You Zindagi (Club Mix)"	Dear Zindagi	[56]
	"Ae Zindagi Gale Laga Le – 2"		[56]
2017	"Humsafar (Alia's version)"	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	[57]
2020	"Tum Se Hi (Reprise)"	Sadak 2	[58]
2024	"Chal Kudiye"	Jigra	[59]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Alia Bhatt