TIL Desk Bollywood/ From being a snob in ‘Student Of The Year’, a girl falling for her kidnapper in ‘Highway’ to playing a Bihari immigrant in ‘Udta Punjab’, Alia Bhatt is surprising audiences and critics alike with her versatility one film after another. The actress calls herself a “director’s actor”, adding that with the right guidance, “sky is the limit” for her.
“I think each character is different for me, but I am a director’s actor. So if I get the right vision and right guidance from my director, I think sky is the limit for me,” Alia told. Even though she’s all of 23, there’s no mincing words on critics’ part when it comes to praising how well Alia slips into different roles with such an ease that it’s tough to see any trace of her own personality on the silver screen.
The daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and yesteryear actress Soni Razdan believes that the process to get into the skin of the character differs with each film. “It really depends on the film. For instance, for ‘Udta Punjab’, I had to prepare a lot as there were a lot of things involved with regards to preparation — like the dialect and body language. And say for a film like ‘Highway’, I was just going with the flow and by my director’s vision,” said the young talent, who hasn’t tried method acting yet.
In “Udta Punjab” – which Alia feels is “definitely the most difficult film” of her career — she is seen as a Bihari immigrant trying to break away from the shackles of the drug menace in Punjab. “Maybe I will feel the pressure when my next (film) is about to release or another film does not do well,” said the actress, who is taking a well-deserved vacation to London soon. She will be back to Mumbai to shoot for “Badrinath Ki Dulhania”, after which she has movies like “Shuddhi” and director Gauri Shinde’s untitled film in her kitty.
