Alia Bhatt Opens Up About Shaandaar’s Failure; Thought Her Career Was Over After Watching Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania

One of the most talented and adored actresses of the Hindi film industry, Alia Bhatt has wowed the audience time and again with her solid performances in films such as Gully Boy, Raazi, Highway, Udta Punjab and Dear Zindagi to name a few. Well, for Elle’s September issue, Alia’s multi-talented and gorgeous sister Shaheen Bhatt turned into her photographer and interviewer. Much to our delight, the actress got candid about her childhood memories, failures and the joy of being alone in this chat.

In the interview, Shaheen stated that Alia always liked having a lot of people around her, but has recently discovered the joy of being alone. When asked what prompted it, the actress replied, “Honestly I just wanted to go away after Shaandaar didn’t do well. It’s like dealing with a break-up. I was feeling really low. And more than just the film, it was for me — I had been going through that whole grind of promotions, constantly talking. I needed to be silent. Which is why this holiday by myself was amazing.”

Shaheen further asked her sister what bothered her most about Shaandar’s failure and Alia shared, “That there was no love for the film. It was very difficult, like it was excruciating pain. Even though people were saying, “You were good, but” — for me it ends at “but”. I’m not one of those actors who would say I did my job well so that’s enough; I’m a team player.”

When asked if she ever thought it would turn out that way, the actress explained, “No, because you lose objectivity. I knew that a certain audience wouldn’t like it but I didn’t think... I don’t know, I’ve always been wrong. When I saw Humpty [Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, 2014] for the first time I thought my career was over, but that film was so loved.” Alia continued to add that it was like ripping off a band-aid, because all her projects did pretty well before it.

Alia’s latest film Sadak 2, co-starring Sanjay Dutt and Aditya Roy Kapur, released on OTT platform Disney+Hotstar on 28^th August. Sadly, the film failed to impress fans, unlike Alia’s other projects, and it received terrible reviews.