Four years ago on this day, Alia Bhatt arrived with one of her most impressive performances till date opposite Vicky Kaushal in Meghna Gulzar directed Raazi. Since then, the actress has been ruling over the box office as well as the audience’s hearts, establishing herself as one of the most talented actresses in the Indian film industry today. As Raazi clocked in on four years today, Alia Bhatt reminisced about the film by sharing some BTS pictures from the sets along with co-star Vicky Kaushal and director Meghna Gulzar.
Raazi was based on Harinder Sikka’s 2008 novel, Calling Sehmat, which is based on a true story. It featured Alia in the role of Sehmat, who follows her father’s footsteps and becomes a RAW agent for the Indian government and marries into a military family in Pakistan to relay information to India, prior to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The actress brought the innocence and softness needed from her character but also the bravery and courage required in her demeanour, all so effortlessly. The film also featured Rajit Kapur, Shishir Sharma, Soni Razdan. Jaideep Ahlawat and Amruta Khanvilkar in supporting roles.
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Raazi was a critical and commercial success on its release. It also became one of the few female-led films to cross Rs 100 crore on the box office. The film also brought many laurels for Alia as she bagged the Best Actress award at almost every award ceremony held in the industry. It also paved a new way for both Alia and Vicky as artists.
Meanwhile, Alia had a big development in her personal life recently as she got married to Ranbir Kapoor last month. On the professional front as well, she had a big hit in Gangubai Kathiawadi earlier in the year. Up next, she has the release of Brahmastra in September which marks her first on-screen appearance with husband Ranbir in films. Apart from that, she has the dark comedy Darlings, which also marks her debut as a producer, followed by Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani with Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar’s Jee Le Zaraa with Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra.
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