Alia Bhatt is undoubtedly one of the most sought-after actresses in Bollywood. Most fraternity members call Alia Bhatt their favourite actress and express their wish to work with her. However, Alia is no stranger to box office failure, having delivered both hits and misses throughout her career. Her first box office dud came with Shandaar, which also featured Shahid Kapoor. In a chat with Siddharth Kannan, Alia’s father, Mahesh Bhatt, recalled how this failure broke her.
Mahesh Bhatt said, “When Alia had tasted her first failure, which was the film Shandaar. It had come after a few hits, so she was shaken to the roots by that. Even though she is a tough girl on the outside, a failure is a failure."
The filmmaker said, “Something like that reminds you that you are just an ordinary morta