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Alia Bhatt: “I decided to become an actor at the age of four”

Alia Bhatt has had one of the best starts in the Indian film industry, compared to her contemporaries, with hit films like ‘Student Of The Year’ (2012), ‘Udta Punjab’ (2016), ‘Kapoor & Sons’ (2016) and more recently ‘Dear Zindagi’ (2016) under her belt.

The actress has spoken about her five years in the industry so far. She was cited in Bombay Times saying, “I don’t want to see things where I look at other people and think ‘Isko yeh mil raha hai, mujhe kyun nahi mil raha’. That’s a very one track mindset. Because nothing is permanent, things change every day. Today it’s me, tomorrow, it might be someone else.”

She added, “I’m not too attached to the idea of myself being successful. That’s not the reason I’m doing films. I am doing films just to satisfy my desire to be an actor and play different characters. Of course, I want the films to be good because I don’t want to cheat the audience. And because of that, my films become successful. So success is not the driving force, but it’s the byproduct of the passion and determination I have towards my movies.”

Bhatt also said, “I decided to become an actor at the age of four. A four-year-old has no clue about success. I set my heart on it and I’m still the same four-year old inside. I’m just an older person now. But the heart inside me is the same. Which is why I will never be attached to this image of mine, I will rather be forever passionate and grateful.”