Alia Bhatt acts in artistic works.
Alia Bhatt . After making her acting debut as a child artist in the 1999 thriller Sangharsh , Bhatt played her first leading role in Karan Johar 's romantic drama Student of the Year ( 2012 ) , which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut . Bhatt established herself in Bollywood by starring as the female lead in several commercially successful films , including the romantic drama 2 States ( 2014 ) , the romantic comedy Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania ( 2014 ) , the drama Kapoor & Sons ( 2016 ) , the coming-of-age film Dear Zindagi ( 2016 ) , and the romantic comedy Badrinath Ki Dulhania ( 2017 ) .