Karan Johar happy with Alia Bhatt’s progress

Film-maker says his ‘little child’ has grown as an actor

MUMBAI: Bollywood director-producer Karan Johar, who gave Alia Bhatt her big break with Student of the Year, is glad to watch his “little child emerge as an actress of some calibre”.

The Dharma Productions head who has produced some of Alia’s successful films like 2 States and Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya, however, expressed regret over the failure of Shaandar.

“Two years down the line, Alia has an amazing repertoire of films. I however apologise for Shaandar. Besides that, she has had some amazing films like 2 States, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya and Kapoor & Sons. Alia is Dharma Productions’ proud girl and will always be the flagship girl of the company,” Karan said at an event organised to celebrate the success of Kapoor & Sons. “When I launched Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra in their first film, I never thought I would see them come through this way on celluloid. I watched Alia in Highway; I wept a little bit only because I couldn’t believe my little child has emerged as an actor.”

Meanwhile, the Shakun Batra directorial Kapoor & Sons is having a good run at the box office and the entire team was present at the event to celebrate the film’s success. Along with Karan and Alia, cast members Rishi Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajat Kapoor were also present on the occasion. 

Published in The Express Tribune, March 26^th,  2016.

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