(I dont tell her that part.)
I dont think I ever overestimate or underestimate [my value].
In 2023 Bhatt became the first Indian global ambassador for Gucci.
This year beauty giant LOreal Paris came courting.
Bhatt calls it perfect timing.
Ive just entered my 30s, she says.
Private Policy dress. Panconesi earring. To get a similar makeup look: L’Oréal Paris Infallible Grip Precision Felt Waterproof Eyeliner in Black, Infallible 24 HR Eye Shadow in Silvery Sky and Burst Into Bloom, and Colour Riche Satin Lipstick in 140 Mauved.
I feel like in your 20s youre just figuring yourself out.
Everything is chaotic, everybody is noisy, and you have a different feeling every day.
You want to be associated with everything and anything.
Ferrari suit. Panconesi ear cuff. Swarovski crystals. To get a similar makeup look: Dior Diorshow 5 Couleurs in 073 Pied-de-Poule and Rouge Dior in 720 Icone.
Issey Miyake cape, top, pants, and scarf.
Of course, in this instance, self-knowledge also comes with a huge payday.
I told them, she recalls, You all are known for your long-lasting relationships, and Im monogamous. "
Issey Miyake cape, top, pants, and scarf. Kinks lab ring. JW PEI shoes. To get a similar makeup look: Make Up For Ever Star Lit Glitter in Holografic Silver and Rouge Artist Velvet Nude Soft Matte Lipstick in 109 Comfort Brown. Swarovski crystals.
Beauty is truly what you perceive of yourself.
Bhatt has given several unconventional and strong female characters to Indian cinema.
I’ve been raised to be defiant, independent, and to think for myself, Bhatt says.
I guess I naturally gravitate towards these characters…
They each have an inherent strength in them.
This is not to say she entirely shuns more mainstream fare.
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Bhatt has also become something of a global ambassador for the sari.
Fans were obsessed with the chiffon saris she wore inRocky AurRani Kii Prem Kahaani.
Young girls should be like, ‘Oh, I only want to wear a sari.
Press play to hear the author, Surbhi Gupta, read this story in Hindi.
It sold out in minutes, while replicas flooded the markets.
Its such a timeless garment, and I really feel my most comfortable in it, she says.
Press play to hear the author, Surbhi Gupta, read this story in Hindi.
Ferrari suit. Panconesi ear cuff. Swarovski crystals.
In 2022, Bhatt became a mother to a baby girl, Raha.
She has moments of being shy.
Her biggest challenge, she says, is managing her time between work andmotherhood: Thats my main focus.
I’ll be very candid right nowtheres no such thing as me time.
I’ve not even been able to get a therapy session for the last two months.
Motherhood, for Bhatt, has been a combination of extreme joy and extreme worry.
Their life is theirs, and you just need to give them the tools to deal with their life.
Panconesi earrings and ear cuff.
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Motherhood may even be informing some of Bhatts acting choices.
She is gearing up for her next release,Jigra,a thriller that follows a pair of siblings.
At the time that I signed, Id just given birth to Raha.
When they say beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, thats one way to look at it.
But I genuinely feel beauty really lies within the eyes of yourself….
The way you perceive yourself is the way you project.
There is no question thatIndian beautyhas captured the global imagination.
One secondlets talk about it, Bhatt says.
(Kajal is the Hindustani word forkohl.)
For many girls it is the first beauty product they are allowed to use.
Basically, we invented the smoky eye before it came out, says Bhatt.
She barely wore makeup in the period drama, but her eyes were lined by kohl.
Thats something weve been doing for so many years, just that extensive eye makeup.
I think that’s very personal to India.
For Bhatt, though, comfort and a certain amount of speed are the biggest beauty priorities.
She wants her looks to be accessible, simple.
It needs to be something that you’re free to do very quickly, she says.
I have ADD and dont have interest in investing too much time.
Whatever needs to happen needs to happen fast.
Which means when shes in the makeup chair, its not for more than 45 minutes.
I told her, Youve lost it.
Especially on my wedding day, Im not giving you two hours because I want to chill.
I trained, I trained, I trained," she says.
“Suddenly I was on a diet, and all my favorite things were cut out of it.
She got the part, she finished high school, she went to set.
So when you talk about myStudentexperience, it was a blur.
What I remember was the prep because when I started working, it was too overwhelming.
I didnt know how films were made.
I had so much respect for my body and was so enamored with what it could do.
I told you about the way I was when I was brought into the movies, Bhatt says.
I was quite a chubby, healthy kind of kid, very happy with my life at the time.
I didnt think there was anything wrong with the way I looked.
I have struggled with body-image issues since then.
No matter how much weight I lost, I always struggled.
My friends would say, Alia, you oughta stop dieting.
Just be calm, live a little, eat some food.
And I used to be like, Once a fat kid, always a fat kid.
I used to say that in my head, no matter how much weight I lost.
But something changed while Bhatt waspregnant.
Bhatt is comfortable defining herself sometimes in defiance of convention, but always directly and with confidence.
As she says: This is me and this is why.
Top image: Dion Lee dress.
Panconesi earrings and ear cuff.
