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Karan

Johar

talKs

about

why he

feels liKe

mahesh

bhatt

himself

aran Johar, who was one of the producers of Alia Bhatt, Vicky filmmaker-producer is quite close to the film’s lead Alia Bhatt
Kaushal-starrer ‘Raazi’, is currently basking on the film’s success. even before she made her debut in KJo’s ‘Student Of The Year’.
KIn just a week’s span, the film has swayed the audience and the
critics’ hearts with extraordinary performances as well as the plot. The At a success party of the film, which was also attended by Alia’s
mother, Soni Razdan, the director spoke a lot about his bond with
Alia. He said in a statement, “Soni walked into my office along
with Alia and right from the first day, I could feel some cosmic
connections, especially with Alia.”

KJo was quite vocal about how he is quite emotional for the
‘Highway’ actor. He further said, “I am proud being her emotional
father. Although I am not her biological father, today I feel like I
am Mahesh Bhatt, and that we (Karan and Soni) are her parents.
After turning a parent to two little kids, today I understand how
emotional one feels about their children’s achievements in life.”

Moreover, if one overviews Alia Bhatt’s career graph in Bolly-
wood, the young actor has come a long way. Speaking about her
growth in the industry, Karan Johar opined, “I feel proud of Alia,
who has performed in about eight films for Dharma Productions.
All the films have proved a hit at the box office. So what if one
film proved to bring in a bad result on our report card? However,
I am happy that all of her other seven films have proved to be
shaandar at the box office.”

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