Alia Bhatt makes it to The Guardian’s list of greatest performances

Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has joined the likes of Lupita Nyong’o and Marilyn Monroe on an international publication’s list of greatest performances. The Guardian released a fresh list of the greatest and worst movie performances of all time selected by their writers. The publication’s writer Mike McCahill mentioned Alia’s performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ in the piece.
He wrote, “One of 2022’s greatest performances. As the real-life figure of Ganga Harjivandas, the self-improving sex slave who became queen of Mumbai’s 1960s red-light district, Bhatt makes complete emotional sense of a rollercoaster character arc. Her extraordinarily expressive dancing in a drum number Dholida tells its own story: veering from communal celebration to personal desolation, it’s a walling three-minute tabulation of everything this woman has gained and lost.”
An elated Alia reposted the article with grinning face emojis. Released earlier this year, ’Gangubai Kathiawadi’ gained much praise worldwide. The movie went on to become the number one non-English film on Netflix globally within a week of release. The film is based on S Hussain Zaidi’s book Mafia Queens of Mumbai and follows the journey of Gangu, who was sold into a brothel in Mumbai’s Kamathipura.
On the work front, Alia was last seen in ‘Brahmastra’ with husband Ranbir Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan. Her upcoming releases include Hollywood debut ‘Heart of Stone’ with Gal Gadot, and ‘Jee Le Zaraa’ with Katrina Kaif and Priyanka Chopra. She also has ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ with Ranveer Singh.