Alia Bhatt in Raazi (Image courtesy: taranadarsh)
Highlights
- I feel a sense of validation and gratitude: Alia Bhatt
- Raazi is Alia Bhatt's third film to enter the 100 crore club
- She will be next seen in Gully Boy
on Monday. The overall collections of
Raazi as of now is Rs 104.32 crore. Alia Bhatt, who received rave reviews her performance as Sehmat, an Indian spy, said that with the success of
Raazi, she needs to be more responsible with her choice of films, reports
mid-day. "The numbers show that the audience connected with the content in a big way. I feel a sense of validation and gratitude. But with success, comes responsibility too. With this, I feel I need to be more responsible in my choices henceforth," she said.
Raazi is Alia Bhatt's third film to enter the 100 crore club. 2014's
2 States and last year's
Badrinath Ki Dulhania are her other two films with over Rs 100 crore earnings. However, Alia Bhatt said that a film's box office returns doesn't affect her criteria for choosing a project. "If I start taking these factors into account, it will affect my decision-making process when I am choosing a film. I have never thought about it in the past and I don't expect to do it in the future," she told
mid-day.
The plot of
Raazi, directed by Meghna Gulzar, revolves around the year 1971 (Indo-Pak war). It is based on Harinder Sikka's novel
Calling Sehmat. In the film, Alia's character Sehmat is married to a Pakistani army officer, played by Vicky Kaushal.
Raazi was Alia Bhatt's first release of this year. She will next be seen in Zoya Akhtar's
Gully Boy, co-starring Ranveer Singh. She also has
Brahmastra with Ranbir Kapoor in the line-up.