Alia Bhatt, who will be completing a decade in the Indian film industry, is currently ruling the hearts of her fans and has become almost every filmmaker's top choice. Her recently released film, Gangubai Kathiawadi, is running successfully in theatres and crossed Rs 100 crores worldwide. Now, just a few days before her birthday, fans of Alia got a surprise when her much-anticipated Hollywood debut was announced this morning.
The actress will be making her Hollywood debut in Netflix’s international spy thriller Heart of Stone. The film will also feature Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan. It will be directed by Tom Harper with Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder on board as writers. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger are producing Heart of Stone along with Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn and Pilot Wave’s Gadot and Jaron Varsano. Harper, Rucka and Patty Whitcher are exec producing as per a report in an international publication.
Alia's Gangubai Kathiawadi, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, premiered at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival in February. Before that, Gully Boy, co-starring Ranveer Singh, was also screened at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival and the Zoya Akhtar directorial was India’s submission for the Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.
In 2021, Alia launched her own production house named Eternal Sunshine. The first film under the banner will be Darlings starring Alia, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew. Apart from Darlings, the actress has films like RRR, Brahmastra and Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani.
(Source: Deadline)