Amidst the flood of wishes coming in for Alia on her special day, perhaps the warmest are from her own family.
Daddy Mahesh Bhatt shared an adorable throwback pic of Alia with the caption, “Such a BIG miracle in such a LITTLE girl! Happy Birthday, Alia.”
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Mama Soni Razdan created a collage of pictures of the birthday girl. She wrote movingly, “On this day 25 years ago you were born Alia. Your name had already been chosen in my head. Alia Knightly was a lovely British Indian model and when I read that name I had decided if I had a girl we would call her Alia. Luckily your father agreed. I had no idea what the name meant then. It was many years later that I found out it means ‘exalted’. And that you most certainly are. A month before you were born I had a dream. I saw your face clearly in that dream. Since then in these 25 years, you have scaled great heights in your young life... true to your name. On this day, your birthday, I wish you all the best as always... but I also wish that you keep your core self, intact. Your special simple sweet self, intact through all the craziness and the heady ups and the not so heady downs of life ... don’t lose sight of who you really are inside. Because it’s that self that will be your guide and your most precious companion. Wish we were with you today... Happy Birthday, sweetheart. Have a glass for me. Love always ... Mama.”
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Alia’s sister and partner in crime, Shaheen also shared a lovely wish, along with a selfie with Alia. “25 years ago today, I was just moseying along, minding my own business, when my life changed forever,” she wrote. “Alia, Aloo, Bob - My friend, my companion, my personal defence lawyer, my most tireless cheerleader, my paranoid caretaker, witness to all my highs and lows, partner in random midnight hysterics and co-cat parent - I’m so lucky to have you as my sister and I’m so proud of the kind and nurturing soul you have grown to be.”
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In an interview on the occasion of Alia's 25th, Mahesh said in an interview, “This wonder child of mine has outdistanced and outshone me in the dawn of her career…She has given the brand Mahesh Bhatt a new sheen. She has added a halo to my life in more ways than one emotionally and even in terms of brand equity.”
He also added, “One of my most precious treasures, which I’ve preserved, is an autograph that Alia gave me after her first film, Student of the Year (2012), became hit. She had written: ‘THANK YOU, PAPA, FOR NOT HELPING ME AT ALL’.”
Li’l Miss Bhatt is clearly her family’s fave girl!
