Alia Bhatt is very picky with her film choices and she settles for nothing but the best. From Highway to Udta Punjab and the recently released, Gully Boy, her graph as an actor has only seen an upward trend and the hunger in her is not going to die anytime soon. While her contemporary Deepika Padukone is busy shooting for a biopic on acid attack survivor, Laxmi Aggarwal, Alia too has something interesting lined up in the same category. She's in talks to star in a biopic on the life of world’s first woman amputee-mountaineer Arunima Sinha and if all goes well, she'll make the big announcement real soon. Earlier she starred in Meghna Gulzar's Raazi - a biopic on Sehmat Khan. Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Abhishek Bachchan and Other Bollywood Celebs Welcome 'Hero' Abhinandan Varthaman Home (Read Tweets).
According to a report in Peeping Moon, the Highway actress was offered the role to play Sinha in her biopic and she has willingly given her nod to it. The movie is based on Arunima’s book Born Again On The Mountain: A Story of Losing Everything And Finding It Back and the actress was more than eager to be a part of it. A source in the report was quoted saying, “Arunima’s life has been an inspiration to many across the globe and what she has managed isn’t just an ordinary feat. When makers approached her to make a film on her and told her they were planning to get Alia on board, she was excited."After MC Sher aka Siddhant Chaturvedi, Alia Bhatt Receives a Handwritten Note from The 'Legend' Amitabh Bachchan - View Pic.
The report further states how the movie will be helmed by her mentor, Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. Alia's bond with the banner goes back a long way and Johar was more than willing to come on board as a producer for it. Since her schedule is jam-packed currently, the biopic will most likely go on floors after she wraps shooting of her multi-starrer historical drama, Takht. Well, we definitely wish her all the luck for her next big venture.
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