2018 started on a much anticipatory note with popular starkids like Sara Ali Khan, Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter trying to make it big in Bollywood. And let's just admit it, even though one hails from a filmy background, it isn't easy for anyone to survive unless they manage to woo the janta! Eventually it is the audience that gets to decide whether you belong to the industry or no. If I have to be completely honest, out of the three, it was only and only Sara Ali Khan who managed to win hearts not just by showcasing her real, raw and true self but also with her acting chops. Overall, it was a great year in terms of movies with "content" being the true "king", and even though Sara's debut film - Kedarnath was a commercial movie and a Bollywood love story, people actually went to movie theatres to watch it simply because they wanted to see what Sara had to offer. And she did manage to exceed expectations proving that she's here to stay. No Filter Sara Ali Khan, Taimur’s Cute Antics, Suhana Khan’s Controversial Magazine Debut – 10 Celebrities Who Ruled Bollywood in 2018.

Apart from showcasing impressive acting skills, Sara has also, innumerous times, won the hearts of the paparazzi and the audience by being the way she is! Take for instance, her unfiltered conversations on Koffee With Karan 6. It was such a pleasant surprise to see Sara open up about so many things and nobody ever wanted her to stop talking! Ever since then, she has given quite a few interviews and she's always been her candid, true self in all of them. The honesty with which she speaks is quite rare to find in an industry like Bollywood. Whether it was confessing about stalking people from her fake Instagram account, opening up about health issues and what it was like to be growing up with both her parents living apart - I'm sure many of us could relate to her at several instances. Sara Ali Khan Has a Secret Fake Instagram Account That Is More Fun than Her Official One.

While she was on a promotional spree just a couple of weeks before Kedarnath released, she wrote a letter to paparazzi thanking them for their support. Now that's something that we've never seen anyone do before. It was such a sweet, warm and endearing gesture that it only made us fall in love with her even more!

Of course there were Bollywood shaadis and pics of Taimur Ali Khan making it to the headlines every other day, but out of them all, Sara Ali Khan was the best thing that happened to Bollywood in 2018.

Sara Ali Khan in Kedarnath (GIF Credit: Tumblr.com)

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