Will be blown away if I get a National Award: Alia Bhatt

New Delhi March 6 (IANS) She is on a winning spree at various award galas for her impactful portrayal of a Bihari migrant in Udta Punjab. And even though she doesn t work for trophies the young and versatile Alia Bhatt says she will be blown away if she gets a National Award.


Having won the Best Actress trophy at the recently-held Filmfare Awards and Screen Awards Alia s deglamourised performance as a victim of drug abuse in Udta Punjab could be one of the frontrunners for the Best Actress category at the upcoming 64th National Film Awards.

I will be blown away if I get it. It s an honour to win a National Award. I don t know if it s possible but if it happens of course I will be very glad Alia told IANS.

However Alia says she will not be disappointed even if she doesn t get it.

With awards you are rewarded for just your efforts. I don t think of it as the be-all and end-all. I don t work for awards but the year that you get them it s just that you feel very grateful and you feel very glad that your efforts have been recognised.

There s nothing else to feel about it. You shouldn t take it too seriously; and if you don t get it that doesn t mean that your career is over added the daughter of veteran filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan.

Starting her career in the Hindi film industry at a young age with the 2012 film Student of the Year Alia who turns 24 on March 15 has carved out a niche for herself in Bollywood in a short time span through her roles in movies like Highway 2 States and Dear Zindagi.

More than me I want other people to say whether it is the high point or low point in my career. For me these are just points that I wanted to achieve... I started at a young age. It s been five years now. But for me I don t understand what s younger or older. I don t understand age Alia said adding that she wants to work like this even when I am 40 or 50 or 80 if possible.

For her choice of roles Alia says she follows her instinct.

There is no thought process while taking up new roles. You just go with an instinct. I don t want to play the same type of characters every time. I don t want people to say that Alia only does these kinds of films -- which is why my choice of films is very different because I want to satisfy my wants Alia said.

She wants to try all genres.

I want to do action comedy love story or a biopic -- I want to do everything. That s what I think about while choosing a film. Each time I want to do different from what I did last she said.

Alia is currently busy promoting her forthcoming entertainer Badrinath Ki Dulhania and said that like her previous work doing this film was also a challenge for her.

Every film that I pick up is a sort of challenge for me. Badrinath Ki Dulhania was challenging because it is (set) in a different place altogether. I am playing a girl from Kota. She is a small-town girl and very different from other characters that I have played.

Through such films you have to make the audience smile and cry at the same time -- that itself is a challenge she said.

The film is slated to release on March 10.

(Sandeep Sharma can be contacted atsandeep.s@ians.in)

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