Alia Bhatt’s upcoming movie Gangubai Kathiawadi has been making news ever since the 1.5 minute long teaser was released on February 24th. In the biographical drama, Bhatt is portraying Gangubai Kathiawadi, a controversial and powerful figure who lived in Mumbai’s Kamathipura in the 1960s.
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The teaser has taken social media by storm and the 27-year-old actor has received praises from Bollywood biggies Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar.
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The talented actress has also been in the news for her yet another entrepreneurial venture—a production house! She announced the launch of her production company Eternal Sunshine Productions on Instagram today. “And I am so happy to announce….PRODUCTION!! Eternal Sunshine Productions. Let us tell you tales. Happy tales. Warm and fuzzy tales. Real tales. Timeless tales,” she wrote on Instagram and also shared the company’s logo.
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She shared a teaser of Darlings, her production house’s first project that stars her, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Matthew. She took to Instagram to share, “Announcing #Darlings, my first ever production under @eternalsunshineproduction, in association with my fav @iamsrk’s @redchilliesent!”
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Bhatt, who was the highest-earning woman in Forbes India’s Celebrity 100 list in 2019, also owns a sustainable children’s brand called Ed-a-Mamma, which was launched in October 2020 on Firstcry.com. The brand has clothes for children in the age group of 2 and 14. The outfits are made from natural fabrics, each garment comes with a seed ball that can be planted, the tags double up as bookmarks, buttons are not made of plastic and even the leftover fabric is transformed into hair ties and potlis.
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The actor, producer and entrepreneur is also an investor in Nykaa (e-commerce) and Style Cracker (fashion startup) and according to Forbes, her overall earnings, were around Rs 59.21 crore in 2019. Merely two years after her first movie was released, she had collaborated with Jabong to launch her own clothing line in 2014.
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Bhatt started her career with Karna Johar’s Student of the Year (2012) and has since several hits to her credit like Gully Boy (2019), Raazi (2018), Dear Zindagi (2016), Udta Punjab (2016) and Highway (2014).
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