Alia Bhatt Parents: Meet Mahesh Bhatt And Soni Razdan

Alia Bhatt was born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan.

Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt, born 20 September 1948, is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema.

A stand-out film from his earlier period is Saaransh (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.

It became India’s official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that year.

The 1986 film Naam was his first piece of commercial cinema. In 1987, he turned producer with the film Kabzaa under the banner, “Vishesh Films”, with his brother Mukesh Bhatt.

Soni Razdan
Bhatt’s mother, Soni Razdan, is a British actress and film director who works in Hindi films.

Razdan started her career in English theatre with John Fowles’ The Collector and her Hindi stage career with Bund Darvaze, Satyadev Dubey’s adaptation of Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit.

She appeared as Sulochana in the Doordarshan TV series Buniyaad. She also acted in Indian TV serials Saahil, Gaatha and has been a regular on Indian television.