Mahesh Bhatt Recalls Advising Daughter Alia To Watch Meryl Streep's Work: You Haven't Even Scratched The Surface

Alia Bhatt, who won the National Award for her performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi, has been proving her mettle as an actor since the start of her career. However, her father once felt that she was yet

to scratch the surface of what the craft truly entailed. In an interview, the director recalled advising her to study Meryl Streep’s work to learn more.Mahesh Bhatt Recalls Advising Daughter Alia To Watch Meryl StreepMahesh is a proud father. In an interview with Humans of Bombay, he shared, “Even after becoming a mother, her passion for acting remains unquenched. She has astounded me; I didn’t think she was capable of this. She amazed me in Highway, Udta Punjab. I am a great admirer of Meryl Streep, and I told Alia, 'Go and see her work, and you’ll realise you have not even scratched the surface.'”Alia Bhatt Balancing Motherhood While Managing Work CommitmentsHe also spoke about how Alia perfectly balances her professional and personal life.He said, “Alia chose to get married to Ranbir, her films only got bigger, she had a child, and she continues to work. She just went to Milan for the Gucci event, carrying her daughter with her. I recently did an ad with her and Mr Bachchan. I saw that there was a vanity for Raha. And Alia said, ‘Why don’t you go and sit in Raha’s room, papa?’ I didn’t want to contaminate it. It felt like a nursery school. It almost looked like a temple. I said, ‘No, no, no, the old man has no place there.’ But that’s the new-age heroines. They work, they parent, they attend Gucci events while carrying their babies with them.”Up next, Alia will be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Love & War with husband Ranbir.