Alia and Mahesh Bhatt may be the strongest father-daughter unit in Bollywood but they are polar opposites as professionals. While the 23-year-old actress arrived at Mehboob Studios at 4pm sharp for a chat show, BFFs, dad didn't need to show up until 5pm, joking that unlike his "super-pretty darling daughter", all he had to do is change from one black shirt to another. When the cameras rolled, he couldn't stop gushing over how radiant Alia, dressed in a tan leather skirt and denim jacket, looked. She spoke candidly about her pen chant for dressing up, confessing that her fashion choices keep changing "but I really like Kangana Ranaut's style".
Bhatt Sr managed to embarrass her when he sighed over how lonely it would get for him and her mom (actress-filmmaker Soni Razdan) after Alia moved into her new apartment with sister Shaheen.
But Alia sweetened the deal by admitting that she cannot move until she finds the right cook! She also admitted to swiping right on Hrithik Roshan and Arjun Kapoor, left on Tiger Shroff, Sooraj Pancholi, Varun Dhawan and a definitive "right" on Katrina Kaif in a hypothetical situation that required her to be on an online dating app. However, on her relationship status with former beau, Sidharth Malhotra, she remained tight lipped. "We look hot together!" she exclaimed when the show's host Kamal Sidhu fished out a magazine with them on the cover. Even a question like "what would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with Sidharth" elicited a rather lacklustre "We would do what we always do... talk!" But she did add that they'd definitely work together in future.
The chat, which airs on Colors Infinity hit an emotional high when Alia recounted stories her dad shares at the dinner table -about how Sanjay Dutt and Kumar Gaurav saved him from jumping off a roof and how he misses his drinking days. She added that the best advice she's ever received from him was, "never put off things for tomorrow".
The 68-year-old veteran admitted his firstborn, Pooja, was his "favourite daughter" and an unfazed Alia brushed it off saying it's "no secret". But then he made it a "Daddy" moment by saying if he could go back in time, he would have cast Alia in Dil Hai Ki Maanta Nahin.
