* Bollywood actor, in Qatar to attend DJWE 2022, speaks to Gulf Times in an exclusive conversation about her taste in jewellery, visiting the country and her career after ‘Gangubai’
In a lounge at Doha Jewellery & Watches Exhibition (DJWE), the pink marabou trim on a stiletto is fluttering expectantly in the breeze of waiting for a superstar to settle in, as a phalanx of assistants move silently about a fabulous, temporary, sparkling grotto of couture jewellery piece. There’s something about her that is keeping hundreds of people outside waiting in anticipation of her look.
Naturally, 10 minutes comes and goes, but eventually, at an uncertain point in superstar time, the door finally opens and I’m asked to come in. There is an art to being Alia Bhatt, which is to say that rising to Bollywood’s one of the most sought-after actors of this time is not a status achieved by just bungling your exit from a limo. Dressed in a long white…