Alia Bhatt acts in artistic works.
Laura Zornosa of Time magazine believes that Bhatt specialises in playing "fiercely tenacious lead roles", while Liz Kang of CNN has identified a theme of "dynamic, unconventional female characters in troubling circumstances"
 Her first acting role was at age five in her father's production venture Sangharsh (1999), in which she briefly played the younger version of Preity Zinta's character

