Updated On: 23 February, 2022 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Turning producer with Darlings after a stellar 10-year run in the industry, Alia says she intends to back new actors and directors through her studio

Alia Bhatt. Pic/Instagram
We have all been witness to the remarkable acting career that Alia Bhatt has built in the past decade. Does that satisfy her creative spirit? Far from it. Which is why it wasn’t surprising when she took her love for cinema a step further by launching her own studio, Eternal Sunshine Productions, to mark her tenth year in the industry. “The thought of turning producer had been with me for a long time. In the last 10 years, I did what I wanted to as an actor. In the next 10, I want to build this studio,” says the new producer.
Firsts are always special. Bhatt holds her maiden production Darlings — starring Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, Roshan Mathew and her — close to her heart. She says director Jasmeet K Reen’s film won her over with its honesty. “I love the genre of slice-of-life, heartwarming stories. I can’t produce an action film because it needs a certain sensibility that I don’t have right now. I want to stir thoughts and make people feel good. [I want to back] stories that make you feel a gamut of emotions.”