Alia Bhatt: She can take a joke

MUMBAI: She became the butt of all jokes following her appearance on Karan Johar’sKoffee with Karan, but now actor Alia Bhatt has taken a potshot at herself via an entertaining video titled Alia Bhatt — Genius of the Year, which is gaining popularity on social media.

“So, after the ‘Alia Bhatt jokes’ thing… I decided to fix my brain!” Alia posted on Twitter Monday morning along with a YouTube link to the video. A brief description of the video uploaded by comedy collective All India Bakchod, reads: “What did Alia Bhatt do after the internet turned her into the butt of all jokes? A documentary crew found out…”

The video features Alia with appearances by her father, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, as well as friends and colleagues including Karan Johar, Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra. It begins with a message that reads: “In 2014, a documentary crew follows Alia Bhatt in the aftermath of her Koffee with Karan debacle.”

The video is a funny fictional take on what the 21-year-old went through after her general knowledge, rather lack of it, was jested at when she called Prithviraj Chauhan the president of India on KJo’s show. In the video, she is seen talking about how “hurt” she was when instead of searching for “Alia Bhatt hot pics” on Google, people started looking for “Alia Bhatt jokes.”

She then visits a “Dumb Belle Mental Gym,” which offers to take her from “Dolce & Gabbana to Smart like Shabana (Azmi).” At the gym, she reads newspapers, her diet is “three portions of newspapers in the morning” and she is instructed to “skip Page 3.” She is made to brush up her knowledge via music and lands on Koffee with Karan again, stunning the host Karan with her answers.

The video’s end is to watch out for. Directed by Shakun Batra, Alia Bhatt — Genius of the Yearis being loved by celebrities such as Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan as much as by Alia’s fans.

“Bravo @aliaa08 this is superb! And it’s also @karanjohar’s best performance ever,” tweeted Abhishek, while Hrithik posted: “Fell down laughing! Talent with a twist, @aliaa08 you are sensational.” Praising the video, Farhan Akhtar said: “Now, this is funny… Hahahaha… Love it. Full points to @aliaa08 @shakunbatra @karanjohar.” Hansal Mehta called the video “disarmingly cute” and her Student of the Year co-star Sidharth Malhotra tweeted: “Haha brilliant @aliaa08 so endearing and sporting. Kudos to you.”