Alia Bhatt finds 'inspiration' in Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone

Alia Bhatt referred to Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, and Deepika Padukone as her "friends" and "huge sources of inspiration."

During her appearance at the Forbes 3050 event, the 30-year-old actress revealed that she admires Deepika, Priyanka and Aishwarya “deeply.”

The Highway actress told, "Actresses from the Indian film industry have done that, and have been huge sources of inspiration to me. Aishwarya Rai, Priyanka Chopra, Deepika (Padukone), these are actors who are also friends of mine but I also admire deeply."

"So I have to give them a lot of credit because they paved the way in a sense. You know, made it a normal thing," she added.

Alia continued, "I also feel like we are living in a time where inclusivity, diversity is the need of the hour where you want to see different faces from different parts of the world, speaking in different accents."

"But all part of the same, telling the same language if a story. At the end of the day, the story is what should be at the forefront. Not where you come from, or what accent you speak, or what your ethnicity is."

Furthermore, the Shershaah actress also emphasized that in films, stories should be the main focus, not the ethnicity of the actors.