Alia Bhatt is the Sole Indian Among Instagram’s Top 10 Celebrity Influencers

Bollywood A-lister Alia Bhatt has left behind popular celebrities Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jennifer Lopez, Christ Hemsworth and Robert Downey Junior to become one of the top 10 celebrity influencers on Instagram as per a report by Influencer Marketing Hub.

Bhatt, one of the reigning queens in Bollywood today, has secured the sixth position on the list that is topped by Zendaya. In the second position is her “Spider-Man: No Way Home” co-star Tom Holland, followed by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, South Korean rapper J Hope and Will Smith. 

As per the report, the “Gangubai Kathiawadi” actress has over 64 million followers with an engagement rate of 3.57 percent and an “authentic engagement” of 1.9 million.

The newly married Bhatt’s Instagram timeline is a healthy mix of professional and personal updates. In addition to using the platform as a marketing tool for her films, brands and entrepreneurial endeavors, she also utilized the page to provide details pertaining to helplines and public services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, she also broke the news of her wedding to Ranbir Kapoor on the photo-

After launching her production house, Eternal Sunshine Productions, the star who took Bollywood by storm in her debut film – “Student of the Year” – has signed American talent agency William Morris Endeavour (WME) in the hopes of getting projects in Hollywood. 

The actress will make her Hollywood debut with the Netflix film “Heart of Stone,” alongside Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan. The film has been directed by Tom Harper, and written by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger are bankrolling the film along with Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Pilot Wave’s Gadot and Jaron Varsano. Harper, Rucka and Patty Whitcher are exec producing it. The plot details of the film have been kept under wraps.

Bhatt, the daughter of Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and actress Soni Razdan, has several Best Actress awards to her credit in her short but impressive career spanning nine years.

Some of her projects in the pipeline include the highly-anticipated Ayan Mukerji’s “Brahmastra” with boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan in “Darlings”, which also marks her first production venture. The film, which is co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment, also stars Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma, and Roshan Mathew and is said to be a story of a mother-daughter duo.

On July 6, Karan Johar announced his next project, “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani”, with Bhatt and her “Gully Boy” co-star Ranveer Singh, a love story with a twist. Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, and Jaya Bachchan also have pivotal roles in the film.

Bhatt will also be seen in Karan Johar’s ambitious project “Takht” alongside Ranveer Singh, Vicky Kaushal, Kareena Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, and Bhumi Pednekar. And in Tollywood, Bhatt has “RRR”, directed by SS Rajamouli of “Baahubali” fame, which also stars Ram Charan and Jr NTR with Ajay Devgn.