Alia Bhatt Swears by FDs and Bonds

Alia Bhatt, one of India’s highest-paid celebrities, on how money plays a role in her life.

What would you count as your first investment?

I wouldn’t know that because it’s sort of done by my chartered accountant and my mum [Soni Razdan]. I just get alerts of it – “Oh, we’ve put it in this fund or that fund”. But I think the first time I invested properly was in a fashion startup (in 2017), which was an exciting opportunity. That was pure ..