Alia Bhatt Shares Cryptic Post Amid Debate Over Her Citizenship: ‘There’s No Argument, No Matter…’

On Monday several Bollywood celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, soon-to-be parents Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh stepped out to exercise their right to vote in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in Mumbai. Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who is currently busy shooting for Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana, was also photographed flaunting his inked finger at a polling booth. However, his actress-wife Alia Bhatt didn’t turn up to vote. Following this, netizens began debating about the same on social media. For the unversed, Alia isn’t an Indian citizen. The actress holds a British passport.

Amid all this, Alia has shared a cryptic post on her Instagram account. Though we can’t confirm if it has anything to do with the ongoing discussion about her citizenship on the internet.

Alia shared on her Instagram story: “Love. There’s no argument, no matter how strong, that can overcome that word.” She accompanied the post with ‘The Good Word’ hashtag.

While promoting her Hollywood debut ‘Heart of Stone’, co-starring Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan, Alia had answered the most Googled questions about her and one of them was, “Is Alia Bhatt British?” As Gal Gadot asked Alia in a video for Wired if she is a British citizen, the ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ star nodded and said, “My mom was born in Birmingham, but I was born and brought up in India.” When Gal Gadot asked her, “She spoke British English with you your entire life?”, Alia replied, “My grandmother lived in England for her whole life so my grandmother has the English accent.”

Earlier, Alia’s mother Soni Razdan had shared that though she was born in the UK, she lived in India for most of her life. She told The Indian Express, “I was born in the UK but when I was three months old, I moved to Bombay. My mother got the British passport for me. We lived in south Bombay and I studied in Bombay International School, which was started by my parents. As for my passport, why should anyone tell me what I should do about it? It is my choice and right as a citizen of the world to decide what passport I want.”