Alia Bhatt made her Bollywood debut 10 years ago with the film Student of the Year, directed by Karan Johar. Although the film became a big success, Alia and the two other newcomers, Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan, left much room for improvement in their performances. However, Alia impressed everyone and showed immense potential as an actress with her very second film, Highway, directed by Imtiaz Ali.

In an appreciation note posted today, Karan Johar thanked Imtiaz Ali for moulding Alia into the artist she is today. Johar also praised Alia's appearance and performance as Rani in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, saying he can take no credit for that either.