This is not a fair comparison. Come November, Deepika has been in the industry for 7 years. Come October, Alia has only been in the industry for two years.
So to say, oh if Alia does a Ram-Leela than we can compare her with Deepika. Deepika did a Ram-Leela, Cocktail, Yeh Jawani and Chennai Express after being in the industry for over 5 years. I am not going to take anything away from her because at the moment, she's a BRILLIANT actress but in the first few years, she SUCKED. So if we compare Deepika's beginning with Alia's...Alia is already way ahead. Alia wasn't that great in SOTY but she was still better than Deepika was in movies like Chandini Chowk to China and all.
Give Alia a few years, she's going to steal everyone's thunder. She's already on her way to do that. But the thing is, this industry is big enough for both Deepika and Alia. Just because Alia is great doesn't mean Deepika is all of a sudden going to suck. And just because Deepika is great doesn't mean Alia can't be great either.
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