Kiara on the cover of Filmfare. Full interview also - Page 2

Disha will always be the more beautiful one out of the 2 for me.

Originally posted by: Melissaa

My name has been Kiara since my debut in 2014. I didn’t want to confuse the audience with Alia Bhatt, an established superstar.

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Totally agree. She probably thought Aloo Pakore fans had a similar IQ as their goddess, so she didn't want to risk people giving AP credit for her acting chops. 🤣🤣🤣

Originally posted by: GrumpyTheCat

Would you say Lust Stories was the turning point in your career?

Absolutely. I’m fortunate that Karan Johar gave me a role like Megha’s in Lust Stories. It’s rare to get to play a character like that and being directed by Karan was the cherry on the icing. He gave an outsider an opportunity to do such an incredible role. He’s changed the way people look at me. Finally, people saw the actor in me. He’s special in my life because he saw something in me before anyone else did.

She is an outsider?

From Wiki- "She is also related to several celebrities via her maternal family. Actors Ashok Kumar and Saeed Jaffrey are her step-great-grandfather and great-uncle, respectively, whereas model Shaheen Jaffrey and actress Juhi Chawla are her aunts.[2]She is childhood friend of Isha Ambani daughter of Mukesh Ambani"

TBH I would question the influence her relatives had on her career. She never seemed to get meaty, central character roles. She was just the side, supporting character.