Alia reminds me of the perfect cocktail : all the ingredients are there - box-office success, endorsements, 100 crore films, an enviable filmography - but no-one seems to wanna drink it. It's like her success is a factual thing which everyone corroborates but no-one cares enough to celebrate. Let's face it, curated or not, she has had a dream run at the box-office for an actress who still hasn't completed 10 years. She's had female-oriented films curated for her, big-budget films greenlighted for her, and the perfect balance of critical and commercial cinema manufactured for her filmography.
But where's the craze, the hype, the enthusiasm? Where's the fans on social media and the Internet mapping out their fervour for her? Where's the online keyboard warriors with unmistakable zeal to prove she's No. 1? Where's the love of the masses thronging to watch her?
It reminds me of the elusive star quality. You either have it or you don't. Alia just doesn't seem to have 'it'.
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