Originally posted by: HearMeRoar
Alia gets attacked because she gets painted as the greatest actor on the planet by KJo and compares herself to Meryl Streep and Amitabh Bachchan through her PR. Then the dismissive comments made by her fam.
I mean, greatest actor, male or female, in India? Note KJo didn't say even mainstream actor or star-actor or Hindi language actor. He said greatest actor, male or female, in entire India. I could name about 10 from Malayalam cinema alone who could act circles around Alia. I'm sure other languages have their greats too. HINDI has better actors than her
IMO, she's above average as an actor and average in looks with fair skin. In the sea of mediocrity that's her generation in Bollywood, she stands out. That's it.
We all agree Kjo does her no good.
Well, she seems to be popular with public. And no amount of behind the screen manipulation can make general public like someone.
But it is to her credit that she got KJo as a loyal mentor when they are not even related. He does not do as much for the men he has allegedly been taken in by.
I dont know what is deal between them. Quite a mistery if you ask me. 

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