Back in 2012, Karan Johar with his directorial Student of the Year introduced Alia Bhatt to Bollywood. Since then, there was no turning back for the actor. She is one of the top actors of the film industry by giving back-to-back hits. After SOTY, she has worked under Karan's Dharma Productions and he will be directing her for the second time in Takht. KJo has always considered d Alia as his godchild and she even considers his twins as siblings.

Talking about Alia and her talent, Karan spoke at length to Rajeev Masand. The filmmaker stated, "She wasn’t used for her talent at all. In many ways, her emotional launch is Student of the Year but her real professional launch is Imtiaz Ali’s Highway. The way he nurtured her as an actor, the way he put her out there is something I didn’t do at all. I always spotted that there was something about her but I didn’t use her talent at all. I don’t feel I full-fledged ever directed Alia the way I would like to do."

About working with Alia in Takht, Karan went on to say, "Even Takht is an ensemble, she has a solid part in a way that she is extremely beautiful. It is one of my favourite tracks in the film but I still feel believe she and I have a film to make. A film that we can be known for. I haven’t leveraged this whole lot of talent that we know."