Alizeh : Initially I was not keen on acting!

#Alizeh is a unique name which has multiple meanings like, ‘#GiftofGod’, ‘Wind’, ‘Breeze’. #AlizehAgnihotri is a new entrant in the film industry who has a strong lineage. She is a grand daughter of #SalimKhan of Salim-Javed fame, niece of #SalmanKhan, #ArbaazKhan and #SohailKhan. Her parents are #AlviraKhanAgnihotri who is a sister of Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan and is a film producer as well as a fashion designer. Atul Agnihotri, who is an actor, director and producer is Alizeh’s father. Obviously acting is in her blood and she has creative genes. Alizeh debuted, recently, with a film called ‘#Farrey’ which was critically acclaimed and her performance was praised by everybody.

Talking about her childhood Alizeh schooled with Dhirubhai Ambani International School and completed her graduation from DG Ruparel College of Arts in Mumbai. Alizeh played a small role as a child artist in a 2008 movie ‘Hello’, which was based on Chetan Bhagat novel ‘One Night @ the Call Centre’, starring Sharman Joshi, Amrita Arora, Sohail Khan, Isha Koppikar, Arbaaz Khan, Gul Panag, Katrina Kaif and Salman Khan. Later Alizeh pursued modelling and worked for clothing labels, Being Human and Seema Khan.

Alizeh’s maternal uncle Salman Khan produced a film called ‘Farrey’ of which Atul Agnihotri and Alvira Khan Agnihotri too were producers. Alizeh debuted with this film which had other new actors namely, Sahil Mehta, Zeyn Shaw and Prasanna Bisht. The film talks about what today’s teenagers think. Very few films of this genre and/or age-group are being made. It’s based on real life incidents. Our Sr Editor Keerti Kadam interacted with Alizeh. Excerpts…