Seema Sinha (MID-DAY; March 2, 2014)

This birthday will indeed be special for Alia Bhatt, who got a lot of appreciation for her latest outing. However, the actress, who will turn 21 on March 15, is unaffected. “I am the same person,” she says.

Her filmmaker dad Mahesh Bhatt recalls how Alia was born during turbulent times. “Alia came into this world in 1993, around the time Bombay was burning. The city was engulfed in riots.”