{"id":297062,"date":"2026-02-22T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/297062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T19:58:07","slug":"alia-bhatt-channels-marilyn-monroe-at-first-baftas-appearance-says-rekha-inspires-her-beauty-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/297062\/","title":{"rendered":"Alia Bhatt channels Marilyn Monroe at first BAFTAs appearance; says Rekha inspires her beauty | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771790287_161_image.jpg\" alt=\"Alia Bhatt channels Marilyn Monroe at first BAFTAs appearance; says Rekha inspires her beauty\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/alia-bhatt\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alia Bhatt<\/a> made her debut at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, presenting Best Film Not in the English Language, and turned heads with a look inspired by Marilyn Monroe.The actress stepped onto the red carpet at Royal Festival Hall in a custom Gucci halter-neck gown in silver sequins, layered with delicate microbeads for what she called a \u201ccinematic glow\u201d. She paired the backless dress with a shearling wrap, referencing a classic image of Marilyn in a shimmering gown with a white stole. <\/p>\n<p>Alia Bhatt leans into comedy next\u2014&#8217;I haven\u2019t made a film my daughter can watch&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> Explaining her choice, Alia told British Vogue, \u201cI was like, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s gonna be really cold and the dress is backless&#8230;\u2019\u201dShe added, \u201cI\u2019m very excited about the look. Because I\u2019m a presenter I wanted to bring the glam, but also keep it really elegant, nothing overwhelming. It sits really lightly on the body.\u201dAs Gucci\u2019s first Indian global ambassador, Alia also enjoys collaborating on her looks. Speaking about her red-carpet inspirations, she shared that it ranges from Brigitte Bardot \u201cfor her hair\u201d and Monica Bellucci \u201cfor her vibe\u201d to Rekha \u201cfor her beauty\u201d.Ahead of the ceremony, Alia admitted the travel took a toll. \u201cJet lag is way more serious when you\u2019re in your 30s,\u201d she sighed, speaking over Zoom before the big night.<\/p>\n<p>Red carpet calm and post-event ritual<\/p>\n<p>Despite it being her first BAFTAs, Alia is no stranger to global red carpets. She shared her simple ritual after big events: \u201cAfterwards I take the whole team for dinner \u2013 I like to sit with everybody and laugh and have a good time. And have a good meal! Whenever I\u2019m happy and content, that\u2019s always when I look my best \u2013 and that comes with the people you\u2019re surrounded by, as opposed to feeling too pressurised about how you\u2019re going to look.\u201dDuring her London stay, Alia has been enjoying early morning walks with her daughter, meals at MiMi Mei Fair and tres leches cake from L\u2019Eto. She also revealed she hopes to meet young British actor Owen Cooper at the ceremony. \u201cI\u2019m just obsessed with Adolescence. He\u2019s so special. He\u2019s someone I would just walk up to and be like, \u2018Hey! I\u2019m really looking forward to all of the work that you\u2019ll do,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alia Bhatt made her debut at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, presenting Best Film&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[8030,163699,163702,163703,163696,163701,163700,156,26336,163698,163697,409,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-297062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-alia-bhatt","9":"tag-alia-bhatt-bafta","10":"tag-alia-bhatt-bafta-awards-2026-red-carpet","11":"tag-alia-bhatt-bafta-look","12":"tag-alia-bhatt-baftas-debut","13":"tag-alia-bhatt-channels-marilyn-monroe","14":"tag-alia-bhatt-first-bafta-appearance","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-gucci","17":"tag-gucci-halter-neck-gown","18":"tag-marilyn-monroe-inspired-look","19":"tag-movies","20":"tag-new-zealand","21":"tag-newzealand","22":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}