I watched this film too late, I could not bring myself to watch this film as I thought it would be a boring film about relationships... In fact I could barely sit through the first half, and then lo and behold, the second half draws out so many facets of the character, you learn the back story and you cry with Alia when she talks about her childhood, you want her to win, to live, to smile.. and you again cry with her when she parts ways with SRK!
The short film Alia makes in the movie was inspired by her own circumstances, the film was released in 2016 and I watched it in 2023 and still relished it, one of the timeless movies!
Watch it, definitely watch it!