Bollywood’s beloved star Alia Bhatt is all set to go where no Hindi film heroine has gone before—not in front of the camera, but behind it. That’s right! Alia is officially turning director, and her first film isn’t a romantic drama or a family saga. Instead, she’s jumping straight into a genre no one expected: feminist science fiction. Her debut film is titled Stellar Daughters, and if the early buzz is anything to go by, it’s going to be absolutely out of this world. Literally.
The announcement came late last night in a dreamy press conference under the stars at Mumbai’s Film City. The event had everything—fairy lights, holograms, and a surprise appearance by a life-sized robot who introduced Alia as “Captain of the Future.” Dressed in a silver saree that sparkled like a supernova, Alia walked on stage to a remixed version of “Radha” playing in reverse. Her eyes sparkled as she confirmed, “Yes, I’m directing my first film. And yes, it’s set in space.”
The story of Stellar Daughters follows a group of brilliant and fearless women who leave a dying Earth to build a new world on a distant planet called Gaia-7. These women aren’t just astronauts or scientists—they are philosophers, healers, warriors, and leaders. They’re on a mission to start a new kind of civilization where kindness is strength and empathy is power. Alia said she got the idea during a dream she had after eating too much tiramisu and watching Interstellar and Piku back-to-back.
And wait till you hear about the cast. It’s a full-on girl gang in space! Deepika Padukone plays a genius quantum physicist who can talk to planets. Taapsee Pannu is the ship’s navigator who refuses to follow rules. Shefali Shah is a mysterious AI priestess who speaks only in riddles. And Sanya Malhotra plays an empath who can cure heartbreak with a single hug. Of course, Alia herself will appear as Commander Ira Vortex, a rebel with neon-blue hair and a robotic pet cat that meows in Morse code.
Ranveer Singh has a cameo too—but not as a hero. He plays the galaxy’s last male hairstylist who’s been exiled for giving everyone the same haircut. “I’ve never been so excited to play such a useless but stylish character,” Ranveer said, wearing a cape made of old dupattas.
The costumes are being designed by Manish Malhotra, and he’s already teasing something called “zero-gravity lehengas.” The film’s music is being handled by A.R. Rahman, who said he’s composing songs using real sounds from space, like meteor showers and black hole echoes. Choreographer Shiamak Davar is even designing a dance sequence that will be filmed in zero gravity—yes, the actors will be floating mid-air while dancing on an asteroid to a track called “Tandoori Mars.”
But Stellar Daughters isn’t just a wild space adventure. Alia says it’s also about women’s strength, emotional intelligence, and how the world could be better if women were in charge. “It’s not anti-men,” she said, sipping her cosmic-blue juice. “It’s just… pro-awesome-women.”
To make the science more accurate, she’s working with female scientists from ISRO and has also tied up with UN Women. She even visited a rocket launch pad for research and accidentally pressed a button that launched a weather balloon ahead of schedule. “That’s when I knew I was born to direct space films,” she laughed.
As soon as the news broke, social media exploded. Fans started the #StellarDaughtersChallenge, where they dress like galactic queens and give motivational speeches to their houseplants. Karan Johar tweeted, “Just when I thought she couldn’t get more iconic, she goes full Star Trek on us!” Meanwhile, Elon Musk posted something cryptic about Gaia-7 being a real planet, then deleted it ten minutes later. Suspicious, no?
The film is expected to release around Christmas 2026, and sources say that Alia has already written outlines for three sequels, one prequel, and a Netflix spinoff series featuring the robotic cat. There are even talks of a Broadway musical version where Priyanka Chopra might play a time-traveling auntie who knits space shawls that predict the future.
So get ready, because Alia Bhatt is no longer just the queen of hearts—she’s the captain of a spaceship full of strong, smart, and sassy women ready to save the universe with brains, bravery, and a lot of shimmer. And if Stellar Daughters is even half as wild as it sounds, Bollywood may have just entered a whole new galaxy of storytelling.
Move over, superheroes, the real stars are here—and they’re wearing bindi-powered helmets.
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