In a deliciously honest moment that has sent Bollywood fans, meme-makersand armchair therapists into a frenzy, Sara Ali Khan, the princess of Pataudi puns and poetry, admitted that she once suffered a serious bout of “Alia Envy.”
What can be described as a painfully relatable moment of every middle child, struggling intern, and underappreciated Netflix actor, Sra confessed that Alia Bhatt’s National Award win for Gangubai Kathiawadi left her spiraling into a kaleidoscope of emotional chaos, “She has a baby, she got a National Award, her life is set!” Sara exclaimed, channeling very desi cousin watching someone else succeed at shaadi, career AND skincare.
But wait she was not done with that. In what may now be known as the most emotionally intelligent mic drop of 2025, Sara added that “I don’t know what she went through to get that. I, as an actor, dehumanised her.”
Before you rush to cancel her or nominate her for the next season of Koffee with Contemplation. Let us give credit where it is due. Now before you go running off to cancel her or put her up for nomination on next season’s Koffee with Contemplation, let’s be fair. Sara did something that most celebs don’t — she identified the green-eyed monster, gave it a protein bar, and put it in therapy.
Experts concur. “Envy is a very human feeling,” says psychotherapist Sonal Khangarot. “It’s like that uninvited guest who comes into your house, critiques your couch, and won’t leave unless you meditate or cry in the shower.” Envy, she continues, tends to arrive with misinformation. You glance at someone’s glitzy Instagram story but don’t catch the 173 attempts, 4 panic attacks, and 1 snapped ring light that led to it.
Sara’s confessional tour didn’t stop at jealousy — she took it all the way, TED Talk-style. “Envy means blindness,” she declared, putting officially ophthalmologists and poets out of business. Translation: We envy people for the glam we see, not the grind they’ve been doing. And come on, in a world where even your neighbor’s banana bread has more likes than your resume, envy is literally a love language.
But why is Sara’s honesty legendary is that she didn’t conclude it with a humblebrag or a commercial for a new movie. She just owned up to the fact, dropped the mic, and walked away — most likely to read a Rumi poem about self-awareness.team) say: “Thou shalt not covet thy co-star’s trophy.”
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