Alia Bhatt was recently honoured with Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) for Gangubai Kathiawadi. The actress has won several accolades for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's movie. However, the actress couldn't mark her presence at the prestigious awards ceremony. As per reports, Alia decided to skip IIFA 2023 because of her maternal grandfather Narendra
Razdan's ailing health. A day after receiving the award, Alia expressed gratitude and apologised too.
Alia Bhatt took to her Instagram story and wrote, "Thank you so much IIFA. Sorry, I couldn't be there in person to receive the award. A special thank you to the audience for your constant support. This brings me and the enjoy team so much joy! (sic)."