'I'm not Alia Bhatt': Doppelganger Celesti Bairagey says she wants to retain her identity

In a refreshing story of positive individuality, Celesti Bairagey, told Mumbai-based photoblog “Humans of Bombay” that she’s “known as Alia Bhatt’s doppelganger” but wants to be more than just that. “I admire her for always smiling and being herself,” Celesti says. “As much as I look like her, I want to retain my own identity”.

TN Viral Desk

Updated Jul 3, 2022, 17:46 IST

Alia Bhatt's doppelganger says she wants to retain her own identity | Picture courtesy: Twitter (left); Instagram/@celesti.bairagey (right)

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Celesti Bairagey is often referred to as Alia Bhatt's doppelganger.
The up-and-coming TV actress says she dreams of making her Bollywood debut with the Gangubai Kathiawadi star.

Alia Bhatt has a doppelganger (yes, there happens to be one) and she wants to retain her identity even as she admires the actress.

Celebrity lookalikes are a lot more common than you think. However, as Sheldon Cooper once put it: “This would be one of those circumstances that people unfamiliar with the law of large numbers would call a coincidence.”

Julia Michaels is often referred to as Anushka Sharma’s lookalike - except she’s an icon herself. However, as for those who are not, their whole existence is reduced to the fact that they bear a seemingly-uncanny resemblance to someone more popular.

And most of these people appear to take being regarded as an ersatz copy into their stride - embracing and proclaiming that the ‘original’ is their favourite actress, athlete or a celebrity of some sort.

However, in a refreshing story of positive individuality, Celesti Bairagey, told Mumbai-based photoblog “Humans of Bombay” that she’s “known as Alia Bhatt’s doppelganger” but wants to be more than just that.

“I admire her for always smiling and being herself,” Celesti says. “As much as I look like her, I want to retain my own identity”.

A video shared by the popular Instagram opens with a clip in which the human can be easily mistaken for the Gangubai Kathiawadi start. It goes on to show pictures that capture the most striking similarities between them—a dimple, round face and a goofy demeanour.

“I’m not Alia Bhatt,” says the declarative caption.

Celesti, an up-and-coming actress says she’s working hard to attain recognition in the TV industry and hopes to make her Bollywood debut so she can share the screen with her favourite actress who is - you guessed it - Alia Bhatt.

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