Alia Bhatt On Difficult Daughters Its Extra Special To Have My Mom Direct ItAlia Bhatt on ‘Difficult Daughters’: It’s extra special to have my mom direct itAlia Bhatt and Soni Razdan’s Difficult Daughters, adapted from Manju Kapur’s novel, is at Busan’s Asian Project Market. Alia called it “extra special” with her mother directing the period drama. By IANS Published Date - 22 September 2025, 11:41 AMMumbai: Mother-daughter duo Alia Bhatt and Soni Razdan’s Difficult Daughters is being presented at Busan’s Asian Project Market. Set across two timelines, Difficult Daughters follows Virmati, the eldest of ten children in a traditional Punjabi household in 1940s Lahore. “Of course, it’s extra special to have my mom direct it, but what truly makes it stand out for me is the shared belief in this story.