MUMBAI: Alia Bhatt stole limelight at a painting exhibition, where she revealed a secret. 

Invited as a chief guest for a painting exhibition, fans realised that Alia Bhatt is a great artist herself and has a good collection of charcoal paintings.

At the event she couldn’t stop raving about ‘Dabangg’ star Salman Khan and his love for paintings. She was quite merrily discussing work and also revealed a secret which many were surprised to hear.

“Even Sonam (Kapoor) is a great painter”, she said.

Dressed in a black spaghetti top and yellow tulip pants, Alia Bhatt also spoke about her upcoming films ‘Highway’ and ‘2 States’.

In ‘2 States’, Alia plays a south-Indian girl. She said that the character is entirely different from the one played by Deepika Padukone in ‘Chennai Express’.

While ‘Highway’ is slated for a December release, ‘2 States’ has been pushed to April 2014.

As for the event, Alia Bhatt truly stole the show and grabbed all the attention.