Alia Bhatt is the daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan. She has an elder sister, Shaheen, and two half-siblings, Pooja and Rahul Bhatt.

Her father is of Gujarati descent, while her mother is of Kashmiri Pandit and British German ancestry. She holds British citizenship.

Her paternal cousins include actor Emraan Hashmi and director Mohit Suri, while her uncle is producer Mukesh Bhatt.