World Mental Health Day: Here's Alia Bhatt message for sister Shaheen

On October 10, every year,  world observes Mental Health Day in order to raise awareness about same. This year, several Bollywood stars and eminent celebrities joined global initiative to dress issue. Joining bandwagon was actress Alia Bhatt who took to social media and cheered for sister Shaheen Bhatt as she launched a special initiative to battle stigma relating to mental illness. 

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Shaheen Bhatt who has been quite vocal about her poor mental health conditions, penned a long te on Thuesday, sharing her ordeal with depression. She also anunced a special initiative called 'Here Comes Sun' which she revealed aims at encouraging conversations around depression and anxiety. Talking about her prolong struggle with depression in a social media post, Shaheen Bhatt said that she felt it for  first time when she was twelve years old. She opened up about her insecurities and how she eventually learned to battle m. 

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Proud sister Alia Bhatt shared post on Instagram and wrote: "I am so proud of you Shaheen and of Here Comes Sun. You have taken something so personal and me it a symbol of strength and empathy." In her post, Alia talked about how she will extend her support throughout and ded, " one needs to be alone as y struggle with mental health, battling ir own fears and anxiety. Sometimes all you need to kw that you're t alone. I'm here 100%..... To start conversation, to raise awareness and to join you on this journey, every step of way."

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World Mental Health Day 

World Mental Health Day, which is observed every year on October 10, aims to educate and raise awareness about mental health issues. It also fights social stigma relating to same. As per media reports, World Mental Health Day was first observed in 1992 and was initiated by  World Federation for Mental Health, a global mental health organization with members and contacts in more than 150 countries. 

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World Mental Health Day is supported by World Health Organisation (WHO), which raises awareness on mental health issues using its strong relationships with Ministries of health and civil society organizations across globe. This day, every year, thousands of supporters come out to celebrate this annual awareness program and bring attention to mental illness. It discusses  major effects of mental illness on peoples' life worldwide. 

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What's next for Alia Bhatt

Meanwhile, on professional front, Alia Bhatt has a number of films in pipeline for release. actress who last appeared in Karan Johar's Kalank is all set to star in far Mahesh Bhatt's directorial venture Sak 2. Alia Bhatt will be starring alongside sister Pooja Bhatt, itya Roy Kapur, and Sanjay Dutt in upcoming venture. On or hand, Alia Bhatt has also been gearing up for release of Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra which also stars Ranbir Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan. Both films are set for 2020 release. 

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