Soni Razdan Shares Family Photo Honoring Mother’s Escape from Nazi Germany Ahead of Alpha Release
Ahead of Alia Bhatt's film Alpha releasing on July 3, her mother Soni Razdan shared a rare family photograph featuring four generations of women, including her 97-year-old mother Gertrude Hoelzer. Soni highlighted her mother's escape from Nazi Germany at age six due to her grandfather's opposition to Hitler. After hardships in Czechoslovakia, the family reached the UK via a Jewish Kindertransport train before settling in India. Soni honored her mother as the family's original "Alpha" woman, linking her resilience to the film's theme.