Alia's dad wants her to encash her popularity

"Highway" star Alia Bhatt says her filmmaker father Mahesh Bhatt advises the actress to use her popularity for the right causes. "My father says I should use my popularity in the right direction and not just restrict it to films. I have been in the industry for three years and I try and do things like this," Alia told reporters here at the launch of a short film "Girls Rising".