Though Alia, 21, achieved accolades for her performances in 'Highway' and '2 States', jokes on the actress began to be made after she gave a wrong answer to a question asked by Karan Johar on his popular chat show 'Koffee with Karan'



"I don't get upset at it, I laugh at it. I am the first person to laugh at myself. I always say that I rather be stupid than pretend to be intelligent," Alia said at an event here last evening.



It started when Alia, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra appeared on 'Koffee with Karan'. The actress and Varun gave a wrong answer on being asked the name of the President of India. It was only Sidharth who could come up with the correct answer (Pranab Mukherjee), while Varun answered Manmohan Singh and Alia named Prithviraj Chavan.



Soon after this, a number of jokes started circulating in the social media ridiculing Alia's general knowledge.



However, the young actress seems to be undisturbed by it and laugh  Show less