Alia Bhatt give deets about her first weeks of pregnancy

• Alia Bhatt recounted how she continued to work during her first pregnancy.
• She gave birth to Raha Kapoor in November 2022.
• She continued to promote movies and was filming Heart of Stone.

Recently, actress Alia Bhatt recounted how she continued to work during her first pregnancy. She gave birth to Raha Kapoor in November 2022 along with her spouse Ranbir Kapoor. She continued to promote movies like Darlings and Brahmastra while she was expecting, and even began filming Heart of Stone, her first action movie and introduction into Hollywood.

She revealed in a recent interview that she made the decision to keep her pregnancy a secret for the first 12 weeks after being advised to do so. She had to exert extra effort, nevertheless, to finish her professional obligations while caring for her body and the baby. April 2023 saw the nuptials of Alia and Ranbir. The actor’s pregnancy was disclosed by the pair in late June.

Considering the time when Alia was spotted working day and night while carrying a baby, the actor said, “I don’t believe in limiting myself unless there’s some physical limitation. I was pregnant, so yes, there was scope for many limitations, as pregnancy is unpredictable. I decided to take each day as it comes and listen to my body. Of course, work is very important, but at that point, my baby and my health were my priority. From the very beginning, I told myself that only if I was comfortable, will I push myself. Touchwood, my pregnancy didn’t hold me back physically. Yes, the first few weeks were slightly difficult as I had major exhaustion and nausea, but at that time, I didn’t talk about it because you are not supposed to say anything for the first 12 weeks, right? That’s what everybody says, so I had to keep that information to myself, but I was listening to my body.”

“If I needed to lie down between a shot, I would go take a nap in my van. I would try to get as much rest as possible, but you also have to meet your work commitments. Heart of Stone is my first Hollywood movie, which I signed in January 2022. I tried hard to work out that schedule, so I didn’t want to back off. I talked to the team and they assured me that they will take good care of me and it was great. I managed to shoot my first action film while I was pregnant! That is a story I will tell for years because it also makes you realise how much your body is capable of if you just put your mind to it,” she added and said she has immense respect for her body now.

 

Alia and Ranbir welcomed a daughter in November. She was given the name Raha Kapoor by Neetu Kapoor. Recent holidays marked the couple’s first ones spent with the infant at Christmas and New Year’s.

In this year’s Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, directed by Karan Johar, Alia will next be seen. Along with Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, and Shabana Azmi, it also stars Ranveer Singh.