Alia Bhatt Shares A Private Moment With Raha That Is “The Best Thing That’s Ever Happened To Her”
The megastar opens up about her biggest learnings after becoming a mother and a sweet moment with her daughter Raha…
Alia Bhatt on Motherhood: The award-winning actor shares her biggest learnings and sweet moment with her daughter Raha…
POV: The most celebrated actress in all of India is unassuming in all-black athleisure, nonchalantly perched on the arm of a photo-studio sofa, sipping on a Barry’s vegan smoothie. Arriving with a birthday cake for one of the crew, she spends the shoot dancing on set to AP Dhillon’s Dil Nu. She could very well be the girl next door. Apart from she isn’t. She is a megastar. And there should never be small talk with a megastar.
Indeed, the day after our shoot, Alia collected her fifth Best Actress Filmfare Award, this time for Gangubai Kathiawadi, and as we went to press made her Met Gala debut in pearl-encrusted Prabal Gurung. Her foray into Hollywood also hits this summer, with blockbuster action flick Heart of Stone launching on Netflix on August 11th. It’s all less than 18 months after she got married to fellow actor Ranbir Kapoor and had a baby, no doubt transforming her life completely. Is she slowing down? It certainly doesn’t look like it.
Here she speaks to Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s Editor in Chief Olivia Phillips about motherhood and her highlight moments with her daughter Raha.
Alia Bhatt On Motherhood, And Sweet Private Moment With Her Daughter Raha
“Every day is a new day with my daughter, and every day is a new day experiencing a new gesture or a new expression. I keep saying the most important thing I’ve learned is patience. I’ve always been a very impatient person, and if it’s possible, I became even more impatient over time. But I think having a baby and motherhood definitely gives you a sense of stillness, a sense of calm. I mean, it’s so highly demanding from the very beginning. It can be extremely overwhelming. But if you just go through it with patience, it really gives you a lot of inner strength,” Alia candidly shares.
The multi-award-winning star then sweetly shares a highlight that surely brought a smile to her face, “My daughter started touching my face. I think that’s the best thing that’s happened to me this past week. Because now when I’m feeding her, she just takes a minute, looks up at me and starts touching my face. It’s like a romantic moment between the two of us. And it’s literally the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my life.”
Photography by Francesco Scotti. Styling by Seher Khan
Editor in Chief: Olivia Phillips. Art Director: Oscar Yáñez. Senior Producer: Steff Hawker. Make-Up: Sharon Drugan. Hair: Deena Alawaid. Art Direction: Yehia Bedier. Lighting Technician: Shameem Shaheed. Set Assistant: Omar Shaban. Fashion Assistants: Imogene Legrand & Christina Aralikatti. Hair Assistant: Lindie Benade.
From Harper’s Bazaar Arabia’s May 2023 issue.