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Alia Bhatt shot for her first Hollywood project, Heart of Stone, while pregnant with her daughter, Raha. The action flick required Alia, who portrayed the antagonist in the Gal Gadot-starrer, to perform various stunts. In a recent interaction, Alia’s trainer, Anshuka Parwani, shared insights on how Alia prepared for the role. She praised the actor for her positive attitude towards the challenges of pregnancy and noted that Alia made the process feel like a “cakewalk.”
Anshuka recalled training Alia online, as she was shooting the film during the Covid-19 pandemic, which prevented her from traveling with the actress. “I still remember, Alia was shooting for her first international project, Heart of Stone. That role required Alia to do a lot of action sequences, and of course, at that point, I knew she was pregnant with Raha. Alia and I started preparing for that role while she was expecting. In fact, while she was shooting for it, we were working out remotely because, unfortunately, at that time, I did not travel with her. It was Covid-19, so I wouldn’t train anybody online without the awareness of their body and yoga,” she explained in an interview with India Today.
Lauding Alia for managing to execute action sequences while pregnant, the trainer stated, “The fact that Alia was pregnant and had to do action sequences—nobody would be comfortable training her online in such a situation. But because Alia has that kind of awareness, during that stipulated period, we did train remotely. I don’t think anybody could even tell that she was pregnant during the shoot of the film or while she was doing those action sequences. Alia sailed through it like a breeze. Her attitude in approaching things was literally everything because she knew it was a natural process, and with some adjustments here and there, it all became a cakewalk. I’m not saying it’s a very simple process, but it’s the right attitude that eventually matters.”
Alia and Ranbir Kapoor welcomed Raha on November 6, 2022, and since they introduced her to the media on Christmas in 2022, she has become an internet sensation. On the professional front, Alia is currently busy promoting Vasan Bala’s Jigra, and she also has Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Love And War in the pipeline.
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