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. She even began filming Heart of Stone, her first action movie and introduction to 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. Even so, she had to exert extra effort to finish her professional obligations while caring for her body and the baby. April 2023 saw the nuptials of Alia and Ranbir. The pair in late June disclosed the actor's pregnancy.
She talked about the time when she worked day and night with the baby bump. She told, “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. It is because it also makes you realize 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.
