Last Updated:December 11, 2025, 08:29 IST
Alia Bhatt handled a Pakistani fan’s question with grace at the Red Sea Film Festival.
Alia Bhatt is working on Love & War. (Photo Credit: Instagram)
Alia Bhatt attended the Red Sea International Film Festival for the second time and said the trip felt different because her daughter Raha was now old enough to ask her where she was going and when she would return. “Now Raha has her own relationship with the paparazzi, and is old enough to ask me where I am going, and when I will be back,” she said. The actor also said Raha had even developed her own equation with the paparazzi. Alia repeated that “authenticity” guided most of her choices now and said audiences always reacted to something real, even if reactions varied.
She spoke about managing global events like Cannes and the Met Gala and said the chaos usually ended with her in pyjamas eating pizza. Looking back at her younger years, Alia said she was “all over the place” in her early twenties. “I’m still enthusiastic and full of beans, but the approach is more silent,” she said, adding that success and failure made people more cautious over time.
Alia said she wanted to stay curious “no matter what happens in the future.” When asked if she felt pressure representing India on international platforms, she said it was more about pride. She avoided a Pakistani fan’s question about visiting the country by saying she would go wherever work took her. On nepotism, she said that when the audience saw someone “bringing something to the table, sab kuch maaf hai.”
Alia also reflected on how her approach to life and work had changed over the years, especially after her twenties. She recalled the shift in her mindset and shared how she looked back at her younger self. “When I was young…I’m still young, but when I was in my 20s, I was all over the place, trying to do everything. At 17, 18, I was way more enthusiastic and full of beans, and trying very hard, because that’s normal. And now, more than a decade later, the way you look at a situation changes. I’m still enthusiastic and full of beans, but the approach is more silent, it comes with a little more intent. Part of me wants to hold on to the girl at 18 who was brave and fearless, who had no idea of how things would pan out, who had no answers, who would enter a room and give it her all. I think now with success, with failure, with knowing, sometimes you tend to become a little more tentative.”
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December 11, 2025, 08:04 IST
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