Alia Bhatt is a phenomenal actress in Bollywood and she has proved this over and again. Following a remarkable career in Indian cinema she stepped into Hollywood movies as well. She made her English film debut with Heart of Stone starring alongside Gal Gadot. Praiseworthy is that she filmed the spy action thriller while she was pregnant and performed difficult action sequences. Her trainer recently revealed Alia sailed through her pregnancy during the shoot and shared how she prepared for action sequences remotely.

Her fitness trainer Anushka Parwani revealed that the shooting took place during COVID-19 so she couldn’t travel with the actress and trained her remotely. It was a difficult situation to train for the action sequence staying far away. She said, Alia sailed through it like a breeze and praised her attitude for approaching things through a natural process. It was a tough method but both together made it a cakewalk.

The Yoga and holistic wellness expert, Anushka Parwani, in an interview with India Today said, “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 further added, “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.”

On the work front, Alia Bhatt is now gearing up for the action thriller film Jigra, in which she will sporting a character she has done never before. Apart from leading the project she has herself produced it under her production house Eternal Sunshine Productions in association with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Directed by Vasan Bala, Jigra is slated to release in theaters on October 11, 2024.