Alia Bhatt and her husband Ranbir Kapoor welcomed their baby girl, Raha Kapoor, in 2022. The actress recently shared how motherhood has transformed her life and revealed her struggle to find time for herself while balancing work and caring for her daughter. She also admitted that she hasn't had a therapy session in the past two months.
Describing her Raha Kapoor, Alia told Allure, "She’s naughty. She’s chatty. She has moments of being shy. She’s just her own person, but she’s very bright." She added that balancing work and motherhood has been her biggest challenge.
"That’s my main focus. How do I ping-pong between the two and do them well, but also find a way to carve out time for myself, which I'm not able to do. I'll be very candid right now—there’s no such thing as me time. I've not even been able to get a therapy session for the last two months,” she admitted.
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Alia explained that while motherhood brings a deep sense of fulfillment, it also comes with constant fear and anxiety about wanting to do things right. She mentioned that in a society like India, where helicopter parenting is common, she follows advice from her parents, who told her that children come through their parents, but their lives ultimately belong to them. "Children come through you. They’re yours, you are a catalyst, you are a source for their life, but their life is not yours. Their life is theirs, and you just need to give them the tools to deal with their life,” she reflected while echoing advice from her parents.
Her experience as a mother may be influencing her acting choices but Alia mentioned that when she signed Jigra, she had just given birth to her Raha. "So I think I was in my tigress mode, where I was like, I need to protect my cub,” she stated.
Alia's upcoming film Jigra, which she co-produced, revolves around sibling love and protection. Also starring Vedang Raina, the film is set to release on October 11. Alia is also working on Alpha, the seventh installment in YRF's spy universe, starring alongside Sharvari, Bobby Deol, and Anil Kapoor.
Describing her Raha Kapoor, Alia told Allure, "She’s naughty. She’s chatty. She has moments of being shy. She’s just her own person, but she’s very bright." She added that balancing work and motherhood has been her biggest challenge.
"That’s my main focus. How do I ping-pong between the two and do them well, but also find a way to carve out time for myself, which I'm not able to do. I'll be very candid right now—there’s no such thing as me time. I've not even been able to get a therapy session for the last two months,” she admitted.
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Alia explained that while motherhood brings a deep sense of fulfillment, it also comes with constant fear and anxiety about wanting to do things right. She mentioned that in a society like India, where helicopter parenting is common, she follows advice from her parents, who told her that children come through their parents, but their lives ultimately belong to them. "Children come through you. They’re yours, you are a catalyst, you are a source for their life, but their life is not yours. Their life is theirs, and you just need to give them the tools to deal with their life,” she reflected while echoing advice from her parents.
Her experience as a mother may be influencing her acting choices but Alia mentioned that when she signed Jigra, she had just given birth to her Raha. "So I think I was in my tigress mode, where I was like, I need to protect my cub,” she stated.
Alia's upcoming film Jigra, which she co-produced, revolves around sibling love and protection. Also starring Vedang Raina, the film is set to release on October 11. Alia is also working on Alpha, the seventh installment in YRF's spy universe, starring alongside Sharvari, Bobby Deol, and Anil Kapoor.
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