Alia Bhatt rewatched Bhansali’s movies throughout Gangubai Kathiawadi shoot, REVEALS Ranbir Kapoor’s response to it

From Highway to Kapoor & Sons, Alia Bhatt has gained million hearts together with her unimaginable performances. The actress is now set to entertain her viewers with one other promising film Gangubai Kathiawadi. To prep for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directorial, Alia Bhatt, in a latest interview, stated that she watched many films that includes Meena Kumari. 

Speaking to PTI, Alia Bhatt revealed that she even watched Shabana Azmi-starrer Mandi, a Shyam Benegal movie that featured her mom Soni Razdan, American interval drama Memoirs of a Geisha and different previous Indian movies to organize for her position in Gangubai Kathiawadi. 

“He (Bhansali) wanted me to watch Meena Kumari’s work a lot, her expressions… the way she would sing a song, although I am not going all out singing songs in the movie. There is a certain sadness in her eyes, but there is a power to her face. He would say, ‘See her face, which is so full’… I also watched ‘Mandi’,” Bhatt advised PTI in an interview.

The ‘Highway’ actress additional stated that she rewatched all of Bhansali’s movies whereas capturing for ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and revealed that her boyfriend, actor Ranbir Kapoor, who made his debut with the director’s ‘Saawariya’ in 2007, referred to as her “obsessed”. The proficient diva additional confessed that she was initially nervous about her position because it was fully a unique style. 

“It was a unique style from what I used to be imagined to do with him earlier. This is an emotional, hard-hitting movie. For a second, I used to be somewhat uncertain of myself. I all of a sudden had (these ideas)… which has by no means occurred to me. (But) sir was very clear and requested me to consider it,” shared Alia. 

Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the movie stars Ajay Devgn, Seema Pahwa and Vijay Raaz in pivotal roles. The film is about to launch on February 25. 

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