Alia Bhatt is all set to appear in Meghna Gulzar’s movie based on Harinder Sikka’s book “Calling Sehmat”.
It has been further revealed that Vicky Kaushal will play the male lead opposite her in the movie Raazi.
Bhatt will play a Kashmiri girl married to a Pakistani army officer in this intelligence thriller, which is set during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan.
The role is different from the ones Bhatt has played in the past, and it appears as if she has worked hard to get into character.
When asked about how her shoot is progressing, she said:
“I won’t lie. Yes, it has been very challenging. The shooting [of the film] is still on, and I still have a month left [before its completion]. We have been shooting in almost a non-stop manner, barring a few days when the shoot got disrupted [due to the recent unrest in the region].”
She continued to say:
“But overall, it has been a good and an interesting journey — creatively as well as mentally. I am in Patiala right now, and I feel that when you are shooting outdoors, it’s always lovely because you are only with your film dedicating all your energies and attention to it. Plus, it’s lovely being in Patiala.”
Discussing her role, Bhatt shared:
“I’m going through one of the most extensive preparations for this film. The last time I did something like this was for Udta Punjab. But that also was only with the dialect.”
The young actress also said:
“Raazi is about dialect, body language and things like driving a big heavy jeep… Shifting those gears is a different ball game for me altogether. I am learning Urdu so it’s also going to help me in the longer run. I’m playing with the language for over a month now and every day, I am sitting with it for hours. I know most of my dialogues by heart right now because I have been reading them over and over again. I am having a lot of fun with it.”
