MUMBAI – Alia Bhatt, one of the most talented and versatile Bollywood actresses we have in the Hindi film industry is experimental with her roles. This time, the 26-year-old actress will be seen in a period drama for the first time among many other A-listed actors.
Being the first of its kind role for the actress, it was tricky to prepare for Roop as Alia says. To prepare for her look and diction in the pre-Partition drama Kalank, actor Alia Bhatt turned to acclaimed Pakistani drama Zindagi Gulzar Hai featuring Sanam Saeed.
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While having a talk Indian daily ‘India TV’ Alia said her director, Abhishek Varman told her to watch the show, which featured her Kapoor & Sons co-star Fawad Khan and Sanam Saeed. “I watched a lot of old films like Mughal-E-Azam and Umrao Jaan to get an understanding of grace and body language. (And) I had to clean my Hindi as I am speaking Urdu (in the film). Abhishek asked me to watch Zindagi Gulzar Hai. The character of the girl in the show is very much how Roop will deal with the situation.
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“She has responsibility on her shoulders so she is not always a happy person. She is vulnerable yet strong. It is difficult (to bring so many) layers – unhappy, vulnerable and strong to a character. Abhishek kept saying that I should not be irritating,” shared Alia Bhatt.
Bhatt had also confirmed that Kalank has been in the works for a long time.
“He had mentioned about the story in passing when we were promoting Student of the Year. But the story was different at that time. Later, I heard it from Abhishek and he said he was adapting the film in his own way. After many months, I realized Abhishek had written this role keeping me in mind. The process of this film coming to me was very organic,” stated Bhatt.
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Kalank will be hitting the cinemas on 17th April 2019.
