Alia Bhatt reveals she had four months to return to ‘Rani-shape’ after daughter’s birth; KJo says actors don’t get enough credit

Alia Bhatt shared a ‘song vlog’, detailing the making of the song ‘Tum Kya Mile’ from the Karan Johar film Rocky Aure Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.

alia bhatt tum kya mile Alia Bhatt shared a making video of the song Tum Kya Mile.

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Actor Alia Bhatt has given a sneak peek to her fans of how she shot for the grand romantic song “Tum Kya Mile” from her latest film Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani. The actor shared a “song vlog”, detailing the making of the track from the Karan Johar film.

Composed by Pritam with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya, “Tum Kya Mile” features Ranveer Singh and Alia romancing each other in quintessential Bollywood style in Kashmir. The song is Karan’s tribute to Yash Chopra’s songs, who would shoot his actors lavishly– with snow, mountains and chiffon saree.

The vlog begins with Alia Bhatt telling viewers that the crew isn’t allowed to shoot as it is snowing, and the temperature is minus three degrees. The camera then pans to celebrated make-up artist Mickey Contractor who had just returned from an uphill trek and it is clear from his reaction that it was a difficult one. The next day, “maestro” Mickey is trying Alia’s first look for the song.

As Alia asks Mickey to say a few words, he says, “I am speechless right now and I am panicking.” Later the make-up artist reveals he is panicking because he is doing a love song with “barely any makeup”. Alia adds, “It is the masterclass of no-makeup look which is the toughest look to do in the world.”

Alia then gives a glimpse of the scenic, snow-clad valley where they shot the song. She says, “Filmmaking and song-making is very glamorous.” In the vlog, the actor also shares how she was supposed to return to the ‘shape’ of her character Rani within four months of giving birth to her daughter Raha. “This is the first thing I was shooting after giving birth and I had to go back to Rani shape. I had four months to prep,” Alia says in the video.

A shot of Alia at the gym has her sharing, “We have two weeks to the song and I was able to only start working out after six weeks post-partum and we started very slow. We had a very large goal to reach but we had to do it safely.”

During the shoot of the song, Karan looked a bit upset. “She needs to look melancholic and with sunglasses. She is looking like she is walking the red carpet,” he is heard saying in the video while Manish Malhotra, who stands next to him, looks confused.

After wrapping the shoot of ‘Tum Kya Mile”, Karan Johar calls it a “turbulent” shoot. He says, “We have covered the length and breadth of Kashmir. We have shot in Gulmarg, Pahalgam and Srinagar. I have combated a viral, you had your baby.” He apologises to Alia for making her shoot in a chiffon saree for the song and also shares how actors do not get credit for working in extreme weather conditions.

“I find it really tough how both the lead actors, in this extreme climate, where there is also a fan blowing so that their hair flies and then they have to look romantic, sensuous and swing all those emotions in sub temperature, we don’t give credit, it’s crazy,” Karan said. He also revealed that he has shot for a song in a chiffon saree and snow-clad mountains after 17 years. The last song he did like this was “Tumhi Dekho Na” for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji.

Towards the end of the video, Alia revealed that many people fell ill on the set of “Tum Kya Mile” including Karan and Manish. The actor-director duo also revealed their favourite sarees from the song, one of which they call a ‘cassata’ saree since it had many colours.

Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani, also starring Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi and Dharmendra, will hit theatres on July 28.

First published on: 11-07-2023 at 12:37 IST