Alia Bhatt addresses her 'parcel' comment in regard to false pregnancy rumours

When news broke that Alia Bhatt will be returning to India after shooting her Hollywood debut film, Heart of Stone, in June, a few articles stated that Ranbir Kapoor would be travelling to London to bring the pregnant Alia Bhatt back home. With a statement on her Instagram Stories, the actress responded to the reports, nevertheless.

She wrote in her statement, "Meanwhile we still live, in some people's heads, a patriarchal world. FYI, nothing has gotten delayed. No one needs to pick anyone up. I am a woman, not a parcel. I do not need to rest at all but good to know you'll have a doctor's certification as well. This is 2022. Can we please get out of this archaic way of thinking? Now if you would excuse me. My shot is ready.”

She then responded to her own remarks, claiming that the event had awakened her feminist side. She claimed that she thinks such acts are outdated and backward.

In a recent interview, she said, "If in the garb of writing a positive article you are actually going to be saying things like 'oh a woman's life is now totally going to go topsy turvy' that's a bit unfair. You are not saying that about the man, the man is also going to have the child. So, why is it only for the woman?”

Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt will be next seen in Brahmastra and Heart Of Stone.