Alia Bhatt says motherhood changed everything, admits she often wants to quit social media

It’s a strange kind of fame when the world feels like it lives in your phone. And right now, Alia Bhatt seems a little tired of that screen staring back at her.

Once the bubbly debutant of ‘Student Of The Year’, then a National Award-winning actress, and now a new mother, Alia’s life has quietly but completely changed. The biggest plot twist? Baby Raha Kapoor. And with her arrival, Alia is rethinking almost everything including whether she even wants to stay on social media anymore.

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When star Alia meets mother Alia

Alia Bhatt has grown up in public. Every film, every outfit, every relationship; all discussed, dissected, and debated online. But motherhood has shifted the rules for her. Speaking to ‘Esquire India’, the actress admitted that after Raha’s birth, protecting privacy suddenly became non-negotiable.

 

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There are mornings, Alia says, when she wakes up and feels like doing something drastic. “Okay, I just want to delete my social media,” she thinks. No posts, no comments, no opinions. Just acting. Just work. Just life.

For someone who has been online since her teenage years, that’s a big thought.

The pull of fans (and the guilt of leaving)

Still, walking away isn’t easy. Alia knows millions of fans have stood by her from film one. Their love, their messages, their excitement, she feels it deeply. Cutting off that connection feels wrong to her.

“I don’t want to do that,” she admits. And so she stays. Carefully. Thoughtfully. Sharing less, holding back more.

Her personal life, she says, now feels ‘too’ personal to casually post about. The actress who once clicked mirror selfies now scrolls through a phone full of baby pictures. Raha has taken over her camera roll, and her heart.

Sometimes, Alia jokes, she has to make an extra effort just to take photos of herself.

Losing yourself, finding a new core

Motherhood hasn’t just changed her routine. It’s changed how she sees herself. Alia admits that at times she can’t fully remember who she was before becoming a mother.

The transformation happened fast, just nine months. But seeing a child you created come into the world does something permanent. “The scale of that change is so profound,” she says, “it’s almost impossible to go back to who you were before.”

What’s next on screen

Even as her personal world shifts, Alia’s professional life is moving full speed ahead. She will next be seen in ‘Alpha’, a spy action thriller directed by Shiv Rawail. The film stars Sharvari alongside her, with Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor in key roles.

Behind the camera, Alia is also stepping into a new role. She has turned producer with her sister Shaheen Bhatt. Their upcoming project, ‘Don’t Be Shy’, is a coming-of-age romantic comedy.

So while Alia Bhatt may be flirting with the idea of deleting social media, she’s clearly not disappearing anytime soon. She’s just choosing what to hold close, and what to keep for herself.