Imtiaz Ali’s Highway was one of those movies of Alia Bhatt that has proved that she can get into the skin of any characters no matter how challenging it is. She has proved everyone wrong playing the character of Veera Tripathi.
It was the story of a girl who has never explored the outside world and then one day she gets kidnapped and then she starts exploring the world travelling through the highways of the country. She was with no make look as she was supposed to look rough and tough as she travelled many places.
During an interview, Alia revealed a shocking fact which she went through during the shoot of the movie. She said that she had to pee in public as there were no public toilets on the highways. On the same Imtiaz Ali said, “While shooting for the film, Alia was like any other nomadic local. She roamed aimlessly on the streets of Kaza in Himachal Pradesh, she lay down on the roads and ate at dhabas on desolate roads. If she was not doing that she would be just soaking in the sun and staring at the lush fields of Punjab. I realised there is a part of her which is a nomad too.”
Alia said, “We kept shooting like nomads. We were on the road in a truck and we would just stop where we saw good locations and just shoot if the light was great. It was a guerrilla way of shooting and I had to pee in public places! I would pee on the roads and joke that people will only get to see my back.”
Recently, Alia bagged the award for Best actress in IIFA for her superb performance in Udta Punjab. She will be next seen in Raazi opposite Vickey Kaushal.
