Alia Bhatt shared photos from the sets of Jigra and on the first day of the shoot, Alia was accompanied by her sister Shaheen Bhatt.
On Wednesday, Alia Bhatt started the shoot of her co-production Jigra and dropped photos from the first day of the shoot on her social media. Vasan Bala-directed Jigra narrates the journey of Alia’s character, who goes to any limit to protect her brother. In the carousel post, Alia was captured getting her touch-up before the shot, and she was accompanied by her sister Shaheen Bhatt. In another photo, Vasan was spotted looking at the monitor. In another photo, Alia was spotted looking at her vanity van with a small Jigra poster placed on the door.
Sharing photos from the shoot, Alia Bhatt wrote, “And we’re rolling. Day one of bringing our Jigra to life… Stay tuned as we bring to you a piece of our hearts.. fingers and toes crossed for the journey aheaddddddd…”
Here’s the post
As soon as the post was shared, several netizens and her Bollywood colleagues congratulated the actress. Sonam Kapoor wrote, “Congratulations darling!” Zoya Akhtar dropped a smiley and heart emoji. Oindrila Sen wrote, “Best wishes. Looking forward to this one especially.” A fan wrote, “Best of Luck to the whole Team Jigra!” Another fan wrote, “All the best good luck to you and your team.”
On September 26, Alia Bhatt surprised her fans as she announced her next film titled Jigra. Directed by Vasan Bala of Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota fame, Alia is also co-producing the film under her banner Eternal Sunshine Productions, along with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions.
The National Award-winning actress shared the announcement video on her Instagram. The one-minute clip, with a haunting background score, begins with a quote from GK Chesterton, “The paradox of courage is that one must be a little careless of life in order to keep it.” In her voiceover, Alia then says that she will never let anything happen to her brother, whom she calls “Jigra”. Produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Somen Mishra, and Alia Bhatt, and directed by Vasan Bala, Jigra will be released in cinemas on September 27 next year.
