Alia on the time she spends with Sidharth

Since her last film ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ (2017), Alia Bhatt has been off the radar on her much deserved break with friends.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, Bhatt admitted she had been “really enjoying the break”. She said, “I have been here, doing my [own] thing, and honestly, I’ve been really enjoying it. I am learning so many new things – I’m taking Kathak classes as well as piano lessons. I’m also doing mixed martial arts, so, I am keeping my creative mind ready (smiles).”

In the candid chat, Bhatt was asked about rumours of her relationship with “good friend” Sidharth Malhotra, to which she responded with, “I think it’s ‘faction’. I now have a new term for this. When people use the world ‘rumour’, I am like, ‘Kahaan ka rumour? Woh ho gaya. Abhi rumour nahi hai; ye purana ho gaya hai’ (What rumour? That’s old now. There’s no rumour anymore). Earlier, stories would call ‘rumoured lovebirds’. Now, there’s no rumour; it’s just lovebirds (laughs).”

She added, “There’s no denying that I do spend time with him. So, I am not going to say that, ‘Oh, I wasn’t spotted with Sid’. I was seen and I am okay with people spotting me there. I am very happy going to parties with him and being spotted at lunches with him. But I do the same thing with my other friends as well and spend time with them too. But Sidharth is and will always be special. That goes without saying.”