‘…someone
breaking
in
and
taking
Raha
away.’
Three
days
before
her
32nd
birthday
on
March
15,
Alia
Bhatt
invited
the
media
to
celebrate
at
a
suburban
hotel
in
Mumbai.
She
cut
the
cake
while
Ranbir
Kapoor
dutifully
kissed
her.
Alia
wore
a
baby
pink
tunic
set
from
the
shelves
of
Mana
Label,
costing
Rs
22,500,
and
took
the
opportunity
to
lay
out
her
rules
about
daughter
Raha.
Alia
deleted
Raha’s
pictures
from
her
Instagram
account
after
the
security
breach
at
Saif
Ali
Khan’s
house
and
urged
the
media
not
to
click
or
promote
unauthorised
images
of
her
daughter.
“My
worst
nightmare
is
someone
breaking
in
and
taking
Raha
away,”
Alia
says.
Ranbir
assured
the
paparazzi
that
they
would
not
take
the
legal
route,
they
just
wanted
media
co-operation
to
secure
their
child’s
safety.
“It
might
sound
like
a
privileged
problem
but
as
parents,
we
are
trying
to
protect
our
child
as
much
as
we
can,”
he
said.
“With
a
smart
phone
in
hand,
anyone
can
do
anything
in
today’s
time.
But
you
(the
paparazzi)
are
like
our
family.
We
can
request
you
and
you
can
help
us
to
achieve
this.”
Alia
added,
“We
don’t
want
to
push
any
action
against
anyone.
But
if
somebody
is
not
listening
to
us
repeatedly,
we
are
left
with
no
other
option.”
Alia
and
Ranbir
welcomed
their
child
in
2022
and
introduced
her
to
the
world
the
next
year.
Photographs:
Panna
Bandekar,
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff.com
