New Delhi: Alia Bhatt on Saturday went on a movie date with her mother Soni Razdan, and sister Shaheen Bhatt. The actor, who watched Rani Mukerji’s film ’Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’, took to Instagram to praise the film and Rani.
Sharing a note on Instagram Stories, Alia wrote, “Saturday night was spent in tears with my mom and sister as we watched our favourite - the brilliant Rani Mukherjee. Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway is such an important story to tell. For me, especially as a new mother, it hit so much harder and so much closer to home. Rani ma'am - there's no one like you!”
She added, “You had me transfixed and I was transported right by your side from Norway to India! Congratulations to the run team for this incredible film. (PS - I am convinced there's nothing my fav Jim Sarbh can't do - an absolute chameleon).”
Alia and Jim have worked together in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Gangubai Kathiawadi.'
Directed by Ashima Chibber, the film is based on the case of Sagarika Bhattacharya, whose children were taken away by Norwegian welfare services in 2011. The film recounts the story of an immigrant Indian mother’s battle against the Norwegian foster care system and local legal machinery to regain her children's custody.
Also starring Anirban Bhattacharya and Neena Gupta, 'Mrs Chatterjee Vs Norway' was released on March 17.
After its release, Norwegian Ambassador to India, Hans Jacob Frydenlund had called the film a ‘fictional representation’ of a true case, with factual inaccuracies.’
Rani recently reacted to the allegations, the actor said the intent was not to villainise any particular country.
Speaking with Hindustan Times, the actor said, “Everybody is entitled to have their own opinion. This film was not really made to offend anybody. It is a true story, and the intention of the film was very different from what was being projected in the opinion that was given. It was about a mother’s journey. The film clearly shows how it’s never the main people who are doing it, but people who are taking advantage of a system. But everybody is touchy about their own country and will try to defend.”
She also said that it not a fictional story. “For somebody like me, who’s s an Indian citizen, what would I understand with my Indian government being involved with this? It can’t be a fictional story because my government helped getting the children united with the mother. So, by one person saying something, it’s not really going to affect the larger picture of the film that we wanted to make and the story that we wanted to put out,” she was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.