Alaya F made her Bollywood debut with the 2020 movie Jawaani Jaaneman, which starred Saif Ali Khan in the lead. But the actress recently said that the first film she signed was Anurag Kashyap’s Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat back in 2018.
The young actress had an unusual experience while shooting the film with Kashyap. In an interview with Free Press Journal, Alaya revealed that she couldn’t prepare for her role in Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat because the filmmaker used to write the lines on the sets.
“Anurag sir did not want us to prep for the character, he just wanted us to come on the sets,” she said. “He writes and types the dialogues on the sets. By the time we are ready on the mark, we get the dialogues and are informed about our dialect. It is so spontaneous. It has been a very different experience.”
This made Alaya F a bit nervous. “I felt… will I be able to do justice to my character? I had done Jawaani Jaaneman even though this is my debut film. I was nurtured a lot on the sets of Jawaani Jaaneman and here there was no prep. I feel this film has prepared me to give my best on any film.”
Alaya’s last film Freddie, which starred Kartik Aaryan in titular role, was released last month online.
Almost Pyaar With DJ Mohabbat also stars Karan Mehta, who is cast opposite Alaya. The film is all set to release in theatres on February 3.
