In my head, I had agreed to do Raazi even without the script, says Alia Bhatt!

Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt is preparing for Meghna Gulzar's next titled Raazi. The movie is based on Harinder Sikka's book Calling Sehmat and also stars Vicky Kaushal in the lead role. The film is going on-floors in July and it is going to be a start-to-end shoot.

For her role of a Kashmiri girl, Alia Bhatt is learning Urdu. She is also training in driving a heavy jeep. Amid the preparations, one wonders if Bhatt has read the book.

In an interview with a tabloid, when Alia was asked if she has read the novel, she told, "I had not read the book when Meghna came to me about a year-and-a-half ago. There was just a basic one-line story idea. I told her that this is something that I would love to do. Usually, we green light a script, but in my head, I had agreed to do Raazi even without the script. It’s a true story, and when I heard the turn of events, I had goosebumps. I couldn’t believe it. Then, they came back to me and I read the first 20 pages of the story and I knew that if I want to do that one film a year that challenges me, this is that film. Actors want to do that one big Hindi film every year, but I want to do that one film that will completely challenge me and turn everything upside down. It happened with Highway, Udta Punjab, Dear Zindagi and now with Raazi. I am so scared and nervous to go on this journey, because of the kind of intensity of this character."