{
  "id": 20205803,
  "title": "Soni Razdan Reveals Smoking 100 Cigarettes In A Day While Pregnant With Alia Bhatt: 'Had No Clue She Was Inside Me'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/soni-razdan-reveals-smoking-100-cigarettes-in-a-day-while-pregnant",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T17:20:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/soni-razdan-reveals-smoking-100-cigarettes-in-a-day-while-pregnant-with-alia-bhatt-had-no-clue-she-was-inside-me"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Veteran actress Soni Razdan shared details of a surprising incident involving her 1993 film Gumrah, where she unknowingly smoked around 100 cigarettes in a single day while pregnant with her daughter Alia Bhatt. She made the revelation in an interview, stating that she had no idea she was expecting at the time.\n\nSoni also discussed her first pregnancy, which occurred while she was working on the television show Buniyaad, her television debut in 1986. She revealed that the show's creators, directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Swarup, took excellent care of her during her pregnancy, even providing a car for her to avoid morning transportation issues and ensuring she had the best accommodations. Soni praised the Sippys for their support during this challenging period.\n\nThe actress also spoke about her marriage to Mahesh Bhatt and their first daughter, Shaheen Bhatt, born in 1988. During the filming of Gumrah, Soni's character had a smoking scene, and she was unaware of being pregnant during that specific scene. Intrigued by her craving for cigarettes after the smoke-filled sequence, she admitted to becoming a smoker as a result.",
  "summary": "Veteran actress Soni Razdan recalled an unusual incident from the time she was pregnant with her younger daughter, Alia Bhatt. In an interview, she revealed that she unknowingly smoked around 100 cigarettes in a day while shooting for Mahesh Bhatt's 1993 film Gumrah. The actress said she had no idea she was pregnant at the time. Soni also opened up about her experiences during her first…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘Had no clue’: Soni Razdan smoked ‘100 cigarettes a day’ on set while pregnant with Alia Bhatt",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/had-no-clue-soni-razdan-smoked-100-cigarettes-a-day-on-set-while",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:59:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}