How 'Relatable' is Alia's Parenting? Peeling Back the Instagram Filter

Alia Bhatt, Bollywood’s millennial sweetheart, national crush turned mother, and part-time philosopher on Instagram, has taken on a new role lately—one that’s even more demanding than a Dharma heroine with a heartbreak montage: Mom.

You would’ve seen glimpses of Alia as a parent—sometimes glowing in a beige nursery, sometimes nursing under a shawl in an airport lounge, and other times, balancing mascara and motherhood in a single Instagram reel. But here’s the question every regular parent wonders quietly, probably while reheating tea for the third time: Is Alia’s parenting actually relatable—or is it just Instagram-relatable?

Read this article to explore whether Alia’s parenting is really relatable or is there something more behind the Instagram filter.

One thing is clear— Alia Bhatt has mastered the soft-focus aesthetic of motherhood. Her posts are often dipped in creams and pastels, with minimal toys, artisanal wooden cribs, and baby books with titles like Mindful Mama. 

And yet, doesn’t every parent know that real chaos rarely fits into a frame?

Feeding battles, sleep regressions, unexpected poop explosions—they don’t look good in Valencia filter. But here’s the thing: Alia never claims to be showing everything. She’s giving us curated glimpses. The caption might say messy mornings, but the mess is usually a soft blanket artfully tossed over a perfectly fluffed couch.

Still, we don’t blame her. Everyone has a highlight reel. Alia’s just happens to have better lighting and designer loungewear.

To her credit, Alia does offer little peeks behind the curtain. She’s spoken about breastfeeding struggles, mom guilt, and trying to balance career and babyhood. In one interview, she admitted, “It’s overwhelming. Beautiful, yes, but also very overwhelming.”

And isn’t that the first truly relatable thing?

Because if you’ve ever stared at a pile of laundry while holding a colicky baby and wondering if “this is it now,” you know that motherhood is mostly made of contradictions. It’s deeply beautiful—and also deeply exhausting. And in that moment, Alia steps off her pedestal just a little. She becomes human.

Now here’s the truth— relatability is the new aspirational. Celebrities no longer flaunt luxury; they flaunt “realness”—but only the palatable kind.

When Alia shows a no-makeup selfie holding her baby, it’s still filtered through a soft lens. It’s still framed by privilege—nannies, stylists, and a career that bends for her schedule. Which doesn’t make her fake—it just makes her fortunate. The question is whether regular moms, navigating crowded metros and unpaid maternity leaves, should feel comforted or… compared?

Maybe a bit of both.

The truth is— you may not relate to her baby yoga classes or handcrafted organic onesies. But you might relate to the look in her eyes when she talks about missing sleep, but not wanting to miss a single moment.

You might relate to the deep, gut-level fear of messing up a tiny human you love more than anything.

And you might especially relate to the tug-of-war between selfhood and motherhood.

That’s the real thread that connects us—not the photos, not the nursery tours, but the shared unraveling and reweaving of your identity as a parent.

Alia Bhatt’s parenting may not be entirely relatable. It’s pretty. It’s poised. And yes, it’s padded with a level of support many parents can only dream of.

But it does whisper some truths—about overwhelm, about trying, and about loving hard.