- By Vridhi Soodhan
- Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:58 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Alia Bhatt has also indulged in the Hug My Younger Self trend using AI on Google Search. This trend uses the Gemini family of models' Nano Banana tool to generate images. These images depict users embracing their younger selves. All you have to do is upload a photo from your childhood and your current photo with the right prompt, and see the magic happen. Several fans and celebrities have shared their versions online, and it looks like Alia Bhatt has also jumped onto this trend.
One of Alia Bhatt’s fan pages recently uploaded an edit of the actress where she hugged her younger self in an aesthetic vintage photo that resembled a Polaroid image. As soon as this edit reached Alia Bhatt, the actress took it to her social media and expressed her happiness online. Alia wrote, “I can’t, the younger one would be so proud today. Sometimes we just have to reach out and hug our inner eight-year-old. Thank you for this one.” The actress approved the trend and added a Taylor Swift song - The Way I Loved You to make the story look more appealing.
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Even other celebrities like YouTuber Prajakta Koli recently shared her photo on Instagram, giving a trophy to her younger self with a wide smile on her face and wrote ‘OMG’. Fan pages have been quick to grab hold of this trend as there have also been pictures of Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Shraddha Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Ananya Panday, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sushmita Sen hugging their younger selves or celebrating victories with their present and childhood versions combined.
On the professional front, Alia Bhatt has two major projects lined up, the action-thriller Alpha and the romantic saga Love & War. Scheduled for release on Christmas 2025, Alpha is a female-led entry into the YRF Spy Universe, in which she will share the screen with Sharvari Wagh, Bobby Deol and Anil Kapoor. Following that, she will appear in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Love & War, which is slated for a worldwide release in March 2026. Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Vicky Kaushal will accompany Alia Bhatt in this project.