Katrina Kaif has said that she trains with Alia Bhatt less frequently than she used to. In an appearance on Arbaaz Khan’s talk show, Pinch, the actor said that there was a time when they used to go to the gym together very often.

Katrina was shown a video of the two of them training in a segment of the show, in which the guest is meant to provide a story behind a popular social media post. Reacting to the video, which showed Katrina acting as a trainer to Alia, who was lifting weights, she said, “This was when me and Alia used to train a lot together; we still do sometimes but we used to train together more during this time.”

Both Alia and Katrina have in the past shared several images and videos with each other on social media. But these posts have decreased in frequency after Alia started dating Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina’s ex-boyfriend.

On their part, both Alia and Katrina have maintained that they still share cordial relations with each other. Katrina told Filmfare, “When I thought about it, I just felt, who she was dating was not to the equation that I share with her. So why should that equation change?” In an interview to DNA, she said, “I will tell you something important. A certain thing is already playing out in a certain manner. My reaction to it makes no difference. I can sit here and feel anger and bitterness. I can make myself unhappy. Or I can take into consideration that, how miserable I am makes no difference to anyone else. So, instead, I can lighten my own burden and say — let me be happy and at peace. And what is meant for me, will come my way.”

Asked if she has realised if Katrina has stopped liking her Instagram posts, Alia had said during a press event, “I don’t check my Instagram likes. So, I don’t know why people are checking that? But I have to admit I have always been very fond of Katrina. I believe that its the same both ways, according to us. So, I don’t know why other people feel differently? But now I will send her a message to start liking my pictures because if that’s the barometer of friendship then we must start liking everyone’s picture.”

Ranbir and Katrina dated for six years after working on Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahaani. They reunited in 2017 for their film with Anurag Basu, Jagga Jasoos, which was partially shot during their breakup. Alia and Ranbir, meanwhile, will be seen together for the first time on film in Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra. The three briefly reunited at the recent Filmfare Awards, where they were photographed interacting with each other.

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First Published: May 08, 2019 17:46 IST