It seems the excitement and exhaustion of the past few weeks have finally caught up with young Alia Bhatt.This weekend the petite but ostensibly tireless scene-stealer was laid up with an exhaustion-induced fever.

Says a friend of the actress, `Shooting Highway emotionally and physically gruelling.Alia has been promoting Highway extensively all over the country. Even before the film was released properly she was already promoting her next film 2 States.And that wasn't all.She was also shooting nights for Shashank Khaitan's Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya and simultaneously dubbing for 2 States. All of this multi-activity proved too much for 20-year old girl.`


Alia is now recovering from nervous exhaustion.

`She has been advised to rest it out. She's a livewire and cannot rest easy . You won't find Alia in the same place for more than five minutes. But for now, she's taking it easy,` says the friend.