Actress Rani Mukerji has turned a year older now. Ahead of
her birthday, the beautiful actress gave an interview to a famous tabloid where
she spoke about making a comeback with Hitchki, being blessed with Adira
and how motherhood has changed her.
When questioned if she had planned such a long break, since
her last movie Mardaani happened in 2014, Rani told, "I’d
decided to take a break for one year because I wanted to give my child that
much time. I wanted to be a part of each milestone in my baby’s life — from the
first word to the first step, etc. I would’ve hated it if she’d done something
for the first time and I missed it."
Remarkably, a lot of doctors believe that a mother-child
bond develops more in the first six months. Quiz Rani about it and she confesses,
"A lot of mothers go back to work in the third or fourth month after
delivery. I don’t think there is any issue of her bonding with her child. For
me, it was not about being told it’s going to be good for me or my baby or
because it was the done thing. I chose it. I wanted to spend that time with
Adira because that gave me happiness. If something else gave me that happiness,
I would’ve done that."
She continues, "Carrying a child is such a great
feeling. I have not experienced anything close to it in the 22 years of my work
life. This feeling is way greater than any feeling I’ve ever had. All my
achievements dimmed in comparison to what I felt when I gave birth to Adira.
You know, slowly, I am discovering so many fascinating things in Adira which
makes me feel, ‘God! why didn’t I have children earlier? I would have had
more'."
Now that she is all set to be back on the sets, probe her if
she feels awkward, as most working mothers do and pat comes the reply from
Rani, "I have spent so much quality time with Adira that I am not going to
feel that guilt. I have tried to make a shift in such a way that I am not with
her when she is busy. Then during her playtime, I will be back with her, so she
does not register my time away that much. Or that is what I am hoping for... I
don’t know how it’s going to be. I am dreading it. I am mentally preparing
myself for the eight or nine hours I have to give to my work every day. When
they cast me, they were like, ‘Rani ko lekar kaam karenge’. I keep praying to
God everyday ki aisa nahi ho ki they say, ‘kyun le liya yaar, kisi
aur ko le lete!"
With Rani already beginning preparation for Hitchki,
one visibly is happy to know if the actress would be doing more movies
henceforth. Quiz her about it and the pretty lady tells, "No. It is about
doing a film every year. I don’t want to do four films a year. I don’t want to
take away anything from my motherhood, and from my time with Adira. I will plan
my life in such a way that I will work and give my 100 percent to her. Because
when she grows up, I want her to be proud of having a working mother. I hope
she respects me for that. I hope she doesn’t feel that I dedicated all my time
to my work. When she is 18, I want her to tell me, ‘I loved that you balanced
life. You worked and you made your fans happy, you made yourself happy, and you
were there for me when I needed you and you were there even when I didn’t need
you.’ I want to be a working professional all my life. It is important, and I
am thankful to Adi for forcing me back."
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