Famous television actor Shubhangi Atre has made a name for herself in the industry by featuring in famous shows like Kasturi and Bhabiji Ghar Pe Hain! While many know about her success, few know about how she dealt with getting married at 22 and then stepping into motherhood early on in life. During a chat with Hauterrfly’s The Male Feminist hosted by Siddhaarth Aalambayan, the actor opened up about the same.
What Shubhangi Atre Said
During the exclusive chat, Shubhangi Atre was asked about how she dealt with unplanned motherhood. To this, she replied, saying, “Honestly, I wasn’t that aware during that time, I did not think if I wanted to be a mother or not. It was common in my family for girls to get averted at 22-23, and my sister also got married at the same age since everyone wanted them to become mothers at the right age. And when I conceived, it was my first child, so I kept it. There was also no time for me to go through postpartum.
My daughter Ashi was just 28 days old when I took her to Pune with me and I used to do everything on my own. My ex-husband used to work for an advertisement agency and at that time I was not working. Then when my daughter turned 8 months old, I felt like doing something, and when I was trying to find work, I got the shampoo commercial and then I entered the industry when Ashi was just 11 months old. But the mom guilt is something that I still face.
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During my initial days, Ashi used to live in Pune so I used to travel in Volvo from Mumbai to Pune. And I remember this one time that I was crying a lot in the bus, so one woman came and sat next to me and asked what had happened. When I told her about going to work after leaving my 11-month-old baby, so she also got very emotional but said that one day I would be proud of myself.”
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