New Delhi: After her candid interview about suffering a miscarriage on the sets of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, actress/politican Smriti Irani has opened up about her parents’ separation. In an interview with Neelesh Misra, Smriti revealed how it took her 40 years to say that her parents are separated.
The actress went on to mention that when her parents got married, they only had Rs 150. They used to live in a room above a cow shed. While Irani’s father is a Punjabi-Khatri, the actress’ mother is a Bengali-Brahmin.
In the interview, Smriti went down memory lane and said, “It took me 40 years to say that my parents got separated. In those days, we were looked down upon, but now I know how tough it was for them to figure out life with just Rs 100 in their pocket and take care of all of us. My dad used to sell books outside an Army club. I used to sit with him, and my mother sold spices going to different homes. My dad didn’t study much, while my mother graduated so those conflicts could have also been there.”
Recalling how her parents survived the constraints of finances and social friction, she said, “My father was Punjabi-Khatri and my mother is Bengali-Brahmin, so they got married against my grandparents’ will. When they got married, they only had Rs 150. Initially, they used to live in a room above a cow’s shed. I was born in the Lady Hardinge Hospital. Later they shifted to Gurgaon because it was affordable. Very few couples are able to survive the constraints of finance and social friction. My mother was told next will be a son, so she used to pull us sisters and say these are enough for me.”
