Hi, Anita. Welcome to PINKVILLA.
Hi. I'm really excited, extremely excited.
Tell me now Diwali is around the corner Anita and this year it's extra special for you for many,
specially parenthood. How are you planning to celebrate Diwali.
It's all connected to family and friends only, It will be a small get to gather but I'll be definitely meeting my friends.
And every year, I definitely do a Puja, we are with my family,
We go out for dinner, this year we might not go out for dinner, we'll order in. But I think what we do regularly
on Diwali's we would be doing that, it's a festival of love, light, laughter and food.
Sweet, so we're going to enjoy to the fullest.
And this year I have a reason that I can eat whatever sweets are given to me.
Well me and Rohit we both have a sweet tooth so all the sweets are welcomed, The sweets, the Kaju Katli's.
The Halwa, Bhog that's made, I think all of it put together it's
more than welcomed, I think desserts are delicious and we enjoy almost every dessert possible.
So everything is welcomed.
It's not like I like something specific.
You know how has Rohit been, I mean because I feel that once
anyone hears that they're going to be a father it changes them also, I think mother of course, lot of thing changes.
But how has the announcement self changed him in the last few months?
Well, he is very very excited, very very thrilled and we already have a pet together so he is
very very involved even with Mogli so, as a parent I am sure he is going to be 100% you know
an active father and he is really looking forward to fatherhood.
I think he is already so much more responsible, and he is so excited and I'm getting to see a new side of him so ,
so it's a new phase and we both are very very excited and of course, nervous too.
What is your favourite part of the festival?
I think lighting up the house with beautiful diya's,
and on entrance usually every year I make a Rangoli also , so yeah I just love what lights can do to you, those tea candles with diya's and
it just looks so pretty, so yeah I am excited about lighting up my house, in fact I have already started.
But tell me what about firecrackers Anita, are you someone who is scared of them, do you like to do a little bit of phuljhadi
or no, little bit of phuljhadi is okay, but firecracker totally I have never,
I use to enjoy it in my childhood but the fact that it disturbs pets and all, so I'm very against it.
I've a dog and I've seen him like get little scared with firecrackers, so I am completely against it.
But little phuljadi for enjoyment is fine, but I'm completely against firecrackers.
Everything that has been going on you have found your own little way to keep your audience entertained you know.
with Triller, where you come up with new content every now and than and just keep entertaining the audience
see honestly I have always been very active on social media and now that I wasn't even
obviously because of my pregnancy I couldn't take up work
so I needed an outlet you know where I can continue my connect with the audience, as well as to keep myself occupied and entertained.
I mean acting is something that is, means my first love.
so to actually have a phase where I don't face the camera at all, I was very uneasy with that fact and so I started making trillers.
And you know like creating content and basically it's obviously to stay connected with your fans but also to stay connected with my,
with your craft yeah.
Also I think because you have been working for so long that suddenly, absolutely nothing to do with quite for little while because you have to take care of yourself,
I think that can be a little bonding because you're like but I have a habit of working
Exactly, no no, I cannot sit at home and honestly first few months because of Covid it's fine everyone was at home.
So that was still okay but after a point it was like this is not my life, this is not who I am.
and I was uncomfortable for a while, and then I also started discussing with Rohit that after delivery immediately I would want to get back to work.
But then after you realize that , when it actually hits you that you're going to be a mother
I think all of that changes, your priorities change and
it's just, like as of now all I want to do is embrace motherhood in everything connected with motherhood and work and all can wait.
because what I believe is what goes through your mind is that your body is going to change in many ways
and specially for actress that does become an area of concern, at least some people take that pressure.
Did you have any of those thoughts in mind that, Oh my body is changed in a lot of ways.
you know certain apprehensions, certain fears, did you have those when you decided?
Absolutely not. I was just so excited to embrace it that it didn't even cross my mind, I mean weight is the smallest thing.
If we work hard we can lose it. And also I'm in no hurry I just want to enjoy being a mother. I want to enjoy the phase.
And I've worked all my life, I've worked hard, now it's time for me to you know enjoy my motherhood and
It's okay, weight will go and it never bothered me, honestly it never even crossed my mind.
and even now if, like if the doctor tells you that you can put on say about 12 -15 kg's
I'm like it's okay even if I put on more, little bit here and there is fine, because it's a phase which I want to relish, make the most of it.
which I want to enjoy and weight loss can happen, this is a small thing.
All of you thank you for your love, your good wishes, your blessings, please pray for me that I've a safe and a smooth delivery,
and pregnancy and Happy Diwali to all of you'll. Stay safe, Stay at home.
Don't burst firecrackers because it can harm your pet, they get affected.
Enjoy your Diwali with your family and with your loved one's and stay home, stay safe. Take care.