Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty says she’s proud to be working mum ahead of ‘Nikamma’ film release

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00:00I feel, I feel like I'm back in the space that I belong.

00:08How does it feel to be a part of a project again?

00:12Oh, exhilarating. I feel, I feel like I'm back in the space that I belong.

00:20Quite a long wait for a self-imposed sabbatical.

00:24But I'm happy that I said yes to this film first.

00:27And this was the reason I had, you know, waited for so long.

00:31And it's well worth the wait.

00:32All those people who have missed me or miss seeing me on the big screen

00:36will enjoy watching me in this avatar.

00:39I really hope I've done them justice and done the character justice.

00:42She's a very strong character, Avani.

00:45The character that I've portrayed in Nikamma.

00:49Really strong, a woman in power.

00:52I don't, you know, people are misconstruing the trailer

00:55to look like as if it, they think I'm playing some kind of superpower,

01:00a superwoman and all of that.

01:02But no, I mean, she is a woman in power and she's super good at it.

01:07I just think it's such a well-etched role for me

01:11that while she's really a tough nut to crack at work,

01:15she is just a simpleton at home.

01:20And she's so family-oriented.

01:22It's so warm and such a giver.

01:25Which is pretty much how most women are, you know,

01:29and are conditioned to be like that.

01:31The other really important bit that I want to make a mention of is that

01:35I mean, for me, Nikamma is a very important film

01:40and holds a very special place for the sheer fact that

01:42it's the film that I'm going to, you know, show as a showreel to my son.

01:49And really, I mean, I introduced myself as an actor to him.

01:53He's 10 and he's never watched me doing my thing.

01:58So, yesterday he saw the film and he was like so proud of me

02:02and there was like a reversal of roles.

02:05And where he turned around and he said to me that,

02:07you know, Mom, I'm so proud of you.

02:09And oh my God, you're my favourite actor.

02:12I mean, that for me was music to my ears.

02:14And I mean, I really felt like I hit a home run yesterday.

02:18Can women have it all?

02:19That's always the debate when we think of Wonder Women.

02:22In today's context, if you look at a woman.

02:24It depends on what that really means because

02:27satisfaction is really something that you decide on

02:31and success is what is decided by other people.

02:33So, it really depends on what you really want.

02:35Do you really want to appease everyone else or yourself?

02:40And I have done stuff that really satisfies me.

02:45There have been a lot of things I've said no to

02:49and there have been more no's than yeses

02:51to make the brand that I've made of, you know,

02:55my position and whatever I leverage my name to.

02:59For me, it's to strike that balance with family and,

03:03you know, going out there and being a thorough professional.

03:06You have to just give it your 100%.

03:08And if you decide to do it, let me tell you,

03:11it's not going to be a mean task.

03:14It's not going to be an easy task.

03:16It is a mean task, actually.

03:18But at the end of it all, I've been born and bred

03:23in a family where both my parents worked

03:27and those middle-class values are deep-seeped within me

03:31and I think my work ethics come from there.

03:34Seeing my parents work and I've turned out fine.

03:37So, I want my children to see that, you know,

03:39they have a working mom and understand the value of work

03:43and what we bring home.

03:45It's about prioritizing, compartmentalizing.

03:47So, yes, you can't have it all if you just decide it,

03:50if you decide to give it your all and do it guilt-free.

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