Actress Neena Gupta recently opened up about her relationship with former West Indian cricketer Vivian Richards and their daughter Masaba Gupta, mentioning how all three of them have mutual respect for one another. She further talked about how she could always count on her parents’ support after having Masaba as an unmarried woman.
As per a report in HT, Neena acknowledged that she loved Vivian, which is why they had Masaba. She added that love cannot turn into hate overnight, saying, “I had Masaba because I loved Vivian. And if you love somebody, you can’t hate somebody like that. You may not live or do things together – woh dheere dheere pata chalta hai (you get to know that slowly). But you can’t hate. Aisa toh nahi hota ki aaj love hai toh kal suddenly you hate (You can’t love someone one and hate them the next).
“And how can you put this thing in your daughter’s mind about her father. I don’t want to and don’t feel it. Why should I poison her thoughts? I have respect for him, he respects me and so, she has respect for both of us. It’s a very simple thing,” she added.
“As far as love is concerned, I have come to a conclusion. What I have understood is that real love exists only between parents and children. Baki koi love nahi hota (Otherwise there is no love). Woh pehle lust hota hai, phir habit hoti hai (it’s lust at first, then habit) then, it’s caring. This is what I think,” she continued.
She also narrated how she was able to ‘survive’ in Mumbai because she had her family as a safety net to whom she could go and cry her heart out, HT reports.
On how she derived strength from her family, she recalled, “When I came to Bombay, I was from a very protective family, and every six months, I wanted to go back. And I knew whatever I may do, Galat karu unke hisaab se, sahi karu (right or wrong), I can go back and cry unki godi me (in their lap), and everything will be okay.”
She also recounted an incident saying, “So once, somebody came to me, a young girl, when I had Masaba and she said, ‘I also want.’ I said, ‘No. Your circumstances can be different from mine.’”
“But, I could survive in Bombay, despite everything, because I knew I could always go back to my parents. Main unki godi me jaake ro lungi, sab thik ho jaayega (I could go and cry in their lap, and I knew everything would be okay). That’s the most important thing,” she concluded.
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