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Amongst
Tellywood actresses, it's uncommon to find
them going the family way immediately after
their marriage. If a minimum of 5 years
gap is maintained between marriage and childbirth
amongst common folks, it's much beyond that
for actresses of the small screen as it
is the general conception that having a
child may hinder their acting career, which
being a demanding one, takes up almost 16-18
hours a day, 25 days a month. Gita
Hari talks to some childless
actresses to find out their reason for postponing
their motherhood.
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Married to actor Apurva Agnihotri,
they have come together in Jassi on
Sony and Nach Baliye 1 on Star
One and make for a lovely and loving
couple. She is popular as Ganga of
KSBKBT on Star Plus and also
hosted the show Fame X on SAB TV.
Speaking on their plans of starting
a family, Shilpa says, "Maybe
in a year or two. I am a laidback
person and my career is of no consequence
to me and my priority is my marriage.
I need Apurva to settle a little more
and by then I will be 25, which I
think will be the right age for me
to conceive. I often dream of that
day when our chungu-mungu can pakau
Apurva on the sets."
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SAI DEODHAR:
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This petite actress fell in love
with her co-star of Sara Akash on
Star Plus, Shakti Anand and married
him. They celebrated their second
wedding anniversary at the picturesque
islands of Maldives. They participated
in Nach Baliye 1 on Star one and both
are once again paired together in
Ek Ladki Anjaani Si
on Sony TV. Her current track sees
her playing the double role of Ananya
and Anuradha.
"No," says Sai firmly on
conceiving a child, "not now.
I believe this is the first season
of marriage when you go out and enjoy
the company of your spouse and we
have been so busy working, we don't
even have the time to think about
it. I am quite young so I don't have
to rush. I can take my time and enjoy
our togetherness."
According to Sai, "The second
season is motherhood, third is bringing
up children and fourth is being grandparents.
No we are in the first phase."
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TEEJAY SIDHU
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Married to Prem of Kasauti Zindagi
Ki on Star Plus, actor Manoj Bohra,
she too tried out acting in a few
serials. She is the ex-editor of Rave
magazine and a model.
According to Teejay, "Yes, having
a child does hinder your career and
I am not ready for a kid. Work has
just picked up and we are on the lookout
for a nice, spacious house. It may
take another four to five years before
we think of starting a family."
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ROSHNI CHOPRA:
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Pia of Kasamh Se on Zee TV and anchor
of Ten Sports, Roshni recently got
married to Siddharth Anand, director
of theatre and tv shows. Roshni feels,
"It's definitely a hindrance
to your career. For now, having a
child is not on the horizon. The present
phase is anintimate one and I want
to live my marriage…it's beautiful
to enjoy each other's togetherness."
Talking about priorities, the actress
says, "You can'twork when you
have an infant around. Priorities
change and you cannot give your 100
percent to your career as it tends
to take a backseat."
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DELNAAZ
PAUL :
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A decade of marriage to actor husband
Rajiv Paul, she has done many a comic
role until she got to do serious stuff,
with Rajiv opposite her, in her first
Balaji production Karam Apna Apna
on Star Plus. Delnaaz
reveals that now she is ready to start
a family, "Earlier we had made
a conscious decision so that we could
stabilize our career prospects. The
going is good now and I can afford to
be at home to take care. At one point
I felt it will be negligence to have
a child and leave him home."
She finds it inspiring to see so many
tv actresses with babies get back to
work. "I will take a small break
and then get back to work. I don't like
to leave children with servants. But
I am lucky since my parents stay close
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Manasi Salvi
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Manasi with her producer-director husband
Hemant Prabhu has acted in serials directed
by him including Sati on Sahara One.
Presently, she is playing the lead in
Pallavi Joshi's directorial debut of
Marathi serial Asambhav for DD.
Manasi is of the strong opinion that,
"No, children don't hamper your
work at all. Things should happen
at the right time. If you are good
at your work, you will get it anyways.
Yes, I plan to start a family this
year and that's the reason I have
cut down on my work."
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| By
GITA HARI |
Posted
on 23 February 2007 6:30 pm
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