Aditya Chopra loves to be mysterious

 

The first thing that comes across during the interview is that Rani hasn’t changed at all after marriage. During her first media interaction since marrying Aditya Chopra, Rani seems excited. One reason is, of course, her recent marriage, and the other is Mardaani.

 

“You had been saying that I had got married since long before I actually did. And before I become a mother you will be saying that I have already given birth…” she jests, adding that she definitely wants to become a mother.

 

“Marriage has not changed anything. I started working at the age of 17 and I can’t stop working now. And I don’t think Adi will want me to slow down. If I am pregnant, and if at all any director is willing to work with me in that condition, I will definitely work till the day I can work. But if I have kids I will certainly take a break. I don’t want to deprive my kids the time they need.”

 

 

All praises for Adi, Rani says, “My husband Aditya Chopra is understanding as he is a producer and director himself. He is a creative filmmaker and he is not narrow-minded. If the script demands and I am correct for the role, he will let me do it and I don’t have any inhibitions too. He won’t come and check my scripts as to what my role is, who is directing the film and what kind of scenes I am going to do. He is too busy with his work and he has no time for all this.”

 

About Adi’s love for food, she says, “Like Yash uncle Aditya too loves food. It’s a big challenge to keep him happy as he’s a combination of a very strict and lenient husband. On one hand, he feeds me and on the other hand, he wants me to be fit. I found a man who is very compassionate, very kind, very fair. He’s also a very good human being and that was the most important criteria for me.”

 

“I have been in this industry for so many years and I have seen the good and the bad. I always thought that I was a good human being, but Adi, I must confess, is much better than me.

 

“He extends all the support to me and in return, I stand by him when he needs me. He’s a man who doesn’t want his wife to come home and cook. Everybody needs that space. He needs an independent woman.” 

 

Aditya Chopra usually stays away from the limelight. Explaining his love to be anonymous, Rani says, “He loves to be mysterious and his biggest dilemma is he is married to an actress. After getting married to me his earlier photos with moustaches, without moustaches, were being publicised and he said ‘this is because I am married to an actress’.

 

“I think his reason to be anonymous is that he wants to keep in touch with reality and lead a normal life. Once he’s in the limelight, his sense of being connected will go away.”

 

“When we want to meet friends we go out. Otherwise we prefer to stay at home, having dinner and talking to each other… I can’t force him (to go out) because my fans want to see him. I respect him because of that. More than anything else, I love him because he is not mysterious to me (laughs).”