Bhagyashree opens up about why she chose motherhood over film career: ‘Was too young to handle everything, didn’t have the capability’

Bhagyashree made her debut with Sooraj Barjatya’s Maine Pyar Kiya and became a star overnight. Despite all the fame that was coming her way, she chose to step away from the limelight after she got married and welcomed her kids. In the last few years, Bhagyashree has stepped back into the world of glamour and in a recent chat, the actor opened up about why she made those choices in the first place.

The actor, who will next be seen in NRI Wives, said that she was too young when she got married and did not feel like she was capable enough to balance her home life with her work life. “A child requires their mother more than anything else at that point of time and I’m not saying that the mothers who work, they are not looking after their kids. But I was too young at the time and in my opinion, I did not have the capability where I could look after myself, look after my family, also look after the kids. I had just gotten married. Abhimanyu was born just a year after that. I think I was too young to handle all these responsibilities together,” she told Radio Nasha.

Bhagyashree said that for her, prioritising was very important in that phase. “For me, prioritising was very important and also because I am that kind of person who likes to prioritise in my life,” she said. The actor added that because she stuck to her priorities, she doesn’t have any guilt over her choices.

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“Today, people spend time at their work and then they feel guilty about leaving their children at home. Women who leave work and spend time with their kids, they have guilt about leaving their work, or not being able to progress ahead in life. I am saying I prioritised my life because those were my priorities. So, I don’t have guilt at all of spending my time with my children,” she said.

A few years ago, Bhagyashree appeared in the reality show Nach Baliye with her husband Himalaya Dassani. She was also one of the judges of the dance reality show Dance India Dance Super Moms Season 3. The actor was recently seen in a cameo in Salman Khan’s Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan.