Rani Mukerji opens up about traumatic miscarriage, says she is pained because she can’t give daughter Adira a sibling

Actor Rani Mukerji opened up about what she has learned after her harrowing miscarriage during the pandemic. She said that she and Aditya Chopra had been trying for a second child a year after their daughter Adira was born.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | March 22, 2024 11:51 AM IST

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Rani Mukerji was last seen in Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway.

Actor Rani Mukerji opened up about her miscarriage, which she said was very traumatic for her. In an interview, she said that she and husband Aditya Chopra began trying for a second child about a year after she gave birth to their daughter, Adira. She said that she is upset that Adira will never have a sibling, but has learned to value her presence in their lives more.

She opened up about the harrowing experience in an interview with Galatta India. “Of course, it’s difficult. I tried for a second baby for almost seven years. My daughter is eight years old now, and when she was one or one-and-a-half, I tried for my second, and I kept trying, and I finally got pregnant and then I lost the baby. Obviously, it was a very, very testing time for me. And also, I’m not very young, though I look young.”

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She continued, “I’m going to turn 46, it’s not an age where I can have a baby. It is traumatic for me that I can’t give a sibling to my daughter, and it really pains me. But we have to always be grateful for what we have. For me, Adira is my miracle child, and I’m really happy I have her. I’m working on that, and I’m telling myself that yes, Adira is enough.”

Rani first spoke about her miscarriage at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne last year. She said that the miscarriage happened during the pandemic, and she did not speak about it during the promotions of her latest film because she felt that it would “come across as me trying to speak about a personal experience that would propel the film.”

Rani and Aditya tied the knot in a private ceremony in 2014, and welcomed Adira in the following year. She played a mother fighting to reunite with her children in her last film, Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway, which earned around Rs 35 crore worldwide.

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