Amala Paul: ‘I got pregnant at a time when I didn’t know what to do with my life’

Amala Paul said that she and her partner, Jagat Desai, had been together for just a few months when she found out about her pregnancy. “Marriage came later,” she said. Amala also shared that her husband Jagat came as the biggest blessing in her life.

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Her struggles began in 2020–21, when she lost her father and faced the emotional toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. During that period, she even experienced symptoms resembling borderline schizophrenia—coinciding with her role in a Hindi series where she portrayed a character with the same condition. “I was forgetting the names of my own family members. The stress was that intense,” she recalled.

Eventually, the actress embarked on a solo journey across Bali, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and London, where she came to a powerful realization—the importance of reconnecting with oneself. “You can’t rely on others to rescue you. You have to find your own way,” she shared.