Pooja Chopra got emotional on ‘Tum Ho Naa’ and revealed that her father pressured her mother to have an abortion because she was a girl. Her mother disapproved, left the marriage, and raised Pooja and her sister alone. “Aaj main zinda hoon,” Pooja said, describing her mother as her biggest star.
Pooja Chopra, who is famous for ‘Commando: A One Man Army’, got very emotional while appearing on the TV show. She spoke of her mother’s unwavering support throughout her life and expressed her deep gratitude to her mother for choosing to bring her into the world.
The actress had previously revealed the painful truth, which is that her father pressured her mother to abort her when she was only 20 days old, just because she was a girl.
Pooja Chopra says her mother stepped up when no one else would
When Pooja Chopra was asked about what her mother means to her on ‘Tum Ho Naa’, she couldn’t contain her emotions. “Mummy ke liye to jitna bolu utna kam hi hoga na especially mere liye,” she said.
She went on to talk about how her mother stepped up when no one else would, which brought everyone in the room to tears. “Meri mummy ne to wo zimmedari nibhayi jo kisi aur ne nahi nibhayi, aur utne pyar aur utne Himmat se” (My mother took on a responsibility that no one else had – and she did it with love and courage.
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Pooja also spoke warmly about how her mother never made her feel less than a boy and always pushed her to believe in herself.
She said, “Mummy ne mujhe kabhi ye nahi mehsoos hone dya ki main koi ladke se kam hoon. Aur hamesha se ye vishwas dilaya ki main jobanna chahti hoonban sakti hoon.”(My mother never made me feel less than a boy, and always instilled in me the belief that I could become whatever I wanted to be.)
Pooja Chopra describes her mother as the biggest star
While the world sees Pooja Chopra as a former beauty pageant contestant and a successful actress, she attributes every bit of her success to her mother.
Host Rajeev echoed the same sentiments, telling her that she is who she is today because of her mother. Pooja, overcome with emotion, replied, “Aaj main jo hoon hi nahi Rajeev, aaj main zinda hoon..” (I’m not the same again, Rajeev; today, I’m truly alive…) Then she turned to both the audience and Rajeev, wondering who could be a bigger star than her mother.
Pooja Chopra’s mother defied all odds to raise her daughters alone
Pooja Chopra has reportedly been open about the fact that her father left the family because he could not accept having daughters and desperately wanted a son. She also revealed that her mother was under a lot of pressure to have her aborted when she found out she was expecting a girl. But her mother refused to give up and chose to have the child despite everything. She also took the difficult decision to walk away from marriage and took it upon herself to raise Pooja and her elder sister alone.