Tanaaz Irani recently spoke about her love story with husband Bakhtiar Irani, the challenges they faced due to their age difference, motherhood in her 40s, and her journey to becoming a life coach.
“I thought Bakhtiar Irani was the worst person.”
Talking about how she first met Bakhtiar, Tannaz revealed that the two met on the sets of the reality show Fame Gurukul in 2006.“We met on a reality show. Neither one initiated anything romantic at first. In fact, he called me jokingly and made me cry. I thought he was the worst person on earth,” she said, laughing during her chat with Hauterrfly.Tanaz remembered how upset she was with him at first. “I told myself I would never talk to him again.
I thought he was rude, mean, and a terrible person.But Bakhtiar apologized to her repeatedly during the show.“He kept apologizing, but I decided I wasn’t going to talk to him,” she added.Things slowly changed when Tanaz started helping him while he was having throat problems during singing performances.“He used to cough a lot while singing, so I started giving him home remedies with haldi, ginger and honey.
“I thought I was just giving advice, but apparently he was falling in love with me,” she said.
“Bakhtiar is an Iranian who fought for me.”
Tannaz also addressed their age gap and admitted that Bakhtiar had to fight hard for their relationship.She explained, “I was older than him, and I was also divorced. Naturally, many people do not want their son to marry an older, divorced woman.”Praising her husband for standing by her, she added: “Bakhtiar has always fought for me and is still fighting for me.
If anyone says anything bad about me, he is always the first to defend me.”She added: “For him, the whole world can stand on one side, and his love for Tanaz will stand on the other side.”Before her marriage to Bakhtiar, Tanaz married theater artist Farid Karim when she was 20 years old, and Farid is 18 years older than her. Their marriage lasted eight years, and they had a daughter named Ziyan together.Tannaz later married Bakhtiar Irani in 2007. Bakhtiar is seven years younger than her. The couple are parents to son Zeus and daughter Zara.
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Tanaz Irani talks about becoming a mother in her 40s
Speaking about motherhood, Tannaz revealed that while her son Zayan was born when she was in her late thirties, her daughter Zara was born when she was in her forties.Because of the risks associated with pregnancy after age 40, she had an amniocentesis test.Explaining this procedure, she said: “It is a test in which doctors collect fluids from a place close to the child to check for conditions such as Down syndrome or spinal problems.”Tannaz admitted that she was very nervous while waiting for the results and recalled how visiting the church gave her emotional strength during that time.“Everyone in the church prayed for my baby and told me everything would be okay,” she said.She later obtained a negative result, confirming that there were no complications.
“Mother’s anxiety is very strong”
Tanaz also spoke at length about parenting and why she consciously avoids becoming an overprotective mother.“I’m not an anxious mother because I think maternal anxiety is very strong,” she said.The actress explained that she strongly believes in spirituality and manifestation.“If you constantly worry about your children, you start to manifest those fears. In the same way that prayer manifests positivity, fear can manifest negativity,” she explained.According to her, many Indian parents unwittingly pass on anxiety to their children.She said: “Half of the problems children face are often imposed on them by parents through fear and overthinking.”She added that loving children also means giving them freedom and trusting them.“If you really love your child, let him go and trust him. That’s what motherhood is,” she said.
