Rani Mukerji: Daughter Adira Must Earn Success on Her Own Merit, Away From Parental Fame

Rani Mukerji recently opened up about keeping her personal life private and how both she and husband Aditya Chopra decided to keep their daughter Adira away from public life.Talking to ANI, Rani said, “We have the same philosophy for our daughter as well. We did not want her to ever be in a situation where she is overexposed. That she should feel there is anything special going on with her.”Elaborating further, she added, “Because when she grows up, when she chooses a profession that she needs to choose, then whatever she earns, the recognition will be earned through her merit. She doesn't earn the recognition because she has famous parents. She should earn that herself; it should not come to her as taken for granted.” She also added that Adira has taken to her father when it comes to the concept of privacy and has a strong point of view, which will help her express her views with age.In the same interview, the National Award-winning actress also spoke about balancing motherhood and work. She said, "When I did 'Hichki', Adira was 14 months old, and I was still breastfeeding her, so I had to pump the milk and go in the morning, and I was shooting in a college in town."She further explained, "From my house in the suburbs in Juhu to that place, and the traffic takes about two hours. So I kind of made it a thing where in the morning I would leave at 6:30 after expressing my milk, and I would shoot. My first shot used to be at 8 in the morning and I used to wrap up everything by 12:30-1,” she said, before adding, “My unit and my director, they were so planned that for those 6-7 hours I used to finish my shoot and before the traffic would start in town, I used to be home by 3 o'clock. And I did my film like that."The actress further elaborated on the matter and said it is all about mutual understanding. She said, "These things are up in conversation today because maybe people are discussing it outside. But this has been the norm with all professions. I've also done it where I have worked for certain hours.”“If the producer's okay with it, you go ahead with the film. If the producer's not okay with it, you don't do the film. So it's also a choice. Nobody is forcing anything on anybody," she concluded.