Kids are the reason: Mandira Bedi on finding courage after husband’s death

Actor and TV presenter Mandira Bedi, who lost her filmmaker husband Raj Kaushal in June, says that she is currently focusing  towards ensuring she is a good parent to her two children, whom she considers her biggest strength. Mandira is a mother of son Vir (10) and daughter Tara (five).

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“My motivation to keep working, striving and doing better… My greatest motivation is my children. Everything I do, I do for them.

“They are my reason to carry on, my reason to live, to do better, to be better. They are the reason that I have courage, strength, the reason for me to earn. I need to be a good parent for them,” Mandira told PTI.

The 49-year-old, who featured in films like ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, and the anthology ‘Dus Kahaniyaan’, got fame with hit TV shows like ‘Shanti’, ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ and ’24’.

She has also hosted ICC Cricket World Cups in the years 2003 and 2007, the Champions Trophies in the years 2004 and 2006, and the Indian Premier League season 2.

Talking about her career, she said that there were many challenges.

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“There have been many challenges, the downs have been challenging, there have been difficult times. But the public memory is short. You are known by the last project you have done. By God’s grace I have had a lot of work behind me. The ups are wonderful, when you are experiencing them they are great.

“When you are down, they make you appreciate the good times. You learn more from your failures than you do from success. The downs give you perspective in life, that’s the way I look at challenges. I have had a lot that I have faced in my life and there is always growth and learning from them,” she added.