‘From parent’s break up to being a working mother’, Kajol says her mother Tanuja explained her everything

Bollywood actress Kajol is gearing up for her upcoming digital release titled Tribhanga. Directed by Renuka Shahane, Tribhanga revolves around a dysfunctional family of three women starring Kajol, Tanvi Azmi and Mithila Palkar in the leading roles. 

Kajol plays a Odissi dancer and daughter to Tanvi Azmi, and while she shares a sour relationship with her mother in the film, the situation in her real life is far from different. 

In a recent interview, Kajol talks about her bond with her mother, calling it an ‘amazing relationship’. She says that her mother and veteran actor Tanuja shared everything with her like an adult, even her separation with late filmmaker Shomu Mukherjee.

"I never had a rebellion as such with my mother. I had the most amazing relationship with her because she is amazing. Everything that she did in my life, every decision that she made, she explained it to me in the way I could understand it. Whether it was my parents breaking up, whether it was going to work or being a working woman. Whatever the bigger points in my life, she sat down, discussed with me, explained it to me, she waited for me to understand, figure things out and accept them before she got up from her chair and said ‘discussion over’," Kajol told Hindustan Times.

In 2003, Tanuja had said in an interview that Shomu and she ‘fell in love’ but 'what happened later is not important except that we are not together anymore'.

Furthermore, Kajol also adds that she feels she is a better person today because of her mother and wants to raise her kids, Nysa and Yug in the same way.

"My mom is amazing. I tell her this also. I am grateful for her upbringing of me. I feel like I am a better person and adult today because of the things she taught me when I was a child. She always spoke to me like she wanted me to be a better adult. If I have done even a quarter of that with my daughter and my son, I think I would have brought up two wonderful kids," she adds.

Meanwhile, speaking of Tribhanga, the film releases on Netflix on January 15, 2021.