Being a celebrity doesn’t protect one from patriarchy or societal expectations, as Bollywood actress Nimrat Kaur discovered when she started her career in the film industry. In a recent conversation, Nimrat shared that her family didn’t view her acting career as serious until she starred alongside Irrfan Khan in The Lunchbox. She revealed that, prior to that, her family believed she was just enjoying a “hobby” and expected her to eventually return home, get married, and “settle down.”
Nimrat Kaur opens up about her views on marriage; says, “People are most unsettled and unhinged in marriages that are a front”
In an interview with News18, Nimrat shared, “My work and I were finally taken seriously because there was Irrfan in the project. Prior to that, they said that shaadi ka time aa gaya hai. Those marriage questions stopped after The Lunchbox. It took that film to convince (and) showed them what I was capable of.”
Nimrat recalled that during her struggling years, when she was living “paycheck-to-paycheck,” her family didn’t view her career as a serious profession. She said, “When I had been in the business for six or seven years, I was doing ad films. It was a paycheck-to-paycheck life. I didn’t know where my next paycheck was going to come from. In that scenario, I was often asked when I was going to continue with my profession, as if I were pursuing a hobby! My stay in Mumbai was seen as ‘oh, let her have some fun and then she’s going to come back and live her life as she should.’”
Nimrat confessed that she wants to take her time with marriage, choosing instead to focus on herself and her career. She also shared her belief that marriage isn’t necessarily the key to feeling “settled,” as she observes many relationships around her that appear inauthentic. She said, “I, in fact, feel like people are most unsettled and unhinged in marriages that are a front. That to me is more worrisome than a woman, who by virtue of her life, isn’t married at this point in time. Just leave her be! It’s mostly people who haven’t been able to take their own decisions and make brave choices in their lives that impose their own conditioning on others whenever they see them breaking the mould a little bit.”
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