On the occasion of women’s day, we would tell you about some brave ladies who took the decision to take care of their child themselves by being single mothers. Life gave them challenges in form of marriage troubles but they faced them all and to a strong decision to up bring their children solely on their own. These are 7 famous TV and Bollywood actresses who raised their children as single mothers.
1. Kamya Punjabi
Kamya Punjabi is a famous TV actress who has worked in different shows. She married Bunty Negi and gave birth to her daughter Aara in 2009. But Kamya and Bunty divorced in 2013 and she is taking care of her daughter all by herself since then.
2. Pooja Bedi
Pooja married Farhan Abraham in 1994 and divorced in 2003. She has raised both her children on her own. Her daughter Alia was born in 1997 and her son Omar in 2000. She is a friendly mother and gives full freedom to her children while also teaching them values.
3. Urvashi Dholakia
You’ll be surprised to know Urvashi got married at the age of 16 and became a mother in the 17th year. She got separated from her husband after one and a half years of her marriage. She has two sons and takes care of them on her own.
4. Poonam Dhillon
Poonam has raised her two children alone after she got divorced in 1997. She was married to Ashok Thakaria in 1988. She has a son Anmol and daughter Paloma.
5. Shweta Tiwari
Shweta married actor Raja Chaudhary but divorced in 2007 because of violence and other reasons. She has a 16-year-old daughter Palak whom she raised alone as a single mother for 6 years. In 2013, Shweta remarried to Abhinav Kohli and now has a son with him Reyansh.
6. Achint Kaur
Achint is a famous actress and a mother of 24-year-old son Preetranjan. Also, he is the son of her first husband whom she divorced. After her divorce, she was in a live-in relationship with actor Mohan Kapoor for 16 years but they parted ways later.
7. Diljeet Kaur
Diljeet married actor Shaleen Bhanot in 2009 and recently the couple separated in 2015. Also, they have a son named Jaydon and Diljeet is taking care of him now alone.
Truly, these women are an inspiration. More power to all these women for showing such courage in a society like ours. Moreover, they inspire all such women who are facing domestic violence or problems in marriage and fear the future of their child before taking divorce. Even the fathers play an important role in a child’s growth. They support them through thick and thin. Here are some awesome father-daughter pairs in Bollywood. Click here to read more about them.