Mandira Bedi had a tough 2021, when she lost her husband Raj Kaushal. The filmmaker passed away after suffering a fatal heart attack in June that year. In a recent chat, the actress opened up about coping with the grief and stated how it was difficult in the first year.
In a chat with Humans of Bombay, Mandira had penned, “The only way out is through. Of course, my children and I think of him every day.It’s not like we’ve forgotten him. The first year was very, very, very, very hard. The first of everything is just impossible to deal with. The first birthday, the first anniversary, the first Diwali, the first Christmas, the first New Year. The second one is a little bit easier, the third one is a little bit easier…”
Mandira Bedi said that she is still a work in progress, and that her immediate reaction to dealing with the loss was to immerse herself in work. She said, “There are moments when we remember him because of a song. I’ve done the therapy I’ve needed to, there are times I still do it. As human beings, we are always a work in progress… What I can do now is talk about it. It makes me emotional, but I can. There was a time I couldn’t. But I won’t break down… I started working two months after it happened… I have to support my family and myself. I need to do it for my children.”
Mandira concluded admitting her moments of weakness and said, “It’s been six years that I’ve had his car. And I have to sell it now. I’d been holding onto it for emotional reasons, and now I’m going to shed a tear when it goes. So, it’s a work in progress. I’ve dealt with the bulk of it, but for the rest of my life, I’ll always grieve him. One thing I still can’t do, is that I can’t listen to Kishore Kumar music.”
In a chat with Humans of Bombay, Mandira had penned, “The only way out is through. Of course, my children and I think of him every day.It’s not like we’ve forgotten him. The first year was very, very, very, very hard. The first of everything is just impossible to deal with. The first birthday, the first anniversary, the first Diwali, the first Christmas, the first New Year. The second one is a little bit easier, the third one is a little bit easier…”
Mandira Bedi said that she is still a work in progress, and that her immediate reaction to dealing with the loss was to immerse herself in work. She said, “There are moments when we remember him because of a song. I’ve done the therapy I’ve needed to, there are times I still do it. As human beings, we are always a work in progress… What I can do now is talk about it. It makes me emotional, but I can. There was a time I couldn’t. But I won’t break down… I started working two months after it happened… I have to support my family and myself. I need to do it for my children.”
Mandira concluded admitting her moments of weakness and said, “It’s been six years that I’ve had his car. And I have to sell it now. I’d been holding onto it for emotional reasons, and now I’m going to shed a tear when it goes. So, it’s a work in progress. I’ve dealt with the bulk of it, but for the rest of my life, I’ll always grieve him. One thing I still can’t do, is that I can’t listen to Kishore Kumar music.”
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