Actor Alaya F, who made her film debut earlier this year with Jawaani Jaaneman, has said that her mother, actor Pooja Bedi, transferred some of her own independence onto her. Alaya said that her mother told her that getting married before the age of 30 would be the ‘stupidest’ thing that she could do.
Alaya was asked about being raised by a single mother. She said, “When you’re raised by single parents, they are inherently very independent, so they like to pass that on to their children. Both my parents, for that matter, have constantly said to me ‘You have to be financially independent’. And in a country where parents usually put pressure on their kids for marriage, my parents are the complete opposite. They’re like ‘Also, if you get married before you’re 30 you’re doing the stupidest thing you’ve done in your life. Focus on your career, focus on your work, focus on building yourself’. That’s been said to me all the time.”
Alaya had previously spoken about her parents separation, saying that she was very young when it happened so she doesn’t have much of a memory of it. She also said that her parents are in great terms and it is okay that they are divorced.
