Tahira Kashyap says men including husband Ayushmann Khurrana should feel ‘guilty’ about prioritising work over children

Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap tied the knot on 1 November, 2008.

Tahira Kashyap spoke about the internal conflict that she faces as a working mother and stated that women are often subjected to feeling ‘guilty’ for choosing work over family. In a recent interview, Kashyap, who is married to actor Ayushmann Khurrana, recalled one time when she chose her work over her son.

Kashyap said, “I was having this conversation the other day that how we ask a woman about how they manage everything when they have children. I really wish that Ayushmann and other men are asked ‘Aap shoot mein kaise chale jate hai, 3 filmein kaise shoot kar lete hai aur apke toh 2 bachche hai ghar pe (How can you shoot for three films when you have two kids at home).’ They should be given guilt about all of this and not just women.”

“Women are wired in a way that they always feel guilty about choosing their work over their children. I did choose a meeting over my kids’ PTA. I have made these hard choices. I remember I had a conference that day and my son’s first performance in a musical theatrical was also on the same day, I had to miss it. But, thankfully, they had three shows of that theatrical so I got to go to one of those. So irrespective of someone pointing it out, the guilt is always there. I just want to know how are men wired. And these questions should be asked to them time and over again because apparently they do not feel guilty,” she added.

Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap tied the knot on 1 November, 2008. The couple are blessed with two children; son Virajveer and daughter Varushka.

Tahira Kashyap is gearing up for the release of her directorial debut ‘Sharmajee Ki Beti’ which stars Sakshi Tanwar, Divya Dutta and Saiyami Kher.