Kiara Advani on Mom Guilt and Leaning on Alia, Katrina
On Koffee With Karan, Kiara Advani opened up about postpartum emotion, mum guilt, and the three Bollywood mothers she called after Saraayah's birth.
Kiara Advani returned to the Koffee With Karan couch with Sidharth Malhotra and talked about the part of new motherhood that rarely makes it into a glossy frame. The actor, who welcomed daughter Saraayah in July 2025 and is now expecting her second child, said the postpartum months came with emotional shifts she did not expect.
The calls she made when it felt heavy
On the show, Kiara said the early weeks of her first pregnancy were physically rough because of nausea and hormone changes. The couple initially planned to keep the news private, but Kiara found she needed women who understood exactly what she was feeling.
Host Karan Johar then shared that Kiara checked in with Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif and Patralekhaa through her postpartum phase. Kiara said the support went both ways. ‘We were checking up on each other,’ she said. Because they all work in the same industry, the questions were practical: when to return to a shoot, how to stay professional while family is the priority, and how to blend those two worlds without guilt.
‘Mom guilt is just there,’ Kiara said.
A shared timeline for Bollywood’s new mums
This was not a one-off confession. Alia welcomed her first child in 2022, while Kiara and Katrina both became mothers in 2025; Patralekhaa and Rajkummar Rao welcomed a baby girl in November 2025. That close timeline makes the group chat feel less like celebrity small talk and more like a real postpartum support system.
Kiara also described breaking down during a podcast after becoming a mother, and said the experience gave her an outlet. The admission reframes postpartum care as something that includes peers, not just family or medical advice. For fans balancing a newborn and a job, hearing an actor talk about mum guilt normalises the same weekly push-and-pull.
That peer check-in is a small but significant detail. It shows even actors with full teams rely on friends who have lived the same milestone. It also echoes what many new mothers describe: finding one or two people who can answer the question ‘how did you do it?’ makes the transition feel less lonely.
Where Kiara stands now
- Kiara and Sidharth married on February 7, 2023, in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.
- The couple welcomed Saraayah on July 15, 2025, and revealed her name in November 2025.
- On October 7 this year, Kiara announced the couple’s second pregnancy on Instagram.
On screen, Kiara was last seen in Toxic alongside Yash. Directed by Geetu Mohandas, the film received negative reviews and failed at the box office, collecting ₹250.13 crore net in India. She has not announced her next project yet.
Source: Hindustan Times
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