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Neil Nitin Mukesh on living with his parents again: ‘I have never been happier than when I see my daughter with her grandparents’

by Palak Goyal
Neil Nitin Mukesh

Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh had always been close to his parents and siblings. But for over five years, the actor along with his wife Rukmini lived in Andheri away from his family, where they also welcomed their daughter Nurvi. While Neil’s parents lived in their family home on Napean Sea Road. However, the whole family came together amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic to live together in their new home in Lower Parel.

When Neil was asked how it has been living with his parents- father Nitin Mukesh and mother Nishi Mukesh all over again, the actor is all smiles. He said, “We used to stay separately but this pandemic has taught us a lot. We were separated for a long time and my father was really low and upset that he was away from Nurvi especially. As a son, it’s important for me to understand that at this age, even they need to be looked after. There is no bigger support system than being with family. So, we are very happy together and there is no intrusion of space. We feel blessed and happy to be together.”

Adding further, he said, that living with family is an Indian tradition and he wants to stay with them. To this, he added, “Being together is in the roots of Indian tradition and culture and somehow I never understand the western culture of leaving the house after a certain age. I believe that when your parents get older, they become like kids and it’s important for you to take care of them.”

“They need you at that point, no matter how independent you become. And I have never been happier than when I see my daughter with her grandparents. If I hadn’t done that, I would have denied her the privilege of knowing her grandparents and I would have also denied my parents to witness these growing years of Nurvi and how could I do that,” Neil stated.

 Neil Nitin Mukesh with his family

He then insists that there is no bigger joy for him than to see his daughter spending time with her grandparents. The actor states, “Today, Nurvi sits with my mother for puja both times in the day, she does aarti and learns all the traditions and culture at this young age. She knows Ganesh aarti and Lakshmi puja by heart now. She also sits with my dad every day for riyaaz.”

“She is so attached to them that if she is with them and I go to her to ask her to come to sleep, she says no. And her dadu is also mad about her. He says that the best thing to have happened to him is to have Nurvi around,” he gushes.

The whole family has been close-knit for generations and Neil adds that’s where he also learned it from. He added, “I have always been a family-oriented boy myself. I have always grown up with a close family and we have always been together. Even our extended family was in the same building. So, we have grown up wanting to be around family. Our first friends are our family members. Even if we don’t meet our friends for a while, we don’t feel the lack of it as the vibe at home is as such that either we are always playing something or singing together. And I didn’t want to deny that environment to Nurvi or to myself. I didn’t want to change our traditions.”

“There are two extreme generations at home now, a three-year-old and a 72-year-old. They are both like kids and they need to be together. I am more of a mediator between them, fulfilling demands of both the generations,” he concludes with a chuckle.

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