EXCLUSIVE: Aaditi S Pohankar Reveals She Couldn’t Move After Filming Asthi Visarjan Scene In Bobby Deol’s Aashram 3: Part 2; Says, “I Was In the Water, Sinking”

Aaditi Pohankar is an Indian actress who appears in Hindi and Tamil films and web series. She had her breakthrough role alongside Riteish Deshmukh in the Marathi action film Lai Bhaari (2014). She gained wider attention for her roles in the Hindi web series She and Aashram (both 2020–present). In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, Aaditi S Pohankar recalls dealing with her parents’ passing away.

Aaditi S Pohankar Opens Up On Dealing With Her Parents’ Passing Away

When asked about how it was dealing with both your parents passing away, Aaditi S Pohankar said, “Well, I’ll not lie to you, I felt terrible, I was shattered, and I was shooting for Aashram this season itself and there was a scene where I actually did that asthi visarjan of my father ashes and I had a feeling man… I said yeh mere life ka ek bhaag hai, mujhe pata hai yeh aa raha hai and I couln’t stop crying and everybody was on land and I’m in water and I feel like I’m sinking and I kept crying and crying and my co-actor looked at me and said, ‘Isko kuch ho raha hai boss,’ haath lagane ko bhi darr raha tha and that’s it.”

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She continued, “I came to Bombay, and the next day he went, my father, so I took a break and I mourned and cried, I wept, I remembered him, and then I moved on. I am no superman that I was going to shoot the next day. I can’t do that, maine waqt liya, samjha, socha ki yaha se aage kaise badhu. Of course I have extreme help, spiritual help. I have someone guiding me, and that is why I am so stable. A person like me, intense and ambitious but ambition was for my parents. Why do you buy that Mercedes? “

Aaditi S Pohankar Recalls Feeling Destroyed

Concluding her interview, Aaditi said, “To show your parents, so yeah, I felt destroyed in that scene and then of course, self-growth, self-discovery and your age does not matter, 25 or 85 doesn’t matter. So as I healed, I would like to say one thing, yes I did become alone at that point of time because I had some spiritual beat, and spirituality teaches you the hard way, it gives you experiences. Because of the base also, my mother’s teachings like a practical spiritual person, to be in the moment, I don’t want to go to Himalayas, I wanna be my age, I wanna chill out and party but, there is a feeling of fulfilment and peace that I discovered love.”

Interview transcribed by Harsh Nargolkar

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