'A
mother
is
she
who
can
take
the
place
of
all
others
but
whose
place
no
one
else
can
take.'
Actress
Flora
Saini
echoes
a
similar
sentiment.
For
her,
her
mom
Kamal
is
a
superwoman.
"I
am
someone
who
gets
stressed
easily
while
I
am
never
seen
my
mom
getting
stressed
for
anything.
She
believes
that
every
problem
comes
with
its
solution.
It
teaches
you
something.
There's
so
much
to
learn
from
her.
I
wish
I
was
at
least
one
percent
as
talented
as
her," the
Stree
actress
candidly
confesses
with
a
laugh.
Well,
life
doesn't
come
with
a
manual,
instead
it
comes
with
a
mother.
On
the
occasion
of
Mother's
Day,
actress
Flora
Saini,
known
for
films
like
Stree,
Begum
Jaan
and
web
series
like
Aarya
and
Paurashpur,
in
an
exclusive
tete-a-tete
with
Filmibeat,
gets
candid
about
her
equation
with
her
mom
and
narrates
some
interesting
anecdotes
from
her
life.
Excerpts
from
the
chat.
Q.
How
significant
has
been
your
mother's
role
in
your
life?
A.
It's
been
very
significant.
Being
the
only
daughter
and
the
only
child,
it
comes
with
its
benefits
as
your
parents
are
over-protective.
My
father
was
in
the
army.
When
I
started
schooling,
my
mother
also
joined
the
school
as
a
teacher.
She
was
my
class
teacher
when
I
was
in
first
or
second
standard.
We
used
to
go
to
school
together.
I
never
went
to
college
because
I
started
working
early.
When
I
started
doing
movies
in
the
south
film
industry,
coming
from
an
army
background
to
a
civil
environment
where
people
speak
a
completely
different
language,
I
was
so
blessed
that
I
had
a
mom
who
thought
that
I
am
her
only
responsibility.
Her
life
revolves
around
me
right
from
whether
I
ate
my
food
to
with
whom
I
am
going
out.
During
the
lockdown,
I
realized
how
blessed
I
am
to
have
my
mom
with
me.
I
had
some
major
ups
and
downs
in
my
life.
She
has
been
a
constant
support
especially
in
times
when
I
have
messed
up
or
broken
down.
Sometimes
I
think
that
tomorrow
when
she
won't
be
around,
what
will
I
do
because
my
whole
life
revolves
around
mom
and
her
life
revolves
around
me.
We
are
soulmates,
we
are
sisters,
we
fight
but
we
love
each
other.
We
can't
live
without
each
other.
We
have
seen
the
ups
and
downs
together
in
life.
Whenever
there's
any
problem,
she's
the
one
who
handles
it
better.
Q.
Has
your
dynamics
with
her
changed
over
the
years?
A.
I
think
my
mom
has
always
been
a
friend
to
me.
I
was
a
very
shy,
reserved
child
till
the
age
of
24-25
years.
Then,
there
was
a
dark
phase
where
nobody
could
believe
that
things
had
happened
to
me.
So,
my
mom
has
seen
so
many
of
my
phases
and
I
thank
her
for
bearing
with
me.
(laughs).
I
remember
when
I
was
in
the
nursery,
I
used
to
travel
by
school
bus.
One
day
when
she
was
giving
me
a
bath,
she
saw
blue
marks
on
my
body.
She
asked
me
about
it
and
I
started
crying.
I
told
her
that
there
was
this
boy
in
the
bus
who
used
to
pinch
me.
As
a
kid,
I
was
someone
who
would
never
say
no
or
ask
'why
you
are
doing
this?' My
only
reaction
used
to
be
crying.
Next
day,
she
accompanied
me
in
the
bus.
I
was
scared
because
I
thought
that
if
she
scolded
that
boy,
everyone
in
the
school
would
turn
against
me
and
nobody
would
want
to
be
friends
with
me.
My
mother
sat
next
to
that
boy
and
started
pinching
him.
She
told
him,
"Dekha
aise
dard
hota
hai.
Aise
hi
usko
dard
hua
tha
jab
tumne
pinch
kiya".
(laughs)
Another
incident
happened
when
I
was
in
school.
Once,
I
was
left
hungry
as
a
group
of
girls
ended
up
eating
the
food
in
my
tiffin
box
and
ate
theirs
too.
The
next
day,
she
visited
the
school
and
gave
them
a
earful
saying,
"It's
okay
if
you
share
a
tiffin.
But
it's
not
okay
if
you
take
her
tiffin,
eat
yours
and
hers,
and
leave
her
hungry."
In
short,
my
mom
has
taken
up
fights
for
me.
She
would
buy
movie
tickets
for
me
and
my
friends.
She
would
take
all
of
us
in
her
car,
drop
us
at
the
theatre
hall
and
make
sure
that
we
enter
the
theatre.
I
used
to
tell
her,
'Mummy,
this
is
not
bunking.
We
want
to
bunk
school
to
watch
movies
post
exams.
You
are
technically
not
supposed
to
know
this."
In
turn,
she
used
to
say,
"You
are
bunking.
I
don't
know
about
this."
My
friends
are
also
close
to
my
mom
and
take
relationship
advice.
I
don't
know
how
but
a
lot
of
time,
the
things
that
she
says
come
true.
I
remember
this
one
time,
I
started
liking
a
guy
and
told
my
mom
that
I
wanted
to
invite
him
home.
She
agreed
and
that
guy
came
home
late.
I
introduced
that
guy
to
her
and
she
gave
him
an
unwelcome
look.
Once
he
left,
my
mom
told
me
that
she
never
wanted
to
see
that
boy
ever
again
in
the
house,
and
I
was
like,
'Why?
He's
so
nice."
She
replied,
"Have
you
seen
his
eyes?
I
can
judge
him
from
that.
He
is
not
good."
I
wasn't
convinced
by
her
reason.
And
guess
what,
my
mom's
words
turn
out
to
be
true.
Q.
If
you
have
to
imbibe
one
quality
from
your
mother,
what
would
that
be?
A.
The
thing
that
she
doesn't
stress
about
anything
in
the
world.
I
have
never
seen
my
mom
stressed,
worried
or
sad.
She
is
one
happy
soul
who
is
managing
the
show
and
everything
is
on
time.
When
things
were
not
going
great
on
the
work
front,
somebody
suggested
me
to
change
my
name.
They
told
me
the
name
'Flora'
is
not
lucky
for
me.
So,
I
changed
the
spelling
but
I
didn't
like
it.
Then,
someone
suggested
me
to
change
me
name
to
Mayuri
and
I
did
that
for
a
brief
time.
My
mom
told
me,
"Listen,
don't
change
your
name.
Even
if
your
name
is
Amitabh
Bachchan
but
if
your
time
is
not
right,
you
have
to
go
through
the
drill.
When
your
time
is
good,
your
name
does
not
matter.
Everyone
has
to
go
ups
and
downs.
Your
name
Flora
has
my
vibrations
and
I
can't
go
wrong.
I
fought
with
my
family
because
everyone
was
unhappy
and
asked
why
I
chose
a
Catholic
name
for
you."
My
mom
had
heard
the
name
Flora
in
a
play
on
the
radio
when
she
was
expecting
me.
She
loved
the
name
so
much
that
before
my
birth,
it
was
decided
that
if
it
was
a
baby
girl,
she
would
name
her
Flora.
When
I
was
born,
everyone
said,
"Yeh
kya
naam
hai.
Punjabiyon
mein
aise
naam
nahin
rakhte."
She
refused
to
listen
and
told
them,
"Listen,
my
daughter,
my
name."
Trust
me,
the
name
'Mayuri'
never
worked;
what
worked
for
me
was
the
name
'Flora'.
Filmibeat
wishes
all
the
readers
a
very
Happy
Mother's
Day!