Foetus bacha nahi warna…: Smriti Irani Recalls Going To Work At Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Hours After Miscarriage

Former actress and politician Smriti Irani who became a household name with Balaji's Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi as Tulsi Virani recently recalled a horrifying experience from the sets of her shoot. She recalled how she was asked to continue her shoot just a day after she had suffered a miscarriage. She even recalled showing proof to Ekta Kapoor. At the same time, Smriti was also working on the TV series Ramayana whose director Ravi Chopra asked her to take a rest.

Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Irani was talking to Nilesh Misra on The Slow Interview where she said that she learned a lesson about humanity when she had her miscarriage. The former actress even said that she wasn't aware of her pregnancy and was just feeling unwell during the shoot.

She told Neelesh Misra in Hindi that she was not aware that she was pregnant. She was on the sets of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. She informed the people on the set as she said, "I told them I am not well enough to shoot and asked to be allowed to go home."
She still worked and by the time they let her go, it was evening already. The doctor suggested that she should go for sonography. On her way, she started bleeding. She recalled it was raining and she stopped an auto and asked the driver to take her to the hospital.
As soon as she reached the hospital, a nurse came running to ask for her autograph, while she was bleeding. She gave her the autograph, and asked her, "Admit kar loge, I think I am miscarrying."

Smriti later got a call from the production team of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi who asked her to come to work the following day. "I said, 'I told you I am not well, I just had a miscarriage' The person replied, 'Koi nahi, 2 baje ki shift mein aa jaiye."

Smriti, at the same time, was working double shifts. In the first half, she shot for Ravi Chopra's Ramayan, and in the second half, she used to shoot for Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi.

Smriti said she informed Ravi Chopra about the situation, who advised her to rest. "I requested him if I can come at 8 am for the 7 am shift. I will have to go home once after getting discharged from the hospital. He told me, 'Tumhara dimag kharab hai? Do you know how it feels to lose a child, you have just gone through that. Kal aane ki zaroorat nahi. I pushed and said, 'Ravi ji Sunday ka episode hai, Sita replace nahi ho sakti... He said, 'Main kar lunga."

The next day, when she reached the sets of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, she found out that a co-actor had gossiped about her miscarriage not being real with the director. Smriti said, "The person didn't realise that I have returned because I needed money to pay EMIs for my house. The next day, I took all my medical papers to Ekta to tell her it is not a drama. She got uncomfortable and told me not to show the papers. I told her, 'Foetus bacha nahi, warna woh bhi dikha deti."