Veteran actress Neena Gupta’s daughter, fashion designer, and entrepreneur Masaba Gupta is in the news these days due to her pregnancy. Recently, she also gave a few interviews and revealed different aspects of her life. She also talked about colorism and the inappropriate advice she gets to have a fair baby. In the same interview, the actress’ daughter opened up about struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Masaba Gupta

In the interview, Masaba revealed that during the lockdown, she did not even have money to pay her cook as her fashion business was on the verge of shutting down. During a conversation with Faye D’Souza, fashion designer Masaba, who is soon going to be a mother to her first child, said, ‘It was the worst time of my life. I don’t think I even had Rs 12,000 to pay my cook. It was that bad. In March 2020, the lockdown happened and we thought it was mostly for a day or two then it was extended to 14 days.’

Masaba Gupta

She further said, ‘In those 14 days, my life changed completely. I thought it was the end of March or the beginning of April when my business head said that there was no money now. Everything is over. No one is buying anything.’ Sharing her bad experiences, Masaba said, ‘I remember crying after every call. My business head was confident, he was sure that something would definitely work out.

Masaba Gupta

Elaborating on the problem she said, ‘But, we closed five stores in two months. There were some franchises as well. I think I had about Rs 2 lakh in my bank account. So we thought we would keep it up, keep making masks, and keep our focus and minimize our losses.’ Masaba is the daughter of Neena Gupta and former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards. Masaba got married in the year 2023 and in April this year, she announced her pregnancy. Now she is all set to welcome her first child with her husband Satyadeep Mishra.