Earlier this year, during the promotions of Masaba Masaba 2, designer-turned-actor Masaba Gupta admitted that her mother tried to play matchmaker at one point in her life.

She revealed how her mother Neena Gupta tried all means, to get her admitted to a business school, where she could find a good match. The distraught mother tried to set her up with a potential son she thought would be suitable for her. “Mom was in full Sima Taparia mode,” she added.

During a promotional interview for Neena Gupta’s next film Vadh, we got the concerned mother to open up about her life phase. Laughing at Masaba’s statement, the actor said she was being a ‘normal mother.’

Neena Gupta said, “I was being just a mom, like any other normal mother. So, when you go to meet your friends, they often open up your child’s photo albums or ask them to recite a poem or some antics. They don’t realise that the guests are not interested. When Masaba was a child, I decided to never do anything like this. But the fact remains, I did it all. I would show her off in front of everyone. That’s how mothers are, and to get her marriage was just one of my maternal instincts.”

About the relevance of marriage, Neena said, “Everybody around says it’s rubbish in today’s time but I feel it’s still important. Also, I don’t think there is an alternate institution. Today, young girls are financially independent and thus won’t take anything from a man. This is why divorces are happening. Earlier they had no option but to silently suffer. But I also believe marriage is such a good institution in many ways. So I am really confused.”