Mother’s Day Exclusive | Suchitra Krishnamoorthi on therapy postpartum: 'I would have crying bouts'

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi`s exclusive interview for Mother`s Day 2025 Pic/Instagram

Actor-singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi resumes work with her podcast, The Music Stories, a one-stop destination highlighting forgotten musicians, unsung harmonies, gharanas steeped in tradition, and the science of sound itself. Beyond her work, Suchitra is a loving mother to Kaveri Kapur, who stepped into showbiz with the 2025 romantic comedy Bobby Aur Rishi Ki Love Story. With Mother's Day 2025 around the corner, Suchitra gets candid about her journey to motherhood, dealing with postpartum, the effect of separation from Shekhar Kapur, and more.

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi on a difficult postpartum

Recalling the day she found out she'd be a mother, Suchitra remembers that it all started with her incessant craving for cheese. The nausea kicked in, and the confirmed pregnancy took her by surprise. However, the postpartum period was severe. She explains, "I was living alone in London, I had no family around me, and my body and my mind reacted very, extremely. I would have crying bouts. I would have very deep pits that my mind would fall into. I was not able to come out of it for a long time, and I couldn't understand what was going on. I had to take therapy."

She added that it was "quite bad" and had to take medication for a while. "This is something many women experience and are too embarrassed to reach for help or even admit that it's happening to them. They're told, ‘What nonsense, put your child first, just ignore how you're feeling,' but if you're not feeling good, you cannot be a good mother. So I feel it's very important to get the right help at the right time," maintained Suchitra.

Suchitra on her separation from filmmaker Shekhar Kapur

Suchitra married filmmaker Shekhar Kapur in 1999 but divorced in 2007. When asked if it was challenging as a parent, she agreed that it was in terms of emotionally, financially, and socially, but she dealt with it one day at a time. "There is no formula. You have to take it as it comes and keep your mind open and fluid to do whatever it takes to make things work," she says.

Is Suchitra a tiger mom when it comes to daughter Kaveri?

Suchitra's daughter Kaveri decided to follow in her mother's footsteps and embraced acting. Did the '90s star feel hesitant about it? She states, "Not at all." Does she consider herself to be a tiger mom - someone who is very much invested in their child's career and life choices? Suchitra says that although she wouldn't be as involved on the work front, she indeed cares about Kaveri's well-being. "I'm interested that she be well, she be looked after, and she enjoy herself, and I will do everything to facilitate that. Am I going to dictate what she has to do? No way. And she's too much of an artist to allow that kind of interference from me or her father (Shekhar Kapur). And we respect the artistic journey too much to even impose on her. I want her to feel protected and safe, and that's my job, and I'll do it fiercely."