New Delhi,  September 11, 2026

For Parineeti Chopra, becoming a mother has not meant stepping back from her acting career. At the trailer launch of her upcoming Netflix series Shaque: Trust No One, the actor spoke about how motherhood has been treated within her professional journey, pointing out that she has not had conversations where being a mother determined the kind of roles offered to her.

“I don’t think I’ve had a single conversation with a maker, director or writer, who has mentioned motherhood to me. I don’t remember anybody saying, ‘Now, that you’re a mom, this is what we’re offering you’ and that lack of association is the win,” she told reporters.

Parineeti, who welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with husband Raghav Chadha last October, said she does not want motherhood to become a reason for ending her career. “I would hate to stop working just because I became a mom. It’s a two-way relationship, I’ve to be offered work and I would be sad to lose work because I’ve done such a beautiful thing in producing a baby.”

She also attributed the changing attitude towards working mothers to audiences, saying their acceptance has allowed filmmakers and actors to create content without treating motherhood as a limitation. “The audience is not cancelling mothers, and hence writers, directors and actors are able to make content. This business is not solitary. It is supply and demand with the audience. I’m glad the industry is changing and that the audience has made all this possible. So, it is all lovely and positive.”

While celebrating this change, Parineeti acknowledged that actresses from an earlier generation did not always have the same opportunities after becoming mothers. “It is sad that one generation had to pay that price because maybe at that audience was not excited to see mothers, I fail to understand that but that was the reality at some time.”

She cited Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone and her cousin Priyanka Chopra Jonas as examples of actresses continuing to pursue demanding careers alongside motherhood. “I’m so glad that our generation, including Alia, me, Deepika, my own sister Priyanka, who is working in the West, and all of us are able to be mothers and we are doing the same quality of work.” Her comments reflect the changing space for women in the industry, where motherhood is increasingly being seen as part of an actor’s life rather than a barrier to continued work.