Rani Mukerji on how she sustains her marriage with Aditya Chopra: ‘You might fall out of love, but…’

Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji, who tied the knot with Aditya Chopra in 2014, talked candidly about her marriage. She stated in an interview that getting married for ‘the right reasons’ is crucial as she has seen far too many women suffer in awful marriages for the rest of their life. She revealed that she was attracted to Aditya's leadership abilities and personal integrity.

In a conversation with Galatta India, she said, “I think he’s a really good human being, and to me, that was the clincher. I’ve grown up in a household with my parents, and I’ve valued the kind of people that they were. In my life, it’s very important to have good people around, because I need to respect people. That’s very important to me. What I saw in Adi was a very, very gracious human being, a good person, and a great leader for his team.”
She further added, “He’s very fair, not in terms of his colour, but in terms of his morals and his judgment. You might fall out of love, or lose that initial attraction, but you’ll never lose that respect you have for a person. For me, that’s very important. If I want to be close to someone, I need to respect them. I’ve seen the world very closely, I’ve worked in this industry for so many years… So, if it had to be an industry person, it could not be anybody but Adi.”
While discussing about her film ‘Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna’, which revolved around the story of infidelity and unhappy marriages, Rani said, “There are many women who don’t open up in their marriages for a long time, and the years pass, and they become old, and then it’s too late. As a young girl, when I did the film, it also helped me take a decision for my marriage, that I need to marry for the right reason. Because if you marry for the wrong reasons, you will suffer all your life.”
Rani also further added that marriages can only survive on mutual respect, because attraction fades away with time. “If you have love for the person, you’re willing to compromise, you’re willing to work hard,” she said. Rani Mukerji and Aditya Chopra, who tied the knot in 2014, have an adorable daughter, Adira. On the work front, Rani was last in the film ‘Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway’, which was based on a true story and earned around Rs 35 crore worldwide.
Last year, Rani had confirmed Mardaan 3 and said, "I will be very happy and excited if the 'Mardaani 3' script comes about really something that we would make a film. Because I as an actor always believe that we don’t want to do a film because it sounds good. We need to do a film when the script is good and when we want to make a film which is making a difference."