Masaba Gupta calls mom Neena a ‘survivor’: “I think she has a ‘Never say die’ spirit”

Masaba Gupta has talked about how she takes inspiration from her mom Neena Gupta. The fashion designer was born to actress Neena Gupta and West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards in 1989. Masaba, who was raised by Neena as a single parent, has said her mom’s spirit of not giving up is the most important thing she has learned from her.

Masaba praised Neena’s can-do attitude in an interview with Pinkvilla. Asked about one thing that she has imbibed from her mom for life, Masaba said, “Just keep going. I think she has a ‘Never say die’ spirit. I was just telling Sid in the car that she’s a survivor. You know, she’s someone who’s 67 years old, and she’s just about starting again, you know. So, I think that age is just a number, and that you should never give up, and never say die. I think that’s the one thing I’ve learned from her.”

When inquired as to whether her mom’s negative encounters in her love life at any point impacted her perspective view of it, Masaba said she believes that “kids should never take on the baggage of their parents.” She also said, “Even though she went through whatever she went through, there was always an underlying feeling of gratitude. It’s something that I don’t think any of us have ever spoken about but there was a serious feeling that but we’re so grateful for everything we have, because there was food on the table, there were friends to celebrate our life with. There was work, financially we were sound, and our health was good. So there was always this underlying feeling that we don’t have one thing, but we have everything else.”