‘Motherhood won’t affect my work choices’

Motherhood makes you a better person, feels actor Pearle Maaney. Due in March, she believes that bringing up a child would help her grow emotionally, keep her grounded and, in turn, make her a better performer, too. “With motherhood, nothing changes when it comes to work choices. As more responsibilities enter your life, you need to be able to juggle everything. That’s what a woman is all about and I’m preparing myself to do so,” states the Malayalam actor, who is a DJ, screenwriter and producer as well, adding that as an actor, she is “trying to choose parts that are challenging and this approach won’t change for anything.” Maaney, 31, shares that while a female actor is often asked how birth of her child would change her career choices, a “male actor isn’t usually answerable” and she feels it’s time this mindset changes. “I hope directors consider me an actor and not a married woman or a mother, and work with me for my talent. In Kerala, most top actresses are married with kids. But it didn’t affect their performance or choices,” she states. Calling motherhood “the best feeling and education in the world”, she adds, “The baby would teach me a lot of things, help me see the world from a different perspective which is more pure, real and innocent. It’ll remind me of who I am.” Meanwhile, she has been getting been getting offers from Bollywood and web. “When I told them I’m pregnant, they said they’ll wait. I think once you work with dada (Anurag Basu, director of Ludo), more doors open,” she ends.