Actor Randeep Hooda is discovering a new side of himself, and he couldn’t be happier. Two months after welcoming daughter Nyomica with wife and athlete-actress Lin Laishram in March, Hooda says fatherhood has brought him a kind of quiet joy he hasn’t experienced since his teenage years, changing the way he feels about coming home at the end of each shift.
Randeep Hooda on how fatherhood feels
In a candid interview with Mid-Day, Randeep Hooda described the unexpected emotional shift that has come with becoming a father for the first time. She said: “As a person, I feel a little weaker in the knees. I want to come home more than ever since I got married because it’s another reason. I often find myself sitting in a corner and smiling to myself thinking about my daughter.”Just two months into fatherhood, Hooda says he’s still very much a student of the role, and his parents have already thought about what it means. He said: “I’m still a new dad. It’s been two months, but there’s more to discover every day. My parents say it’s the best achievement of my life.”
Randeep Hooda talks about whether fatherhood will change his film choices
A natural question for any new parent in the public eye is whether having a child changes their creative decisions. Hooda says his compass has always been set the same way.In the same interview, she said, “I’ve never made a choice that later embarrasses me in front of my kids or anyone else’s kids. So that’s not going to change.”
More about Randeep Hooda
On the work front, Randeep Hooda will be seen in ‘Eetha’ directed by Laxman Utekar and based on the life of Tamasha artist Vithabai Bhau Mang Narayangaonkar, which also stars Shraddha Kapoor. The film has just finished shooting. Hooda is keeping the details close to her chest for now, preferring to wait for permission from the authorities before saying more, adding with a smile, “I don’t want to talk about myself.”Randeep Hooda was last seen in ‘Inspector Avinash’ Season 2 with Urvashi Rautela.
