Sunidhi Chauhan is content with the current phase of her life, both personally and professionally. While the singer juggles film and independent music, she also gets to spend quality time with her son, Tegh. 

Crediting the five-year-old for making her “a sane person”, Chauhan says, “Motherhood changed me for good. I had a terrible routine until I became a mother. Time management was a huge issue. But thanks to Tegh, I’m a sane person now. I wake up on time, finish my morning routine and do all that I want to do through the day. He has brought a routine and discipline into my life. I have experienced its benefits in terms of my overall mental and physical health.”

The 40-year-old recently came up with a single, Tum Kehte Ho, which revolves around shunning societal beliefs and prioritising one’s emotional and mental health. Speaking of the latter, did she experience mother’s guilt when she returned to the recording room just three weeks after welcoming her son in 2018?

“Maine uss department mein thodi cheating kar li,” she tells us, adding, “I made him travel with me for all my recordings and shows. He was 28 days old when I took him for the recording of Thugs Of Hindostan (2018). I placed Tegh in a room next to the recording room. I’d finish a few lines and check up on him. Phir mujhe iss cheez ki latt lag gayi. Mujhe laga yeh toh best hai. I don’t have to worry about him being at home while I was out for work. I performed my first show when he was five months old, and he travelled with me.”

However, Chauhan stopped doing that almost eight months ago “because I don’t want him to live my life”. She adds, “He’s got school and his friends. But, he wants to be on the stage with me (laughs). My team has a tough time stopping him in the wings. He says, ‘Mumma, mujhe bhi gaana hai’. So I tell him, ‘You have to earn it’.”