Rahul Dev with his son. (courtesy: rahuldevofficial)
Rahul Dev recently opened up about the difficulties he faced as a widower and a single father to his son Siddharth. The actor, who lost his wife Rina Dev to cancer in 2009, raised his son on his own. In an interview with Connect FM Canada, the actor revealed that parenting is not easy. He tried to be both a mother and father to his son, but there used to be times when he would lose his temper. Rahul also added that when he used to go to his son's parent-teacher meeting, he used to feel insecure seeing other children's mothers attending the meeting. He added that being widowed is not as easy as it's shown in the films.
Speaking to Connect FM Canada, Rahul Dev said, "Parenting is not easy at all. Women have a big hand in raising children, the way they understand children, probably because it comes out of them. The kind of patience they have for children, I tried a lot, but there were times when I would lose my cool, my frame of mind. I had to try to be both mom and dad. When I would go to parent-teacher meetings at school, I would see mostly mothers. Rarely I would meet one guy but his wife would be there. At that time, I would feel a sense of deep insecurity. I would feel where are the men."
He added, "It's very painful. A lot of it I don't want to remember. A lot of it I would not wish on anyone, that kind of situation. It looks easy in films, so many times films show that someone became a widower. But starting again is not easy at all."
Rahul Dev, who is currently dating actress Mugdha Godse, also spoke about his relationship and said he used to feel that this relationship was "unfair," owing to their 14-year age gap. He said, "She is young. I have just crossed 50 and she is yet to touch 40. So, I used to feel, 'Is this relationship unfair?'" Rahul Dev and Mugdha Godse have been dating each other for over eight years.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Rahul Dev will be next seen in the Kannada film Kabzaa, co-starring Kiccha Sudeep and Shriya Saran.