Bharti Singh Says Son Gola Will 'Work In Coffee Shops, Stores' When He's Older: 'Apna Kharcha Pani Nikale'

Bharti Singh was just 2 years old when she lost her father. After her father’s death, she grew up in extreme poverty. She saw her siblings working in a factory and stitching blankets and her mother working as a housemaid. However, she worked hard and through her strength, is among the most known faces in Indian television today. Bharti now wants her son, Gola, to grow up and earn his own money like she did, to understand the importance of hard work.

Bharti said in an interview, “Main chahti hoon ki mera bachcha agar padh raha hai na toh baad main kisi coffee shop ya store main kaam kare. Apna kharcha paani nikale. Aisa nahi ki Bharti ka beta hai ya Harsh ka beta hai toh isko toh mil hi jayega. Nahi, main chahti hoon ki voh kare. Maine suna tha foreign main aisa culture hai ki bachche kamaate bhi hain. Toh Gole, ready rehna.”

Comedian Bharti Singh’s emphasis on earning one’s own money stems from the fact that her journey to stardom has been due to her determination. In an interview with Times of India, she recalled, “My focus was always poverty. I was two years old when my father passed away. My brothers and sisters gave up their jobs. They worked in a factory. They carried heavy blankets, blankets that we could never have used. They stitched them night after night. Sometimes my mother would stitch dupattas. I still hate the smell of those blankets and the sound of the machine. I have seen enough poverty with my family and I don’t want to see it anymore.”

The comedian also revealed that her mother used clean toilets and worked in other people’s houses to survive. She recalled surviving on stale food and even eating food from a garbage bin. She said, “Log aadha apple khaakar kachre mein phenk dete the to mujhe lagta tha ise paap chadhega. Wo dustbin mein phenk dete the to main sochti thi ye nikaal ke wo aadha bacha hissa kaat ke khaa lun.”

Yet, even though life threw lemons at her, she did not lose her sense of humour. She made her classmates laugh in the school garden, and during a national youth festival, she caught the attention of comedian Sudesh Lehri. Sudesh Lehri encouraged her to audition for a comedy show, and Bharti was surprised to be selected. She took her first flight to Mumbai with her mother and has never looked back. She has now established herself as one of India’s most popular and highest-paid comedians.