Singer-actor-anchor Aditya Narayan’s career began at 9 when he played Salman Khan’s son in Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai. When Aditya was 12, Sanjay Leela Bhansali wanted to launch Aditya with Alia Bhatt in a film entitled Hamari Jaan Ho Tum.
Now Aditya and his father Udit Narayan have another jaan in their lives.
Says Aditya, “My daughter Tvisha is my father’s jaan. He can’t keep away from her. It is amazing to see my father with Tvisha. My parents live a stone’s throw away from us. They are in and out all the time. She has all of us dancing around her little finger.”
Aditya never got that kind of attention. “When I was a child, my parents were super-busy making their careers as a singer and an airhostess. My father had just given his first in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak when I was born. For the first 18 months of my life, I was sent off to my maternal grandmother in Kolkata because my parents had no time. They were busy giving me a bright future. They were from a very humble background. But they gave me a good life, and because of them, I can today spend time with my daughter.
Fatherhood had validated Aditya beyond what his profession has brought him. “When I look at my daughter, I feel like a more valuable person. I’ve created something so special. I have an added responsibility to be happier, healthier, and stronger for my daughter, for my wife and parents. I feel more validated now. I mean, it is one thing to live for yourself. But to live for someone else is quite another. This is my first birthday when I am surrounded by so many people I love and who love me.”
Thanks to his daughter, Aditya has become a homebird. “I spend so much more time at home. In any case, I like being home. I like being on my own. I used to watch films alone, even go to restaurants alone. I even went on holidays alone. But now my me-time means time with Shweta and Tvisha. Now I am always in a hurry to get back home. I fear Tvisha is growing up too fast. I missed her rolling over for the first time. I always wanted a baby girl. Now that I have her in my life, I want to be there for her. I want to be part of her core memories.”
Tvisha is already into music. “Of course, she is very musically inclined. She loves all kinds of music. When I play the tanpura she listens. She loves hearing the healing frequencies. When I sing, she gives her full attention. When last month we took her to Coorg for our first family holiday, I would sing a lot for her: she would just quietly be lying down listening. She loves listening to me my dad, my mom. She even likes my wife’s singing, ha ha. That being said, she can be whatever she wants when she grows up. I would give her all the opportunities. But yes, from all indications, she is musically inclined.I wouldn’t mind her going into sports. No one in my family has gone into sports. I wanted to be a cricketer.I would have liked to sing and play cricket.”
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