Dibyendu Bhattacharya: The regret that I couldnтАЩt come to India cremate my mother will live with me
Actor Dibyendu Bhattacharya, whose mother died last week due to cardiac arrest, will тАЬlive with the regret that I couldnтАЩt be with my mother when she breathed her lastтАЭ, or perform her last rites. And he blames the pandemic for it.
The actor was shooting in Turkey for Ribhu DasguptaтАЩs untitled film and despite trying hard, he couldnтАЩt travel to India. Back after a complicated and a long travel due to the restrictions, heтАЩs trying to accept the reality.
тАЬI finished my part and just took the flight back home. This is the first time that IтАЩve come to my house in Kolkata and my mother wasnтАЩt there to greet me. It feels like a void, and an internal emotional war,тАЭ says Bhattacharya, who reached Kolkata on May 27.
Recalling the moment he got to know about her demise, he says, тАЬI couldnтАЩt believe or understand what was happening, and thought sheтАЩs having trouble breathing and is still alive. I got it when my sister broke down and made me accept it.тАЭ
It was work which helped him cope up with this shock, as The Mirzapur 2 actor shares, тАЬAgar mein shoot na kar raha hota toh mere liye yeh jhelne mushkil ho jata. I was away from my mother because of work, and agar main woh bhi nahi karta toh main sab kho deta.тАЭ
While he lost his mother to cardiac arrest, Bhattacharya argues that she died of pandemic only.
тАЬItтАЩs because of the pandemic and lockdown that she couldnтАЩt go for regular checkups, or get her tests done. Online bhi kitna hi dhang se hoga check up. WeтАЩre losing so many people like this and nobody is keeping a count of deaths that are happening because of this reason,тАЭ concludes the Undekhi actor.
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