Actor Neha Dhupia, she still receives trolling for becoming pregnant before getting married, but she has learnt to ignore it. She jokes that the list places her on par with Alia Bhatt and Neena Gupta.

In May 2018, Neha married actor Angad Bedi, and six months later, they welcomed Mehr, their daughter.

Neha discussed her response to the hate she has received for being pregnant prior to her marriage to Angad in an interview with Midday India.

Recalling the moment, Neha said, “I married Angad (Bedi), and after six months we welcomed our daughter (Mehr). But the biggest conversation around our wedding was, ‘How did the baby come in six months? Ye ho kaise gaya?’ (how did it happen).”

The actor added, “Even now, I see stories and tags on female actors who get pregnant before marriage. I feel, at least, I’m on the same list as Neena Gupta and Alia Bhatt. But honestly, this is ridiculous…Pregnancy is beautiful, and that’s it!”

Neha said that the criticism inspired her to start Freedom to Feed, a website that highlights discussions about motherhood without stigma.

Earlier in an interview with Times Now, Neha revealed how she told her family about getting pregnant before marriage. She said, “We had a nonlinear wedding. We were pregnant before we got married. So, when we went and broke the news to my parents, they were like okay, this is great. But you have 72 hours before we turn this around. Let’s get married. I was given 2 and a half days to then go back to Bombay and get married."