Ektaa Kapoor, joint managing director of Balaji Telefilms, reflected on embracing motherhood after welcoming son Ravie via surrogacy in 2019. Speaking on podcasts, she described struggling with an 'own kind of postpartum' during 2021 and 2022, citing COVID-related losses and mental-health challenges, while balancing work, parental guilt, and cherishing time with her son.