Being a single mother in India can be quite a difficult path to undertake, and Neena Gupta has done it with a strength and determination that's inspiring. The actress, however, believes she was a single mother for only two years; that's when her father took over and helped her raise her daughter, Masaba.

In a candid chat with Pinkvilla, Neena Gupta spilled the beans on raising Masaba, and how she would get marriage proposals so that Masaba would get a surname! She shares, "A lot of people started being sympathetic. My friends started telling me, 'I'll marry you, at least your daughter will have a surname. And I was like, just to give her a father's name I'll get married. I told them I can fend for myself and I started working relentlessly to make things work."