Rahul Dev on raising son after wife's death: It's very painful

Mumbai (Maharashtra): Being a single parent is not as easy as Rahul from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Rahul Dev who lost his wife Rina in 2009 after a long battle with cancer, would know the exact difficulties a single father would face. He recently opened up about raising his son, Siddharth alone and how difficult it was to be a widowed parent. The actor has been seen in several notable films and serials but he expressed his personal struggles in a radio talk show with Connect FM Canada.

Rahul revealed that although he tried to be both, the mother and father to his son, there were times when he lost his temper. He also stated how heartbreaking it was to see mothers of other students attend the parent-teacher meetings and that it made him feel insecure.

He said, "Parenting is not easy at all. Women have a big hand in raising children, the way they understand children, probably because it comes out of them. The kind of patience they have for children, I tried a lot, but there were times when I would lose my cool, my frame of mind. I had to try to be both mom and dad. When I would go to parent-teacher meetings at school, I would see mostly mothers. Rarely I would meet one guy but his wife would be there. At that time, I would feel a sense of deep insecurity. I would feel where are the men."

He added, "It's very painful. A lot of it I don't want to remember. A lot of it I would not wish on anyone, that kind of situation. It looks easy in films, so many times films show that someone became a widower. But starting again is not easy at all."

Rahul has finally found love again in his life as he is currently dating model and actor Mugdha Godse.