Late actor Om Puri married journalist Nandita Puri in 1993, and the couple had a son named Ishaan. In 2013, however, they decided to part ways and opted for a judicial separation. Om Puri passed away in January 2017 after suffering a heart attack. In a candid chat with mid-day.com, Nandita Puri speaks about son Ishaan, and how she raised her child solo while Om Puri would be away on shoots.

Nandita recalls, "In my case, it was more that my husband (late actor Om Puri) was away most (of the) year on shoots abroad, mainly UK. So the onus of education and attending PTA meets fell on me. But whenever he was in town, he made sure to attend. Luckily for me, we had good staff support at home, so I had lots of me time. Can't complain much though, as my son was rather well behaved... so 'will tell dad when he returns' wasn't needed much."