Father’s Day 2023: Mohit Malik recollects he was in Cape City when son Ekbir took his first step, calls it a ‘painful moment’ for not being there to see it

On the subject of balancing his daddy duties with work, the 39-year-old admits rather a lot has modified after Ekbir got here in his life. “Now I try and get home on time, and make it a point that I give time to my family. Ekbir is still very young and this is the most important phase. After his birth, I resumed work slowly and steadily, and now I’m taking things easily. I’ve become more selective in choosing work,” says Malik, revealing that he even rejected a present as a result of he was requested to be stationed outdoors Mumbai for someday.

“I can’t do that [live somewhere for shoot]. I don’t want to do that. It was a great role and it’s rare to find such opportunities , but I can’t leave my son and live somewhere else for six months. Even now, whenever there’s an outstationed shoot, I got for a week, come back home, spend two days with Ekbir and then go back again,” Malik tells us, recounting that he was in Cape City when his son took his first step.

“I saw it in videos and this is something I have never shared with anyone. I was not there to watch it in front of my eyes. It was a very painful moment for me. I was home sick,” ends Malik.