Overview

• She credits her single mother, Joyce Polycarp, for instilling responsibility after her parents’ split and recalls caring for sister Amrita while starting to earn at 17.
• Arora says she built her career on a foundation of saving and investing because she has no inherited wealth and cannot afford to stop working.
• She acknowledges that co-parenting 22-year-old son Arhaan with ex-husband Arbaaz Khan was challenging but says they now maintain clear boundaries and a stable balance.
• The actor describes facing post-divorce criticism—being labelled “selfish” for choosing herself and age-shamed as “buddhiya”—and credits her son’s support for helping her channel negativity into motivation.
• She affirms that she remains a “hardcore romantic” with enduring faith in love and insists she would “never say never” to the possibility of remarriage.