Kalki Koechlin plays the role of a mother in Rakhee Sandilya directed Ribbon, also featuring Sumeet Vyas. The film chronicles the story of an urban couple who struggles to balance career and family in a metropolitan city.

The Shaitan actress says people warned her about taking up the role of a mother, but she found it a “welcome change” from her previous characters. “People say don’t play a mother otherwise you’ll be stuck doing these roles. I personally found it a welcome change because I’ve always been cast as a teenager. So I am quite happy to be playing an older, mature mother role,” she says.

“This notion that a woman shouldn’t work after getting married, or she will do different kind of roles after she’s married. I’ve never understood it. Hopefully, with time it’ll change,” she adds.

Ribbon will hit the theatres on November 3.