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When Anil Kapoor revealed his love story with wife Sunita: I was totally bekaar

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When Anil Kapoor revealed his love story with wife Sunita: I was totally bekaar

Anil Kapoor and his wife Sunita Kapoor marked their 38th wedding anniversary on Friday. Anil recalled how he met Sunita and what made him fall in love with her in an old interview. Sonam Kapoor, Harsh Vardhan Kapoor, and producer Rhea Kapoor are the couple’s three children.

After a ten-year courtship, Anil and Sunita married on May 19, 1984. After signing the film Meri Jung, which was considered his breakthrough performance, Anil proposed to Sunita. They married the next day in a small ceremony with only about 10 people in attendance.

Anil said in a 2018 interview with Humans Of Bombay that he had no work when he started dating Sunita. “A friend gave Sunita my number so she could prank call me – that’s when I first spoke to her and fell in love with her voice!” he explained. We met at a party a few weeks later, and I was introduced to her…there was something about her that just drew me in. We began chatting and eventually became friends. We used to talk about this other girl I was interested in – do you know if I like her or if she likes me? Then, all of a sudden, she vanished, leaving me heartbroken. As a result of my broken heart, my friendship with Sunita grew stronger.”

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“Little did I know that Sunita was the one all along – we organically began dating,” he continued. I didn’t ask her to be my girlfriend like in the movies; we both just knew. She didn’t care who I was or what I did for a living…it didn’t matter to her. I was totally bekaar because she came from a liberal family––a banker’s daughter with a successful modelling career––and she was from a liberal family! Because I lived in Chembur and she lived on Nepean Sea Road, I’d call her and say, “I’ll take the bus and be there in an hour.” ‘No, come fast by taxi!’ she’d scream, and I’d say, ‘Arey, I don’t have money,’ and she’d say, ‘Just come na, I’ll manage,’ and pay for my cab.”

The 62-year-old actor made his feature film debut as a lead in the Telugu film Vamsa Vruksham in 1980, and after a few odd projects, he made his Hindi film debut in a leading role in the love triangle Woh Saat Din in 1983. Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Janbaaz (1986), Aap Ke Saath (1986), Mr. India (1987), Ghar Ho To Aisa (1990), Awaargi (1990), Benaam Badsha (1991), and Virasat (1991) were among his later award-winning films (1997). He’ll next be seen in Jugjugg Jeeyo. Neetu Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, and Kiara Advani will also appear in the film.

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At seven o’clock, Raj Babbar’s daughter learnt of his liaison with Smita Patil. “I shouldn’t tell my mother about this.”

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At seven o’clock, Raj Babbar’s daughter learnt of his liaison with Smita Patil. “I shouldn’t tell my mother about this.”

Raj Babbar left his wife, Nadira, to marry Smita Patil in 1983. His daughter Juhi Babbar has recalled the time in a new interview.
Actor Raj Babbar was already married and had two children when he began his relationship with fellow actor, Smita Patil. The affair and the ensuing marriage saw a lot of controversy, given how it began. Raj Babbar’s daughter, former actor Juhi Babbar, has now opened up on the time and how she came to know about the relationship when she was just 7 years old.

Juhi Babbar on Raj Babbar and Smita Patil

In an interview with Lehren Retro, Juhi recalled how Smita Patil made a conscious effort to connect with Raj’s two children – Juhi and her brother, Arya. “My father talked and explained his marriage with Smita Patil to me when I was barely seven years old, and that’s why my memories of Smita ji are very different. She went out of her way to do things for me. I think she also had this thing that we are the kids of the person who is most special to her, and so we are special to her as well. She would show us a lot of love, always bringing us gifts when she travelled, and she would ensure that at home, we were served the food that we liked. These small memories are nice, but unfortunately, there aren’t many memories,” she said.

Juhi said she was conflicted about her impression of Smita at the time because the actor was always nice to us, but she could see that the marriage had shaken up her own family, particularly her mother, Nadira. “As a child, I knew this is the lady my father wants to be with, and he wants to make her his wife. I could see Smita making an effort towards me and my little brother, but I also knew that this was disturbing the unit that used to be, and that my mother was unhappy about it. I had that understanding—that aunty (Smita) was being so good to me, but when I go home, I shouldn’t share this with my mother.”

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Raj Babbar and Smita Patil’s marriage

Smita Patil and Raj Babbar met on the sets of their 1982 film Bheegi Palkein. Raj left Nadira to marry Smita the following year. Their son, actor Prateik Babbar, was born in November 1986. However, Smita Patil died soon after from childbirth complications at the age of 31. Raj Babbar got back together with Nadira a few years later.

Juhi Babbar made her film debut with Kash Aap Hamare Hote opposite Sonu Nigam in 2003. She worked in a handful of films over the next few years before taking a hiatus to do TV. In 2023, she returned to films with supporting roles in films like Faraaz and Farrey. She is married to actor Anup Soni.

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