Om Puri’s first spouse recollects actor’s affair when she was pregnant: I used to be shattered

Seema Kapoor, the primary spouse of the late actor Om Puri, not too long ago opened up about their troubled marriage. In an interview, she revealed that their relationship started to unravel after Om Puri obtained concerned with one other lady whereas she was pregnant. Regardless of being shattered by the betrayal, Seema didn’t initially need a divorce, hoping to fix the connection. Nevertheless, the scenario grew to become insufferable, main her to go away when she was three months pregnant.

Seema recounted that Om Puri met Nandita, a journalist, throughout the filming of the Hollywood film Metropolis of Pleasure. Pals who have been conscious of the affair thought it was a short lived section. Seema found the reality a lot later when Om Puri referred to as her in Delhi to admit. She returned to Mumbai, solely to seek out love letters that confirmed her worst fears. Regardless of the turmoil, Seema wished to save lots of the wedding due to her being pregnant.

“Every little thing was going high quality after our marriage, however that film turned my life the wrong way up… My good pal Renu Saluja, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s first spouse, knew in regards to the affair. However she and Sudhir Mishra and everybody else chalked it right down to a section. They felt that he’d get again to regular after the movie. I discovered in regards to the affair a lot later, after I was in Delhi. He referred to as me up and advised me that he was seeing another person, and my buddies mentioned that he was simply in search of consideration,” Seema Kapoor recalled whereas talking to Siddharth Kannan.

She added, “I returned to Mumbai, and every little thing felt regular. He left the town for a shoot quickly afterwards, and whereas sifting via his stuff, I found love letters. I used to be shattered. I by no means wished to divorce him, regardless of the affair. I wished to fix issues, as a result of I used to be pregnant. He knew I used to be pregnant, however this was a supply of insecurity for Nandita. She’d name him up in entrance of me.”

The emotional pressure grew to become an excessive amount of, with Om Puri’s ingesting and Nandita’s presence additional complicating issues. Kapoor was three months pregnant then.

Seema’s brother, actor Annu Kapoor, was able to take authorized motion in opposition to Om Puri. She alson shared that what broke her coronary heart was the truth that Om Puri accused her of adultery and likewise questioned if the kid was his. Seema obtained Rs 6 lakh as alimony, whih she mentioned she took to repay the money owed her household took for the marriage.

Om Puri married Nandita in 1993, and so they had a son collectively. Regardless of the previous, Seema and Om Puri reconnected throughout his last years, with him reaching out to apologise for his actions. Om Puri died in 2017, forsaking a posh legacy in each his private {and professional} life.