Recently, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi talked openly about her relationship with Shekhar Kapur, her obsession with him as a teen, his adultery, and the difficulties she encountered during their marriage.
Suchitra is a well recognised actor for playing the leading lady in Shah Rukh Khan’s breakout performance in Kundan Shah’s romantic comedy Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa from 1994. She immediately took a break, although she was most recently seen in the love drama Prime Video India’s Odd Couple with Vijay Raaz and in the judicial drama Prime Video India’s Guilty Minds last year as Neela.
“My husband wasn’t expecting me to act”
In a chat show hosted by Siddharth Kanan, the actor accused Kapur of cheating on her. However, added that marriages don’t break up because of infidelity. She further said Kapur wanted her to quit acting but it wasn’t a big deal for her as she belongs to a non-filmy background.
My husband made it very plain that he doesn’t want his wife to behave inappropriately. Okay, no big problem, I responded. I was too young and ignorant to comprehend the phrase “what’s one thinking when they tell another person to stop working?” I was also too stupid to know what one is thinking when they urge someone to stop working. Since I’ve always had more talent than desire, I assumed that nothing in my life would change.
She continued by saying that while she doesn’t miss out on fame, she has learned a lot from her “very difficult and very painful” marriage. Shekhar, according to Suchitra, didn’t mind if she continued to perform professionally and feature in music videos after they were married, but he didn’t want her to star in films any longer. Shekhar’s conviction that individuals become corrupted in show business, she said, was to blame.
Speaking of the issues in her marriage, she admitted that the first year’s problems began when she made the decision to leave her husband after receiving a partial scholarship at the Berklee College of Music. But she became pregnant and was forced to remain for a while.
Alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi made her acting debut in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa.