Mahesh Bhatt Opens Up About Parveen Babi's Troubled Marriage
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In a recent interview, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt opened up about her ex-girlfriend Parveen Babi's troubled marriage, revealing that her husband moved to Pakistan.
Mahesh Bhatt, known for his vocal and fearless opinions, recently opened up about the painful life experiences of his ex-girlfriend and late actress Parveen Babi. The filmmaker revealed that even after being in a relationship with Parveen, he was unaware of her ex-marriage. Mahesh Bhatt claimed that Parveen had once been married, but her husband moved to Pakistan and never returned. According to Mahesh Bhatt, while she didn't really speak about it, her mother told him everything.
In a recent interview with BBC News Hindi, Mahesh Bhatt shared that he got to know about it after they were already in a relationship. While everyone in her house used to ignore this topic, it would come up when her mother visited from Junagadh.
He stated, 'About her getting married, I got to know about it later when we were already in a relationship. When her mother would visit from Junagadh, she would discuss this sometimes because by then, we were in a relationship. I was living with her. So there, it was discussed that she had been married once, and then the man moved to Pakistan."
Mahesh claimed that he was invited to meet with someone several years later when he was in Pakistan, saying, 'Many years later, in 2003, I visited Pakistan for a film festival. There, I was told that someone wants to meet you, but I couldn't meet them. I never said I don't want to meet him, but it somehow did not work out. I was thinking, why would he want to see me? I was never a person who shut my door to anyone."
In a previous interview with The Times of India, Mahesh Bhatt claimed that his 'physical self was drawn to another woman', and his marriage with his first wife, Kiran, was strained due to his films' poor box office performance. 'The scene was scary – I got into LSD and Parveen went through a series of nervous breakdowns. I went through trauma and a hell of my own making for two and a half years – this is reflected in Arth," he stated.
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