Neena Gupta reveals she was dumped by man who was about to marry her: 'I used to live with him

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: June 16, 2021 08:00 PM2021-06-16T20:00:00+5:302021-06-16T20:00:00+5:30

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Kareena Kapoor Khan recently launched veteran actor Neena Gupta's autobiography, titled Sach Kahun Toh.

In their interaction, posted on Instagram on Monday, Neena and Kareena discussed 'loneliness', and how forthright Neena had been about talking about it.

Neena Gupta said that besides a few 'small affairs', she didn't really have a companion after moving to Mumbai. She is now married to Vivek Mehra.

Neena told Kareena Kapoor, "In fact, while I was writing the book, I realised in my prime years I have been without a lover or husband. Because I came here, then small affairs, nothing really materialised. Basically, I was all alone."

She continued, "Even with Vivian, he was far away, he had his own life. We met very seldom." Neena and cricketer Vivian Richards had one daughter, Masaba Gupta.

Neena also recalled being on the verge of marriage with one man, who cancelled at the 'last minute', while she was shopping for clothes. "Till today I don't know," she said about what happened. "That happened. But what can I do? I moved on. I would have loved to get married to him. I had a lot of respect for his father, mother. I was living in their house. He's going to read, he's alive, he's happily married. He has children."

She said that she still feels envious when she sees people in regular relationships. "People say I lived my life on my own terms. Actually, I never did. Wherever I went wrong, I accepted it and moved forward. I wanted to have a normal husband, children, my in-laws. When I see other people I do feel a little envious. I did not blame, I did not become alcoholic, because what I wanted I did not get," she said.

Neena in her book also revealed, her close friend and actor-director Satish Kaushik offered to marry her when she was pregnant with former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards child. Neena Gupta penned down her autobiography during the lockdown. The book released recently and unveils many interesting aspects from the actress's life. According to a review of Sach Kahun Toh published in Film Companion, when Neena was pregnant with Masaba, Satish came up with a proposition. He told her, “Don’t worry, if the child is born with dark skin, you can just say it’s mine and we’ll get married. Nobody will suspect a thing.”