Shobha De in her recent blog talks about sparing a thought for Sridevi in the present situation. For people unaware, Boney Kapoor married Sridevi without going through a divorce.
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The blog follows.
I didn't know Mona Kapoor. Even though, as a young girl, she lived in the same South Mumbai complex as I do,and in which her mother, the formidable Sattee Shourie owned a flat. I was away in Muscat when Mona died, and got to hear of it through mutual friends who had attended her funeral. Later, I scanned media coverage of the multiple functions that followed Mona's passing away, and found one person missing from the images. Sridevi.The other mourners in impeccable designer whites may or may not have been Mona's close friends. Nearly every celeb covered by the media was present for someone else, not for Mona. They were there as acquaintances of the Kapoor clan. Some were Anil Kapoor's old associates, others , part of Boney's ( Mona's husband) or Sanjay's circle. Then there was the younger lot, cousins and buddies of Mona and Boney's two children. There were no pictures of Jahnavi and Khushi, Sridevi and Boney's daughters. And my heart went out to Sridevi. What a position to be in, after spending so many years of her life living with Boney ( since June '96), and giving birth to two daughters.Yet, when tragedy struck, there was no place or position for 'the other woman' in that very public space in which Boney was featured as a grieving widower.
Clearly, Mona was a much adored and popular person, judging from the outpouring of love for her even from virtual friends who knew her from just from her Twitter handle and frequent tweets, including the rather grim final one in which she bravely confronted her condition and imminent death. Mona must have been an extraordinarily courageous, dignified and strong woman. May her soul find peace. In terms of timing, it's sad that she didn't live to see her son's movie debut. And that his first media exposure happened under tragic circumstances at his beloved mother's funeral. What now? Sridevi will be seen in her major comeback film fairly soon, an ambitious and risky project that her countless devoted fans are looking forward to. Boney has also landed himself a cushy job with Sahara. And yet,Bollywood watchers are still in a bit of a quandary wondering how to respond to Sridevi once the rituals and mourning period for Mona are over. Should they offer condolences? Make no reference to the unfortunate death in the family? Pretend nothing has happened?
What will Boney do? Make it legal and officially marry Sridevi, the lady he has shared his life with for 16 years?? Will Sridev's long cherished dream of being recognized by all, family included, as "Mrs. Boney Kapoor" , finally come true? Sure, it's complicated. But these are just a few realities of modern life, not restricted to Bollywood. There are several similar situations in urban society. It is just that for Boney and Sridevi, being Bollywood personalities, the spotlight and speculation are hard to avoid. There are no road maps in delicate scenarios like this one. What should Sri have done? Stayed away or turned up? What was going through her mind and heart as she and her young daughters followed the coverage ( assuming they watched it?). How will she deal with the public scrutiny and intrusive questions when she does step out with Boney next? Tough. Mona has left for a better place. But Sridevi is very much around. A little sensitivity directed her way, wouldn't hurt.
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To the person :
"Thu, 2012-04-05 23:36 — Anonymous
To Thurs 10:13
Those who have sympathy for Sridevi,can you explain why she was involved with Mithun?
To this person,I have only this to say. Are you aware that Yogeeta Bali aka Mrs Mithun Chakravarthy had broken her own home? She was married to singer/actor Kishore Kumar when she started an affair with Mithun. They finally divorced ,but Kishore Kumar was so angry that he never ever sang for Mithun again. Going by your logic, Yogeeta must be even worse than Sridevi ,who was at least single herself. Mithun did to Yogeeta what Yogeeta did to Kishore Kumar.Don't go wasting your sympathy on her too."
Are you trying to say that if I commit a murder, I can actually be acquited because the person whom I murdered had actually murdered someone else in the past ? Are you so lame to justify a bad deed?
To the one who posted :
"Thu, 2012-04-05 14:31 — Anonymous
well written...plz people stop being so insensitive and negative towards Sridevi. The truth is there are always two sides to everything...people commenting here seem to be very narrow minded...and see it as an oppurtunity to attack Sridevi for other stupid reasons....Come its been 16 years...All 3 of them had moved...only some haters seem to not have moved on...get a life!! chill"
We should all sympathize with wife-cheaters, and husband-snatchers now. And move on. And that's actually how we become "NOT narrow-minded" ?
Get a life!!
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"Thu, 2012-04-05 15:45 — Anonymous
No one wakes up one day and says 'i want to be the other woman in this married man's life'. Life happens! We get trapped emotionally and go through various situations. What Hema malini and Sridevi did was what was destined. They did not choose. Retrospectively however they might want things to be different. But one cannot choose in life. Can we?"
Yes we can. At least if I were in the same situation, I would walk out. It's difficult but one's character is put to test at that juncture.
I THINK SOBHA DE HAVE THIS INFORMATION THAT SRIDEVI AND BONY NOT MARRIED....................... AND WANT TO PUBLISHES AND SHE USED MONA KAPOOR DEATH (RIP)AS EXCUSE !!
I FIND ALL THIS SYMPATHY(SHOBHA PRETEND TO HAVE ) FOR SRIDEVI SOOOOOO FAKE !!!
i think anony mus has piut it out beatifully.........
BONEY AND SRI GOT MARRIED OFFICIALLY IN JANUARY 1997 IN CHENNAI.i know it..personally .i stay in chennai at the time of marriage sri is pregnant ..religiously they got married legally on paper i dont know
This article is in bad taste, we should be having thoughts only for Mona's kids now. As for Yogeeta, she is not a homebreaker, Kishor Kumar himself said his marriage to Yogeeta was very short-lived and her mother was very interfering. So, what Sri did, tying rakhi and all to boney, and staying in Mona's house as guest cant be compared to this couple who were not serious about their own marriage(Kishor said so).
As far as I know Sridevi and Mona were never on talking terms after Boney had affair with Sridevi. SO, why would Sridevi attend her funeral? Shabhana Azmi and Honey Irani are on talking terms. But things were always strained between Sridevi and Mona.
Thu, 2012-04-05 21:16 — Anonymous
Death deserves dignity and respect. Shobha De seems to have forgotten that.........what an idiot. Now that she has run out of crappy stories that she generally writes, she is trying to fabricate stories about another person's family matters which is frankly speaking noone's business.........Leave them alone.
TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!
I think Shobaa De wants just some attention by promoting false news...Sridevi is married to Boney...and Boney and Mona are divorced...Shobaa De is shameless..she does everything for publiscity. Mona herself had said that she and Boney were divorced!!
I think they married...they did the religious stuff...but never the real thing on paper
Fri, 2012-04-06 04:35 — Anonymous
Well…Instead of bashing poor Sridevi the author (Shobha de) must realize to the fact that Sridevi is Boney's second wife. Definitely Sridevi respect her (Mona Kapoor) as she knew that her presence in Mona's funeral would hurt Mo
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You are a f'ing disgusting person to call Sridevi poor. You must be another bastard like Jhanvi and khushi.
Thu, 2012-04-05 14:31 — Anonymous
well written...plz people stop being so insensitive and negative towards Sridevi. The truth is there are always two sides to everything...people commenting here seem to be very narrow minded...and see it as an oppurtunity to attack Sridevi for other stupid reasons....Come its been 16 years...All 3 of them had moved...only some haters seem to not have moved on...get a life!! chill
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Hello Sridevi ji.. no one likes you.. you are disgusting
Well…Instead of bashing poor Sridevi the author (Shobha de) must realize to the fact that Sridevi is Boney's second wife. Definitely Sridevi respect her (Mona Kapoor) as she knew that her presence in Mona's funeral would hurt Mona's soul. She (Sridevi) wanted Mona's last rights to be performed by wholly and solely by Boney Kapoor alone in order to give Mona Kapoor's soul a respect not just out of attitude or bad intention. I would like to ask the author if she would be second wife of her husband wouldn't she felt uneasy to go in the first wife's funeral. Funeral is to give respect not to take away. I highly appreciate Sridevi's this move that she understood that on account of last rights at least first husband should be present alone and not with second wife. After all nobody wants to share a husband on last day of life.
Sridevi should get payback. Hope hubby cheats on her. Hope her daughters marry men who do impreginate other women while married to them like what their father did to Mona and then Sri will wake up. What comes around goes around.
Shobha De is writing for herself, as she is also second or third wife, stupid lady
"What will Boney do? Make it legal and officially marry Sridevi, the lady he has shared his life with for 16 years?"
what does she mean by this?, does this mean she and boney are not married :|
Thu, 2012-04-05 17:24 — Anonymous
And Dharmendra and Boney Kapoor are South Indians I suppose?
There are immoral and unethical people all over the world....Stop with your 17th century CRAP!
I don't know if this is a sympathy article about Sri Devi, Shoba de exposed too much like she is not married etc.
To Thurs 10:13
Those who have sympathy for Sridevi,can you explain why she was involved with Mithun?
To this person,I have only this to say. Are you aware that Yogeeta Bali aka Mrs Mithun Chakravarthy had broken her own home? She was married to singer/actor Kishore Kumar when she started an affair with Mithun. They finally divorced ,but Kishore Kumar was so angry that he never ever sang for Mithun again. Going by your logic, Yogeeta must be even worse than Sridevi ,who was at least single herself. Mithun did to Yogeeta what Yogeeta did to Kishore Kumar.Don't go wasting your sympathy on her too.
Shobha de is married thrice!!! Some crazies want to be the morality police. Why this morality kolaveri di?
without going through a divorce.
REALLY ? Did not know that he didn't get a divorce. I hate weak men .
Stupid of Sridevi to compromise on that.
Death deserves dignity and respect. Shobha De seems to have forgotten that.........what an idiot. Now that she has run out of crappy stories that she generally writes, she is trying to fabricate stories about another person's family matters which is frankly speaking noone's business.........Leave them alone.
sri devi got everything "the other woman" could have gotten and she is not even married!
I agree.
@Thu, 2012-04-05 09:13 — Anonymous
I have absolutely no sympathy or pity for Sridevi for anything. Mona suffered more than Sridevi ever will.
Guys, I cannot believe how swiftly and stealthily Shobha De made a fool out of us. ROFL!
One one hand she is using Sri as a pretext for her controversial article. But on the other hand, she ended up exposing the fact that Sridevi is not officially married to Fat Joe! Everything about this article is the Me-Me-Me kind. My sympathy, my favoritism, my side-taking, my judgment, and my controversy exposure.
Anyway, at least now we know The fake Devi isn't married to him. Let's see what happens next. I see a lot of "bastard-sim" coming from the south - Gemini Ganesan-Pushpavalli, Kamal Haassan-Sarika, and now this!
What the heck is going on here?
Sri Devi makes me SICK! Let's only spare thoughts for Mona's two kids at this point, shall we?
No one wakes up one day and says 'i want to be the other woman in this married man's life'. Life happens! We get trapped emotionally and go through various situations. What Hema malini and Sridevi did was what was destined. They did not choose. Retrospectively however they might want things to be different. But one cannot choose in life. Can we?
the "other woman" shouldn't be blamed for the affair, its the cheating husbands who should be looked down upon. No one forced him into relationship with sridevi.
Somehow I don't think she is being genuine here, may be playing devil's advocate.
I would think it would be odd to go to her Funeral for Sridevi coz people will really bash her for doing so too.. they will say its because of her Mona died ...i think its a good idea that she did not come out...no body will even believe that she is mourning...You know what i mean....