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DNA: Mona Kapoor Interview from 2007
Here is an interview of Mona Kapoor published in 2007 in DNA. A heartfelt interview from a very strong woman. May God bless her and her family ! 6th March 2007 Mona Kapoor Dreams bite dust I had an arranged marriage with Boney Kapoor. He was 10 years older to me. I was 19 when I married him. So I literally grew up with him. Ours was a 13-year-old marriage. So it came as a shock when I realised that my husband was in love with somebody else. A second relationship was something that one had only read or heard about. But when it happened to me, at that very point my marriage was over. Respect, for me, is foremost. Love follows that. As we evolve, sometimes needs change. Boney too needed somebody else; not me. There was nothing left in the relationship to give it a chance because Sridevi was already with a child. Their rishta was kayam. That itself was a big statement for me to opt out. Tiding torment It was also a tough time for my son Arjun and daughter Anshula, who were both in school. The world is a cruel place. When you are going through bad times, they speculate about you and discuss you in their living room. So, in school, my children had to face torment from their classmates. But they became strong and learnt to face facts. What held us together was the thread of pain. God spoke My family including my father, my mother and sister was the greatest support. They told me, 'Whether you cry, lick your wounds, turn into a recluse or go to the Himalayas, we are with you!' The humiliation was painful because I was pitted against a heroine. I was made to feel lesser. Industry wives gave me suggestions like, 'Why don't you lose weight?' or 'Why don't you join a spa?' All this made me realise that I had to get up, dust myself and start walking all over again. I told my parents that I wanted to make my own identity. Also the advice that my friend Meena Goculdas' mother gave me became the gospel truth for me. She said, 'If somebody has no place in your life, then you can have no place for them in yours.' This was my aakashwani. I understood that I had not failed – my relationship had! Future sisters I took to TV production with my sister. We produced shows including 'Yug', 'Vilayati Babu', 'Hera Pheri' and 'Kaise Kahoon'. The goodwill that we created was tremendous. Later, we took it as a challenge to make a movie set, which had upmarket amenities for artistes. Today our company Future Studios is spread over 12 sets on 12 floors in two buildings. Bitter? Never! My children live with me but are close to their father too. They travel with him, dine with him. I have no animosity or hatred for the man. It would be cruel if I kept the children away from him because I cannot substitute him. I don't know how to think like a man. I want him to be happy. After all, I gave up my place so that he could be happy. Love hamesha I don't miss a man in my life. I have had some very beautiful relationships. One even lasted for four years. But I'm not interested in marriage. Because one tends to carry along emotional baggage, which the man may not always understand. Life's been like one rollercoaster where you shriek, throw up and even laugh. Today, I've no pain. My jholi is full. As told to Farhana Farook ----------
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Feel so bad for mona. God is there
RIP
Men always chase beauty and dont give a damn about emotions! Married women constantly leave with the fear of losing their husbands to some other woman. That is why wives conveniently blame the other woman for breaking homes/stealing their husbands coz blaming their own husbands implies that the wives are no longer able to keep their husbands interested/attracted to them/their beauty. Such a convenient defence of projection!
Women are quick to forgive their cheating husbands. Thats why husbands take liberty and cheat. THey very well know their wife will come back to their pati parmeshwar instead and blame the other woman!
Boney fell for sridevi's beauty. I wonder what sridevi fell for in Boney!
I agree with most of the people out here, Sridevi is one evil woman may her daughters go through what mona went through.
why are people wishing bad to Sri's kids? what did the kids do? i hope nothing bad happens to them. why should they suffer for their parents nonsense? can we please remove this mentality from our head! Sri and Boney will suffer internally all their life...no matter what picture they paint in the mag covers and event pictures! That's enough punishment for them!
there is nothing wrong in being in a relationship with a divorced person! jeez.
RIP Mona ji...May God bless your soul
It is very stupid of you people to bring Rani Mukherjee into this arguement. ADI CHOPRA was well divorced when Rani started seeing him and I can actually say this with confidence because I have close contact with a lot of bollywood insiders. The actual home wreckers are Sri Devi and Hema Malini. When you know a man is married you are automatically supposed to say no to him no matter what!! I feel bad for Anshula and Arjun!
rip mona jee
true dignified lady
Mon, 2012-03-26 13:02 — Anonymous
Don't hate Sridevi. Hate Boney. He was the one who chased Sridevi since Mr. India days. Took advantage of her when her dad passed away and her mother was sick. Woman like Sridevi need protection. She led a protective life. Sudden deaths left her vulnerable. She knew no one except the men around her. Why did Hema fall for Dharmendra? If she did not, she could have been scooped up in no time. These woman don't have it easy. A point comes in there life when the word falling in love has no scope. It is about protecting what is left of them.
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Advantage for her? Like really, how old was Sridevi when he took advantage of her 4? She was intact already in her 30's when she married Boney so please stop this crap.
wow u guyz are typical, praise aishwarya regrdless of what she did to salman and vivek, forget that amitabh bachchn just because he didnt leave his life doesnt chnage he cheated, aamir cheated on his wife many times but noooo pick on sridevi for what, that she was all broken and vulnerable and needed anyone for that matte...pathetic.
i have respect for this woman to but its not the right thing to do, dont dig or dwell on the past
she died of cancer, its natural sridevi didnt do anything stop brining her in
women are emotionally weak so they end up doing such things unintentionally but the men are strategic and smart, blame them
DONT HATE SRIDEVI
she was , after losing both parents and siblings who lived on her money turning their backs on her after she did so much like educating them and settling them down.
Hate boney he was the one who took vows with his wife and cheated, why are you all quick to blame the woman and not the man ...so typical
What Sreedevi did a very unethical ....oh & ofcourse Boney tooo.....if he was really unhappy with his wife after a couple of honest attempts to save his marriage.....then he should have first separated from Mona Kapoor legally& otherwise after making sure that her children are atleast mentally prepared & then married Sridevi before they had a child together. May Mona Kapoors soul rest in peace & hope Boney does not ignore his children & orphan them again...since hes proved that he is a very loving father already.
i dont understand how indian ppl n hindi film industry forgives so many women like sridevi, hema malini etc if that was hollywood, aka angelina jolie it wouldnt b forgivn
plzzzzzzzzz dont bring dilip kumar into dis he never had an affair
Shame on Boney & Sri Devi-- the cruel breed of mankind
May be Rani and Priyanka should think twice steeliing another woman's. happiness.
Don't hate Sridevi. Hate Boney. He was the one who chased Sridevi since Mr. India days. Took advantage of her when her dad passed away and her mother was sick. Woman like Sridevi need protection. She led a protective life. Sudden deaths left her vulnerable. She knew no one except the men around her. Why did Hema fall for Dharmendra? If she did not, she could have been scooped up in no time. These woman don't have it easy. A point comes in there life when the word falling in love has no scope. It is about protecting what is left of them.
Mona, the beautiful lady, may you rest in peace.
Sri devi broke up a family really sad could she not find unmarried man??
What chance did poor Mona stand against Sridevi - a beautiful actress and top heroine at the time Boney ditched her.
I do believe that if one or both people are unhappy in a marriage then they should be allowed to finish it. But where there are very young children in the marriage then it is the duty of both parents to put their children's needs first and foremost. One does not abandon them because they have fallen in love with someone younger or more beautiful!
Even if he had wanted out he should have stayed until they were at least teenagers.
I dislike Sridevi more because she deprived two children of a family unit in their formative years. If they really loved each other could they not have waited for a few more years? But no Sridevi forced everybody's hand by getting pregnant before they could even get a divorce. I believe it was to force Boney to committ to her. After that there was no chance of a reconciliation between husband and wife! I hate women like that.
I sometimes question God about the way things are for good people. In my opinion the worst kind live long and prosper. I don't believe in "what goes around, comes around". It doesn't! I used to read Mona's tweets and admired her for her courage. Of course it's one thing to show the world that you are okay and another to actually feel it. It must have hurt like hell to see them and read about them in the papers all the time playing "happy families" with their two daughters when she and her children had so cruelly been dismissed to the moniker of ex-wife and I guess ex-children.
they all break families (raveena, shilpa, hema malini, karishma or get involved with someone that is divorced (kareena)
why only hate sri devi?
and it's not like the actors are saints...dilip kumar, big b they all had affairs during marriage...
Well i dont hate sridevi because u just heard one side of story....may be their relationship was over much b4 sri entered boney's life....why r we all so judgmental abt divorce....
So much respect for this woman!
I have so much respect for this woman and lost respect for sri (so called devi)
They say what goes around comes around, sri's daughters may face what this poor woman faced
OMG sri devi broke a family home