Poonam Sinha thought Shatrughan Sinha was unhappy with daughter Sonakshi’s birth: ‘Pura filmy scene ho gaya’

“After the climax was shot, Goutam came to me with the good news. He broke the news that we were blessed with a baby girl. I was still covered in mud, sporting a long beard. That is how I was supposed to look. I somehow reached Kolkata (then Calcutta) and managed to reach Mumbai to see my bundle of joy,” narrated the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol constituency.

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Upon reaching the hospital, his wife thought he wasn’t happy because she had delivered a girl. “Pura filmy scene ho gaya tha!” he exclaimed, adding, “Hum bahot khush the (I was very happy). I had been praying for my daughter for quite some time. After the birth of twins — Luv and Kush — I wanted a daughter. I explained to her that I arrived directly from the film’s set and didn’t grow facial hair because I was unhappy!,” he added.

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Shatrughan, who appeared on Arbaaz Khan’s talk show, The Invincibles, revealed that during their courtship period, the actor had almost ‘dumped’ Poonam and didn’t speak with her for three years. “I got carried away, I became a victim of stardom. I used to think that no woman would ever be interested in me, and then, when they were, it’s human nature to lose control. Maine talaaq de diya, in a way… We completely cut off all contact, but I would come to know that she was enquiring about me, and my well-being. She would ask my staff to take better care of me, to feed me properly,” he divulged.