Anurag Kashyap says he is ‘not a relationship person, will never get married again’, calls himself a ‘terrible father’

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When Aaliyah asked if Anurag ever wanted to get married again, the director said, “I don’t think so.” Anurag was first married to editor Aarti Bajaj. After getting separated, he then married actor Kalki Koechlin and their marriage too fell apart a few years later. Aaliyah is Anurag and Aarti’s daughter. Aaliyah then added that she has always wanted another sibling and still wants one. “I just want a sibling,” she said and added, “Since I was a kid, I was an only child. I thought since you and mom are divorced, both of you will date different people and I will get at least one sibling from one of you.”

After listening to Aaliyah, Anurag said, “Your father is too old to father a child.” When his daughter asked him how he found himself as a parent, Anurag described himself as a “terrible father” and said that he was more of a friend to his daughter than a father. Crediting Aarti for Aaliyah’s upbringing, he said that his ex-wife took on way more than him. Aaliyah also praised her mother and added, “She has been my mom and for a couple if years, she was also my dad.”