Barkha Bisht accuses ex-husband Indraneil Sengupta of infidelity; recalls confronting him over rumoured affair with Ishaa Saha: ‘Worst thing you can do to a woman’

Talking about Indraneil cheating on her, she said, “Infidelity, cheating, falling out of love all these things happen. It is a choice. Cheating and infidelity is a choice that you make. The second choice is what you do after that.”

Barkha admitted that she tried to save her marriage despite knowing about her husband’s infidelity. “I was among those women who would say that I would walk out of a marriage if I was cheated on but when it actually happens to you, you realise it is easier said than done. I have no shame in saying that I would would have forgiven Indraneil and I even tried to save my marriage for two years after that,” she said.

She also revealed that she confronted Indraneil about rumours of his affair with Bengali actress Ishaa Saha. “His answer wasn’t satisfying,” she said. She added, “Indraneil made a choice—maybe he can justify it now. He can give you a hundred reasons of why this marriage broke but his actions are not on me. He has to justify them,” she said.

Speaking about going through heartbreak in her marriage, she said, “Jo dil ka tootna kehte hain—heartache—I felt it. It feels like physical pain. It was an experience I had to go through. My belief in humanity broke at that time, not my faith in marriage or love and it is still somewhere broken. The worst thing you can do to a woman is break her trust because she cannot take betrayal.”

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