Ratna Pathak Shah on Naseeruddin Shah’s first marriage: ‘He had many relationships… but as long as I am the last, I am okay’

While Naseeruddin Shah had a previous marriage, Ratna expressed that his past held no sway over her feelings. She said, “I was not concerned with his past life, I was in love. He had been separated from his ex-wife for a very long time. Meanwhile, he had many other relationships. That also seemed like history. Then I arrived, as long as I am the last, I am okay.”

Talking about her unconventional married life with Shah, she said, “It was nothing like the married-life number that I saw with my other friends. A week later after our marriage, we went to the honeymoon and came back in between, Naseer started shooting for Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. I didn’t see him for days on end. That was the most amazingly difficult shoot. Naseer would go and come back after three days and I didn’t even know if he was alive, dead or run away with somebody (laughs). It was crazy that time.”

Naseer and Ratna got married in 1982. They have previously discussed the difficulties they faced in convincing their parents of their love, as Ratna’s family initially had reservations about Naseer’s previous marriage.