Supriya Pathak reveals her mother opposed relationship with Pankaj Kapur because of their ‘backlog’: ‘She kept saying he’ll leave you’

Supriya Pathak and Pankaj Kapur got married in 1988 and have two children, daughter Sanah Kapur and son Ruhaan Kapur. Her mother wasn't in favour of the relationship, and kept telling her till her last breath that she'd made a 'mistake'.

Actor Supriya Pathak and Pankaj Kapur got married in 1988. (Photo: Instagram/sanahkapur15)

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Veteran actor Supriya Pathak had just started working on a new film when she met co-star Pankaj Kapur. Little did she know that their onscreen chemistry would eventually translate into an offscreen romance, leading to marriage. While the film, said to be titled Naya Mausam, was never released in theatres, it brought the two actors together, and Supriya said in a new interview that this was its sole purpose.

In an appearance on Twinkle Khanna’s YouTube chat show The Icons, Supriya spoke about her chemistry with Pankaj when they first met. She appeared on Twinkle’s show along with her actor-sister Ratna Pathak Shah. It was a second marriage for both Supriya and Pankaj. Supriya was earlier married for one year before she called it quits with her first husband, and Pankaj was married to Neliima Azeem, but the couple had parted ways by then.

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Supriya said, “We were doing a film together, and that film was made only for us to meet, because it never got released. We just hit it off. We both had a lot of backlog and history but we just happened. By the time we finished the film, we confessed to each other and I went my way, and he went his, and then we got back in Mumbai together. That film never saw the light of the day.”

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Adding to this, Twinkle said in jest, “I met my husband (Akshay Kumar) on a film and I wish that film had not seen the light of the day.”

Supriya also revealed that many people, including her mother, the late actor Dina Pathak, did not approve of her relationship with Pankaj. “Everybody tried, and I didn’t listen to anybody. I had made up my mind. My mother, till the last few years of her life, still tried changing my life, even after two children. She kept saying that ‘he will leave you’. It has been so many years, and she still kept saying, ‘You made a mistake’. I think Ratna didi supported me,” said Supriya.

Supriya and Pankaj have two children together, daughter Sanah Kapur, who is an actor, and son Ruhaan. The actor also shares warm relationship with step-son Shahid Kapoor and has spoken about their equation with each other.

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