TV’s most popular vamp wanted a ‘fairytale’ but ended up as a divorced single mother at 18; her sons never met their father

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Urvashi Dholakia in Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli. (Express Archive)

Asked what led to the divorce, Urvashi shared, “He didn’t want the responsibility and fell out of love, but why would I have abandoned the two kids? If I had to do that, I would have not given birth to them.” Urvashi said that she gave herself a month of solitude to regroup, and then got back to work. Her sons were mostly raised by her mother. “Nobody supports you in your time of need more than your parents,” she said, adding that she returned to work when she was 19, as she didn’t want to be a ‘burden’ on her parents.

Her sons, Kshitij Dholakia and Sagar Dholakia, have never met their father. “They also don’t want to know about him. We have tried to make them know about him, but they have always said, ‘We don’t want to know’,” Urvashi said. She also mentioned in an interview with The Times of India that her sons would encourage her to find love again, but she never quiet found the time for it. “Obviously, along the way, people feel attractions, but I was too focused. I would friend-zone a lot of people. Whenever I got the sense that they had ulterior motives, I would put a stop to it right there. I was very clear,” she said, adding that she hasn’t had a ‘stable relationship’ since then.

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Urvashi became vulnerable, as she reflected on the relationships in her life. “The truth is, nobody has loved me. They have loved me in bits and pieces, but what they didn’t understand was that they were also loved in bits and pieces. Nobody can love you wholly. I believe only parents can love you wholly.”

Sangeeta Ghosh and actress Urvashi Dholakia in TV serial Mehndi Tere Naam Ki. (Express Archive)

She did, however, date actor Anuj Sachdeva, but they were on different paths at the time. “Anuj and I met at a time when again I went into a very vulnerable state. I was at the brink of losing my father. We met at that time. When I look back on that relationship, I think the timing was off. I was in a very weird place. We’d barely confessed our feelings to each other, and my father went into a coma, and within three months, he passed away. I didn’t know how to take it forward. I don’t blame him,” she said.

Urvashi became a household name after playing the villainous Komolika in the landmark series Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She has also appeared in shows such as Dekh Bhai Dekh, Ghar Ek Mandir, Kabhii Sautan Kabhi Saheli, Mehendi Tere Naam Ki, and Kahin Toh Hoga, among others. Urvashi also won the sixth season of the TV reality show Bigg Boss.