Bollywood actress Bhagyashree did something that not many
stars dared to do. She quit the glamorous acting profession when she was at the
peak of her career. That's right, Bhagyashree did not care for the stupendous
success that came her way with the Salman Khanstarrer Maine Pyar Kiya. She gave
it all up for a blissful married life. But was it all worth it?
Bhagyashree discloses all, almost 3 decades later.
This is Bhagyashree's post that is taking the viral world by
storm:
“We went to school together — he was the naughtiest kid in
class and I was always the class monitor. We would fight all the time and the
rest of the class would have a blast! We were like Yin and Yang — the more we
fought, the more it became clear that we couldn’t be apart. We never dated
though…he never even told me how he felt until the last day of school. He said,
‘I have to tell you something’ and then for one week he kept trying to say it
but would always back out. Finally, I went upto him and said, ‘look, just say
it…I’m sure the answer will be positive’ and that’s when he told me he liked
me. I come from a very conservative family, so even after that while we were in
college, we would barely meet or talk on the phone. When I told my parents
about him, they thought we were too young to decide something like this, and I
believed as well that if he really loved me, we should be apart for sometime —
he should explore, know that I’m the one and then we could be together. So we
did break up when he went away to the US to study, and that’s when I signed
Maine Pyaar Kiya. Before signing the film, while he was still in the States I
went and met his parents to ask them if they were okay with me getting into
films…we weren’t even together at that point, but I guess somewhere I knew that
we would in the future. They said that they had no problems…and I began
shooting. When he came back home during the course of the shooting we both knew
that we wanted to be together, but my parents still wouldn’t allow us to meet
or speak on the phone…so I decided to speak to them. I told tell them that
seeing him made me happy, that I couldn't be without him, but they were still
adamantly against our relationship. I knew then that there wasn’t any other
way.”
“I called him up after this conversation and asked him, ‘are
you sure of yourself, of us? This is the deciding day…either I’d be in his life
forever or not at all.’ I said, ‘I’m leaving my house now, if you love me come
and pick me up’ and within 15 minutes he was under my house. We had a small
ceremony at a temple — his parents, Salman, Sooraj ji, a few of our friends
attended and that’s how we go married.There after, Maine Pyaar Kiya went on to
become such a big hit, but I was a woman so in love with my husband and my son
Abhimanyu who was born soon after that I said no to every offer I got. I have
absolutely no regrets though, I look at my life, my family now and I feel so
proud. Yash Ji always said, ‘you’re a foolish girl’ and oh yes, I loved being
foolish! Very often, people say ‘giving up such a bright career’ is backward,
but I disagree. I respect and admire career women who can juggle both, but I
took the decision of being a full invested home maker…and believe me, that’s a
thankless job. But it’s all worth it when you see your children growing up into
fine human beings. Just like I played a role in a movie, the role of a mother
was a part of my life…but is not defined by it. Today, I’m into fitness,
nutrition, traveling and if another movie comes along— I’ll do it all over
again. I don’t like that either you’re a ‘working woman’ or a ‘stay at home
mom’ — why can’t women be 10 different things…why can’t we keep exploring and
with every phase, discover a new passion? From actress, to mom, to giving exams
on nutrition at this age, I’ve loved every feather on my hat…and there will be
plenty more to add to it!”
No comments:
Post a Comment