It has been almost thirty years since Zarina Wahab married Aditya Pancholi. Their journey was never smooth. The duo met on the sets of, Kalnk Ka Tika and fell head over heels in love. She is six years older than Aditya, and Zarina's mother was against the marriage. Yet the couple followed their hearts and got married in 1986.
In 1993, when news spread like wildfire, Aditya Pancholi was in an affair with Pooja Bedi, daughter of Kabir Bedi. They had an open relationship. However, it ended when Pooja accused him of sexually abusing her and reportedly filed an FIR against him. In 2004, he was reportedly also dating Kangana Ranaut. The duo got involved in many controversies, to the extent of the Queen actress accusing him of abuse. Aditya also alleged the actress abused him for financial needs. In a recent interview with Lehren Retro, Zarina claimed she was mentally prepared for all this. In her words:
"I was always aware of Nirmal (Aditya’s real name)’s affairs, but I never questioned him. I only cared about how he treated me when he was home. I ignored asking him questions because it would have made him fearless. I was completely prepared for him to have affairs.”
Going further in the interview, Zarina spoke about the accusations that Pooja and Kangana made against her husband. She said Aditya was never an abusive husband but was a sweetheart. For once, she would beat him, but she found him sweet. She felt his girlfriends accused him of these things because they didn’t get what they wanted.
Zarina, going further in the interview, revealed her husband had dated Kangana for four and a half years, and she was always nice to Kangana, who often visited her home. She also said that her husband was also very nice to her and she had no idea about what went wrong. It was in 2019 when Kangana slammed a FIR on Aditya and accused him of charges of rape when she was new to the industry. According to a PTI report, Aditya had challenged her case in the Bombay High Court. Zarina found Aditya to be a good husband and a father who had never stopped Zarina from pursuing her professional goals. However, Kangana during the promotion of Simran, told in a press event:
“It was a very difficult and very harsh time. I was physically abused. I don’t have to go to details. I felt trapped. You feel people might help you. But there are no free lunches. But when you are going you fall for it. This man who was my father’s age hit me hard on my head when I was 17. I started bleeding. I took out my sandal and hit his head hard and he started to bleed too. I lodged an FIR against the man."
Do you think Zarina Wahab did the right thing by accepting Aditya Pancholi's affairs?
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