‘I was scolded by Yash Chopra’: Bhagyashree on turning down Bollywood’s biggest offers | Bollywood News
3 min readNew DelhiJun 11, 2026 10:07 PM IST Long before conversations around work-life balance became common in Bollywood, actress Bhagyashree made a choice that shocked the industry. Fresh off the success of her debut film Maine Pyar Kiya opposite Salman Khan, Bhagyashree stepped away from stardom at the age of 20 to focus on her marriage and family life after tying the knot with businessman Himalaya Dassani. Looking back at that pivotal decision, Bhagyashree told Variety India, “I was very young and very much in love. I wanted to get married and start a family. I think all young girls dream that. When the film came out, I was married and pregnant because there was a year-long gap between the shoot and release. As a 20-year-old, it was only logical for me to make a choice—either follow my love, get married and lead my life that way, or get into films and forget about love. It was all about priority. It wasn’t possible then to have both.” However, one decision she made after marriage …

