‘I can’t live a lie’: Why Pooja Bhatt ended her 11-year-marriage, says she didn’t want children | Bollywood News
Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt has opened up about her separation from former husband Manish Makhija, revealing that loneliness, not conflict, was what ultimately led her to walk away from their marriage. In a conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Pooja spoke about her relationship with Makhija, whom she married in a private ceremony in Goa in August 2003 after the two met while working on her directorial debut Paap. After more than 11 years of marriage, the couple separated in 2014 by mutual consent. Pooja said one of the biggest misconceptions people had about her divorce was that there had to be someone else in her life. “A lot of my friends asked me, ‘You’ve been married for 11 years. Why are you ending the marriage? Is there someone else?’ The answer was no. There was nobody else. I wasn’t even thinking about another person.” Instead, she said the real issue was emotional isolation. “I ended my marriage because I felt lonely in that relationship. When you are living with someone and still feel alone, that relationship has …
