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Seema Kapoor recalls miscarriage after Om Puri cheated on her: ‘I wrote to my unborn baby’ | Bollywood News

Seema Kapoor recalls miscarriage after Om Puri cheated on her: ‘I wrote to my unborn baby’ | Bollywood News

4 min readKochiJun 22, 2026 04:15 PM IST Although legendary actor Om Puri and filmmaker-writer Seema Kapoor eventually buried the hatchet and reconciled decades after their divorce, thus maintaining a cordial bond until his eventual death in 2017, their separation and subsequent divorce were ugly. Seema even alleged later that Om cheated on her when she was pregnant. During a recent interview, she took a trip down memory lane, recalling the turbulent period in her life when she not only parted ways with Om but also faced a miscarriage. Although people around her, including her brother and actor Annu Kapoor, pushed Seema to take the legal route and make Om pay for his actions, she said she refused, as she wasn’t interested in fighting. Turbulent separation amid pregnancy and cheating allegations “When things went sour with Puri saab and someone else entered his life, I was pregnant at that time. I moved to Rajasthan to stay with my mother. Everyone, especially Annu bhai (actor Annu Kapoor), wanted to take a stand because he loved me …

‘Om Puri betrayed my sister, ruined her life’: Annu Kapoor on his sister’s painful marriage, messy divorce | Bollywood News

‘Om Puri betrayed my sister, ruined her life’: Annu Kapoor on his sister’s painful marriage, messy divorce | Bollywood News

The late Om Puri may be remembered as one of India’s finest performers, but for Annu Kapoor, the memories are far more personal and complicated. In a recent conversation, Kapoor revisited a difficult chapter involving his sister Seema Kapoor’s brief marriage to Puri, recalling both his admiration for the actor and the hurt that followed. In a conversation with Siddharth Kanan, Kapoor called Om Puri an extraordinary performer. He said, “Om Puri was a phenomenal actor. There was no great actor like him, but that was a different matter. He became someone’s husband, and after becoming someone’s husband, he betrayed a woman, and that is where things went wrong, and I am that woman’s brother.” Kapoor was referring to his sister, Seema Kapoor, who was briefly married to Puri in the early 1990s. Their marriage ended within months after Seema discovered his relationship with another woman. They reconnected in his final years, after he suffered health concerns. ‘My sister’s life was ruined’ Opening up about his anger at the time, Kapoor said, “He would have …

A day before wedding, Om Puri confessed he had an affair with house help; first wife Seema says she didn’t have courage to cancel marriage | Bollywood News

A day before wedding, Om Puri confessed he had an affair with house help; first wife Seema says she didn’t have courage to cancel marriage | Bollywood News

Late actor Om Puri’s first wife, Seema Kapoor, recalled the circumstances in which she became aware of his affairs and infidelities. In an interview, she spoke about Om falling for a journalist named Nandita while working on a Hollywood film, and also recalled when he confessed to her about having an affair with a house help, just a day before they were supposed to tie the knot. Their marriage didn’t last all that long, even though they’d known each other for over a decade at that point. She separated from him some months after discovering his affair with Nandita. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Seema said, “We got engaged in 1989, and I don’t know why, but both families rushed us into getting married. Annu bhaiya (Annu Kapoor) was away shooting, and he was very upset that he got to know about his favourite sister’s engagement through another person. In those days, phones weren’t common. Just before the wedding, he told me about his relationship with the house help.” Also read – Om Puri’s …

Om Puri’s first wife found out he was cheating when she was pregnant: ‘I decided it was best to leave’ | Bollywood

Om Puri’s first wife found out he was cheating when she was pregnant: ‘I decided it was best to leave’ | Bollywood

Apr 09, 2025 06:16 PM IST Om Puri’s first wife Seema Kapoor opened up about the tough time in her relationship with the actor when she found out he was having an affair. Actor Om Puri‘s first wife Seema Kapoor opened up in detail about their relationship and their troubled marriage. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan on his YouTube channel, the dancer shared that their marriage fell apart when she found out that he was having an affair with another woman when she was pregnant. Although she wanted to mend things, it became out of her control. (Also read: Shabana Azmi says society makes you feel ‘incomplete’ if you can’t have children: ‘You have to work hard to…’) Om Puri’s marriage to Seema Kapoor lasted for 8 months.(HT Photo) What Seema said During the interaction, Seema opened up about the time of shooting for the film City of Joy, which marked a stressful time for her relationship with the actor. Speaking in Hindi, Seema said, “My good friend Renu Saluja, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s first …

‘Vidhu Vinod Chopra asked if I want to marry him, I said no’: Om Puri’s first wife recalls their relationship, reveals why she rejected VVC’s proposal | Bollywood News

‘Vidhu Vinod Chopra asked if I want to marry him, I said no’: Om Puri’s first wife recalls their relationship, reveals why she rejected VVC’s proposal | Bollywood News

Seema Kapoor, the first wife of late actor Om Puri, reflected on their divorce and her subsequent relationship with director Vidhu Vinod Chopra. She refused to describe him as a ‘rebound’, and admitted that he lent her a shoulder of support when she was going through her separation. Vinod himself was nursing a heartbreak, and the two ended up together. But she turned down his proposal for marriage, she said in a new interview, revealing why she couldn’t bring herself to take the plunge with him. Seema and Om Puri’s marriage lasted only a few months, and ended because he cheated on her. Vinod was her friend, as was his first wife, editor Renu Saluja. “After I left Om, I met Vinod, who was working on the film Khamosh. We were friends first, both of us needed a shoulder to cry on, and it just evolved into something else from there. I thank god for the friendship we had, because we’re still friends. Relationships end, but friendships don’t.” Seema said that she became an introvert …