Juhi Babbar, the daughter of Raj Babbar and Nadira Babbar might not be known for her film career in Bollywood, but is a widely recognised theatre woman. The Indian film actress made her debut opposite singer Sonu Nigam in the film Kaash Aap Hamare Hote. While the film did not work out well, and the actress couldn’t make it to immense fame with her work, one thing that kept her in a lot of headlines was when she got married to TV Actor Anup Soni. The Crime Patrol fame star was already married to wife Ritu,and shared two young daughters with her when he fell in love with Juhi. After a lot of silence, finally the actress has spoken out on her decision of getting married to an already-married man, and clarified the doubts whether or not Anup Soni cheated on her first wife to get along with Juhi Babbar.
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Juhi Babbar Opens Up On Marrying Anup Soni
Juhi Babbar recently spoke to Lehren Retro, where she delved into her early career as an actress, his father’s second marriage and also about her broken marriage with screenwriter Bijoy Nembiar. The actress revealed that she first met Anup Soni on the sets of Begum Jaan, a theatrical play which was produced by her mother Nadira Babbar. The mother-daughter duo found Soni when they were on a hunt of a replacement for the play’s male lead, and as they wished for somebody who is recongisable enough by the audience, they felt he was the right fit for it.
When asked about when it clicked with him, she disclosed that she never thought of Anup Soni being his husband, but they had a superber bond of friends since long. “We were going through the same situation in our lives, and it was both of our friends who pushed us to think that how the two of us could be positive as lifetime partners”, she added.
Anup Soni’s Marriage History
Anup Soni first married to Ritu Soni, his first wife in the year 1999. They also birthed and raised two daughter by the year 2004 and 2008. Later on, when Anup Soni met Juhi while working on ‘Begum Jaan’, in 2010, he fell in love with her and was later reported to divorce her first wife in the year 2010. Just months after his separation from Ritu, Anup tied the knots with Juhi in March, 2011. At present, the power couple hold a strong bond together and have a son named Imaan Soni Babbar
Juhi Babbar Addresses Criticism Received Upon Marrying Anup Soni
When asked by our senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan whether it was difficult to execute the decision as Anup was already married and had kids, she said, “It was not that difficult. But the decision did go through a thought process, and the final thought process, had to be Anup’s only.” Further, Juhi addressed about the criticism she and Anup must have faced when he finally divorced her first wife Ritu, and got married to her. She exclaimed, “In a situation like this, the two people who are involved in this go through something that nobody can ever understand”. Adding further on dealing with the trollers, she said, “Bada aasan hota hai logo ke liye judge karna par ye hum par hai ki hum us chiz ko kaise le”.
Juhi Babbar revealed that her parents were somewhat afraid when she took this step first because she already came from one failed marriage, but they decided to trust on her, and held faith on Anup Soni.
In the interaction, the Raj Babbar daughter also talked about her father’s second marriage, and how she found about her stepmom Smita Patil. She disclosed that she was just seven years old when Raj Babbar first explained her about his second wife Smita. Watch out the full interview of Lehren Retro Youtube channel to know what was her equation with stepmother late actress Smita Patil, and stepbrother Prateik Babbar.