Neelima Azeem on divorce from Pankaj Kapur when Shahid Kapoor was 3.5 years old: ‘I didn’t decide to separate, he moved on’

Neelima Azeem single-handedly raised her son Shahid Kapoor, who was three-and-a-half years outdated on the time of her separation from ex-husband Pankaj Kapur. In a brand new interview, she opened up concerning the divorce and being a single mom.

“I would like to say that I didn’t decide to separate. It’s a fact. He moved on and it was a difficult thing for me to stomach but he also had his reasons. We had been friends from a long time. I think I was 15 years old when I became friends with him. He had very good reasons and I understood it,” she advised Pinkvilla in an interview.

“When there’s a break-up, which is called divorce, it is painful for both. There was a lot of friendship and attachment but there was heartbreak. It’s alright. He’s very well settled with his family today and I wish him well,” she added.

Neelima and Pankaj tied the knot in 1975 however parted methods a number of years later. Since their divorce in 1984, he has been fortunately married to Supriya Pathak for greater than three a long time and has two kids – Sanah Kapur, who made her Bollywood debut with Shaandaar, and Ruhaan Kapur – together with her.

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Neelima mentioned that she bounced again from the private setback with the assistance of her buddies, household and dance troupe. However, it was Shahid, who was the largest supply of power for her. “He gave me an insurmountable belief in life. I was young so I was able to do it again. It took time though, it took me about a couple of years, but then I was fine,” she mentioned.

Neelima can be the mom of Ishaan Khatter, from her ex-husband Rajesh Khattar. She was additionally married to Ustad Raza Ali Khan, however that marriage, too, didn’t final lengthy.

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