{"id":278388,"date":"2025-04-10T01:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T01:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/om-puris-first-wife-says-he-cheated-on-her-while-she-was-pregnant-sent-her-rs-25000-via-secretary-after-she-lost-the-baby-forget-consoling-me\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T01:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T01:35:08","slug":"om-puris-first-wife-says-he-cheated-on-her-while-she-was-pregnant-sent-her-rs-25000-via-secretary-after-she-lost-the-baby-forget-consoling-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/om-puris-first-wife-says-he-cheated-on-her-while-she-was-pregnant-sent-her-rs-25000-via-secretary-after-she-lost-the-baby-forget-consoling-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Om Puri\u2019s first wife says he cheated on her while she was pregnant, sent her Rs 25,000 via secretary after she lost the baby: \u2018Forget consoling me\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Seema Kapoor, the first wife of late actor Om Puri,<\/a><\/strong> reflected on their turbulent marriage, which fell apart after he got involved with another woman. Seema said that she was pregnant at the time, and after a point, the betrayal became too much for her to handle. She left, but their child didn\u2019t survive. In an interview, she said that Om Puri sent her Rs 25,000 as compensation via a secretary, but she refused to accept the amount. She also recalled how unpleasant things became after he confessed to having fallen in love with the other woman, a journalist named Nandita, whom he\u2019d go on to marry and have a son with.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Seema recalled that Om met Nandita while working on the Hollywood film City of Joy<\/a><\/strong>. \u201cEverything was going fine after our marriage, but that movie turned my life upside down\u2026 My good friend Renu Saluja, Vidhu Vinod Chopra\u2019s first wife, knew about the affair. But she and Sudhir Mishra and everyone else chalked it down to a phase. They felt that he\u2019d get back to normal after the film. I found out about the affair much later, when I was in Delhi<\/a>. He called me up and told me that he was seeing someone else, and my friends said that he was just seeking attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Seema could tell from the tone of his voice that he wasn\u2019t joking. He told her that he wanted a divorce, but she couldn\u2019t believe her ears. \u201cI returned to Mumbai<\/a>, and everything felt normal. He left the city for a shoot soon afterwards, and while sifting through his stuff, I discovered love letters. I was shattered. I never wanted to divorce him, despite the affair. I wanted to mend things, because I was pregnant. He knew I was pregnant, but this was a source of insecurity for Nandita. She\u2019d call him up in front of me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\"Om Om Puri got married to his second wife Nandita in 1993 (Express Archives).<\/span><\/p>\n

Seema said that she was a non-confrontational person, but she understands now that Om was simply looking for an excuse to separate from her. He\u2019d fight because this would give him the excuse he needed, in addition to feeling superior by having confessed his infidelities. \u201cBut things became overwhelming; Puri sahab would drink too much, and Nandita would make a scene. One night, I decided to leave. I was three months pregnant.\u201d Her brother, actor Annu Kapoor, was furious about what had happened, and vowed to take Om Puri down in court. Seema received Rs 6 lakh from him as alimony, but turned down the Rs 25,000 that he sent after their child didn\u2019t make it.<\/p>\n

She said, \u201cForget consoling me. He sent Rs 25,000 via his secretary. I turned it down, and his secretary told me, \u2018This ego is what is destroying you\u2019. But what he thought was ego was just self-respect.\u201d Seema said that she and Om Puri reconnected during his final years, when, out of the blue, he called her up and apologised to her for everything that he had done.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n