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Pooja Bedi quit films to marry into ‘conservative’ Muslim family: ‘Happy in divorce, in marriage’

The Indian Express·Entertainment Desk·19 days ago
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Actor Pooja Bedi with her former husband, Farhan Furniturewala. (Photo: Express Archives) Pooja Bedi had a strong start in the movies when she made her debut in Aamir Khan-starrer Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar. However, shortly afterwards, Pooja quit her career in the movies as she decided to marry Farhan Furniturewala. In a recent chat with Suhasini Maniratnam, Pooja shared that they decided to get divorced 12 years after their marriage but are best friends till date. Pooja Bedi ‘married a Muslim man’ Pooja shared   with Jos Alukkas’ YouTube channel, that she “married a Muslim man” but back then, in 1994, “there wasn’t that much of an uproar as it is today.” “This sentiment of Muslim and Hindu which is so sad because when I was growing up, it was actually true democracy and truly secular in so many ways,” she said. Pooja described her former in-laws as “conventional” and said that if she claimed her identity while living with them, it would have made them uncomfortable so she decided to quit movies.…

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