Veteran actor Om Puri and wife Nandita are splitting up after 26 years of marriage.
Puri and Nandita have decided to live separately and will be legally separated, but will not be divorcing. The actor will get visitation rights to son Ishaan, 18. Things between the couple turned ugly following her biography of the actor.
“The court order came last week. It was a clash of our sensibilities. This happens with people so there is nothing unusual in it. Nandita and I are supposed to talk only regarding Ishaan’s education and welfare,” Puri said.
His lawyer Jalaja Nambiar said the couple will lead separate lives.
“Mr Puri wanted a divorce but because things started going here and there, he opted for an amicable settlement and the court granted them judicial separation under which they are a married couple legally but have their separate lives and cannot interfere in each other’s matters,” she said.
Nandita, who had earlier filed a domestic violence case against the actor, seemed more positive.
“There were no terms. Everything happened peacefully. We are living separately... we have withdrawn all the cases against each other,” she said.
When asked whether she was hopeful about getting back together with him, she said, “I don’t know.”
Nandita and Puri’s differences came out in open with the release of his biography Unlikely Hero: The Story of Om Puri, which his wife wrote.
Puri felt Nandita exposed his past relationships in the book in a disrespectful manner.
