Mumbai: Popular singer, actor and writer Piyush Mishra recently revisited the darker chapters of his life including struggle with prolonged alcoholism and infidelity.
Talking about the biggest regret of his life, Piyush said, “The biggest regret is about alcohol. Had I not drowned my life in alcohol and had more control over it in the initial stage itself, I would have achieved bigger things in my life… Intoxication kills creativity. And that (alcoholism) was a big mistake of my life and continues to be the biggest regret of my life.”
“Shuru shuru mein chhodh deta ya control karta toh aaj alag hota aur bada kaam kiya hota (If I had quit it initially, things would have been different for me),” he added.
Talking about infidelity, Piyush revealed, “If you have confessed to your wife, it is a big deal. I had a storm brewing inside me before I told my wife everything, and when I told her everything, it calmed down. My wife understood and told me, ‘Koi baat nahi. Tumne kuch galtiyan ki kuch maine (it’s okay, you made some mistakes and I did some). She told me that my
heart is clean now after coming out with the truth, and it’s time to move on and live our lives.”
“Well, it was easy for me. People came to me and said, ‘It must have been tough. ’ But it wasn’t the case for me. I was at peace after telling her the truth. I did wrong to her, and it was important for me to tell her the truth to wash away my sins. I felt liberated after telling her the truth,” he was quoted as saying by HT.
Piyush, who made his debut with Mani Ratnam’s ‘Dil Se..’ in 1998, opened up on his personal experiences in his autobiographical novel titled ‘Tumhari Auqaat Kya Hai’.
The English translation of the novel was released by the publishing house HarperCollins India last month.
“I didn’t want to hide anything about my life. But I tried to write it without making it obscene. I have delved my heart out with honesty… I have changed the names of the women who were in my life, but all the instances have been the same. In fact, all the women called me after reading the book to appreciate the way I dealt with it,” said Piyush, talking about his novel.
“I was expecting backlash after the release of the book in Hindi, but it didn’t happen. The feedback was nice.”
Piyush has acted in films like ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, ‘Maqbool’, ‘Tamasha’ and ‘Indian 2’.
He was last seen in the 2025 film ‘Crazxy’ and is currently busy with his musical tours.
He also has plans of writing another novel titled ‘Sirfira’.