Mumbai: Actor Bobby Deol has been married to Tanya Deol for nearly three decades, but before that he was in a relationship with actor-producer Pooja Bhatt.
In a recent conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Pooja looked back on their relationship, calling it a “magical time” in her life.
“What’s not to fall in love with him? But we grew in different directions. It was a magical time of my life, and he was a magical human being to be with. But I don’t think it is in good taste to sit down today and talk about why my relationship with him ended
. It was what it was. We never denied it. He is a married man today, the father of grown-up children, and is enjoying a wonderful new surge in his career. I loved him in ‘Animal’. For me, he made the film. I’m so happy for him,” Pooja shared.
“I am not going to trivialise that equation. The time I have spent with somebody… By getting into why it didn’t work or what happened. It worked till it didn’t work. That’s it. Dignity and grace for the present, not only for your own life but also for the people who have been in your life and the people they have in theirs, is a very important thing to maintain,” she added.
Bobby and Tanya are parents to two sons, Aryaman and Dharam Deol.
Pooja, on the other hand, married Manish Makhija in 2003. The couple parted ways 11 years after marriage.
On the work front, Bobby is currently awaiting the release of ‘Bandar’.
Directed by Anurag Kashyap and produced by Nikhil Dwivedi under his banner Saffron Magicworks, the film is inspired by real-life events.
The film also stars Sanya Malhotra, Sapna Pabbi, Saba Azad, Indrajith Sukumaran, Raj B Shetty and Jitendra Joshi in key roles, and is scheduled to hit theatres on June 5.