Mumbai: After being married to actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui for nearly a decade and having two children, Aaliya Siddiqui has filed for divorce and maintenance.
After remaining silent over the issues with Nawazuddin for a long time, Aaliya has come out in the open to reveal the reason for taking such an extreme step.
According to her, problems started between her and Nawazuddin from the very next day after their marriage. However, she tried her best to get along with him and make things work.
But now things have gone beyond her control and she feels that she has lost her self-respect.
“Self-respect in a marriage is very important. Woh meri khatam ho chuki thi, I didn’t have that. I was made to feel like a nobody, I always felt alone,” Aaliya said.
She also stated that Nawazuddin’s younger brother and filmmaker Shams Siddiqui, who stays with them in Mumbai, is also one of the reasons behind their divorce.
Aaliya has already started using her maiden name Anjali Kishore Pandey.
Aaliya’s lawyer Abhay Sahai said they had sent a legal notice to Nawazuddin on May 7, 2020 on email and WhatsApp due to the lockdown. But he hasn’t responded till date. The notice claims maintenance and divorce, he said without revealing further details.
