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‘Why should I want to divorce Babita?’
Actor Randhir Kapoor says that his wife is still a crucial part of his life, and that besides living separately, nothing much has changed
Veteran actor Randhir Kapoor’s wife, yesteryear heroine Babita, turned 70 last Thursday, and the whole Kapoor clan came together to celebrate. People often wonder how, despite being separated for many years now, Randhir and Babita still share a cordial relationship and remain legally married. That’s because they’re both mature people and know their priorities in life, says Randhir. Asked if Babita still has a special place in his heart, Randhir says, “She’s a crucial part of my life. She has given me two lovely kids. We are all grown up people, and we preferred to stay separately, [but] we are not enemies.” Other than the fact that they don’t live in the same house, nothing much has changed between him and Babita, says Randhir. “We still meet each other quite often. We go out, have dinners, meet at family parties,” he adds. The senior actor has often been asked why he and Babita didn’t divorce. “Why should we head for divorce? I don’t intend to get married again, and nor does she,” says Randhir, adding that it was their extreme lifestyles that made them drift apart. “She found that I was a terrible man who drank a lot and came home late, which was something she didn’t like. And I didn’t want to live the way she wanted, and she couldn’t accept me as I am, though it was a love marriage. So it’s okay. We had two lovely children. She brought them up in the best way and they have excelled. What else I could have asked for as a father?”