In a recent conversation, veteran TV actress Apara Mehta opened up about her split from her husband and actor Darshan Jariwala.
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Add BollywoodShaadis on GoogleVeteran TV actress Apara Mehta is hogging the limelight for all things personal. Recently, she sat for a candid conversation in which she spoke about her split from her husband and actor Darshan Jariwala. For the uninitiated, the former couple married twice before calling it quits in 2003 and have been living separately since then. It is worth mentioning that Apara and Darshan have been living separately, but they have never been legally divorced.
In a recent conversation with Hauterrfly, Apara opened up about her broken marriage with Darshan Jariwala. Recalling the time, the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi actress shared that she was in the US when she received an unexpected phone call from Darshan. On the call, Darshan told Apara that they needed to talk. Thus, she returned to India, and after that, Darshan shared that he wanted to end their marriage. In her words:
"I was in the USA. It was our wedding anniversary, and I called him from there. He said, ‘We really need to talk.’ I thought, ‘What does he want to talk about?' So I came back from the USA after doing my shows. I landed at 3 o’clock, reached home by 5, and I had a 7 o’clock shift in the morning. And he just said, ‘You know, Apara, we need to separate because I’ve fallen out of love with you. I do not like you anymore, and you are the ugliest woman I’ve come across in my life.'"
During the same conversation, Apara revealed how she processed the whole thing after Darshan said that he had fallen out of love. She also mentioned that eventually, after that confession, Darshan left the home. However, the doors are always open for him. In her words:
"I simply left for my shoot. I had three major scenes to film that day. I had returned from the USA at 5 in the morning, so in between takes I kept dozing off. Later that afternoon, when I was fully conscious again, I thought, ‘What did Darshan just say? He couldn’t have meant it.' And then, one day, he just left home. It is still our home. He has gone. The doors are always open. He can come back. But I also know that he might not. I’m telling you, he’ll never find anybody like me, and I’ll never find anybody like him. And yes, living separately, we are so comfortable with each other."
Apara and Darshan reportedly met during their theatre days and love blossomed between them. At the time, Apara was 18, and Darshan was 21. They got married in a small wedding ceremony in 1980. Reportedly, the former couple tied the knot again only to satisfy their parent’s wish of a grand wedding ceremony in 1981.
During their marriage, they welcomed a daughter, Khushali Mehta. Everything was going well until the 2000s. According to reports, Darshan and Apara hit a rough patch in 2003 when they started to live separately. For both of them, Khushali remained the top priority. Right after the birth of their daughter, the duo decided they would no longer work together, so that one of them would always stay home with their daughter. A source close to the couple once mentioned:
"After the birth of their daughter Khushali, they did not work together anymore. This is because they had decided that one of them would be there to look after their daughter. Both of them made an effort to keep Khushali away from their problems. Their daughter is one of the reasons why they are thinking of getting back together."
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