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Popular Bollywood and television actor Sameer Soni has made shocking revelations while breaking his silence on the most difficult and sensitive phase of his personal life. During a recent interview, the actor spoke about how the biggest professional milestone of his life and the deepest personal trauma happened on the same date. Sameer Soni and his wife, Neelam Kothari, a famous actress of the 80s and 90s, had gone through the unbearable pain of deep separation and divorce in their respective first marriages before holding each other’s hands. Sameer shared that on the very morning when his first Bollywood film was hitting the theatres, he was standing in the court to get the documents to legally end their marital relationship, which left him mentally shaken.
#1 Divorce papers from the court in the morning and grand premiere in the evening: The strangest night of Sameer Soni’s life
In his detailed interview with The Times, Sameer Soni recalled the emotional turmoil he went through at the beginning of his career. He told that on the same day on which the grand premiere of his first film was scheduled, in the morning he had reached Mumbai Civil Court to collect the final legal documents of his first divorce. In the evening there was a celebration of the biggest night of his acting life in front of the entire film industry and media, while in the morning his personal relationship had come to an end. Sameer said that he was not able to understand at that moment whether to shed tears over his broken relationship or celebrate the fulfillment of his dream as an actor. The most surprising thing was that at that time, apart from veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, no one in the film industry or his own family was even aware of this divorce. Even his parents had come to attend the premiere, but Sameer kept a smile on his face and kept this painful truth hidden from his parents so that their happiness would not be disturbed.
#1 ‘Neelam’s pain was bigger than mine’: The story of leaving the country and career for marriage
Discussing his past, Sameer Soni admitted that his wife Neelam Kothari’s first divorce was more painful and painful than his own separation. Sameer said that as a man, he remained in his own country, work and familiar environment, but Neelam had made a big sacrifice by leaving her entire career, established stardom and India and shifting to London for her first marriage. When the relationship broke after she left everything behind as a successful actress and settled abroad, the shock was unbearable for any woman. Neelam Kothari also shared the mental stress of that period and said that when she returned to India from London after the breakup of her marriage, she had locked herself within the walls for almost a year. She didn’t resemble anyone and she couldn’t believe that her marriage had failed. At that time, she started considering herself a failure, where filmmaker Ekta Kapoor and close friend Shabina Khan helped her back up by providing emotional support.
#1 Fear in initial meetings and frequent breakups: How Sameer and Neelam became a couple
The failures in their respective first marriages had created an unknown fear in the minds of both Sameer Soni and Neelam Kothari regarding new relationships. When both of them met for the first time and started getting closer to each other, due to past bitter experiences, serious misunderstandings arose between them even on small matters. Neelam told that even after a small argument, both of them started feeling that this relationship will not work and they used to stop talking to each other and go away. Many times they would come back again after a separation of 10-10 days. After being on the verge of breaking up countless times and deeply understanding each other’s nature, the two finally maturely overcame their fears and decided to get married. It is noteworthy that Sameer Soni’s first marriage was with model Rajlakshmi Khanvilkar, which ended in just 6 months, while Neelam’s first marriage was with businessman Rishi Sethia. Today both of them are living a balanced and happy married life after learning from their past failures.