Has closeness with Hrithik’s ex-wife Suzzane cost Arjun his marriage?

Has closeness with Hrithik’s ex-wife Suzzane cost Arjun his marriage?

Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal and wife Mehr Jesia have called it quits after 20 years of marriage and the couple have made it official about their split in a joint statement.

The couple have asserted in the statement that although their relationship has ended their love will last forever and they will always remain a family and parents to their daughters Mahikaa and Myra.

“After a 20-year-long beautiful journey filled with love and beautiful memories, we would like to share that all journeys have different paths. We feel that it is time for us to move on to different destinations henceforth. We have always been solid when it has come to us, we will continue to be solid for each other and our loved ones, as we embark upon a new journey.”

“Both of us being extremely private people, feel strange to be making this statement, but such are the circumstances of our lives. Where the truth can get distorted and lost. We are a family, our love for each other is forever intact and we shall always be there for one another and most importantly, for our children Mahikaa and Myra. We would therefore appreciate our privacy through this time. Thank all for their support. Relationships can end, but love lives on. We won’t be commenting on this any further.”

This news hasn’t come as a surprise for many as for the past few years, rumors of marital disturbance was making rounds for the couple. There were also some reports of frequent link up rumors of Arjun’s with fellow actor Hrithik Roshan’s former wife Suzzane Khan. However, those speculations were rubbished by both the celebrities.

A Filmfare report from last year even claimed that the couple had been living separately for months and had taken a six-month break to ‘re-evaluate’ their relationship.

Arjun and Mehr got married in 1998 and have two daughters together, 16-year-old Mahikaa and 13-year-old Myra 13. Both the celebrities belong to the Indian supermodel lot of the 90s.

I could survive separation which is emotionally disempowering, says Hrithik Roshan pointing at divorce from Sussanne Khan

Hrithik Roshan says there have been instances when he almost gave up in life, but he overcame that feeling with a new learning everytime.

with his wide fanbase. The actor says there have been instances when he almost gave up in life, but he overcame that feeling with a new learning everytime. The actor, who has come up with a video to motivate people to ‘Keep Going’ in life, says he credits “all the adverse moments” in his life — including his separation from Sussanne Khan — for where he is today.

“If you just look at it objectively and without attaching it to being a Hrithik Roshan story and view it just as a journey, I think there’s a lot to learn. Do not feel disempowered by the situations in your life. They are there to serve a purpose, they are there to teach you something,” Hrithik told IANS here. Often, Hrithik shares words of wisdom with fans. He reminisced the multiple times he faced adversity to come out stronger.

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“I was 21 years old and presumably the best doctor of the country was sitting in front of me, telling me that I did not have the genetics that would allow me to do the kind of things an actor needed to do in a Hindi film — things like dancing, jumping, falling, twisting, break dance and all of that,” Hrithik said.

He remembers it as a “big blow” as he was even advised to rethink his career, which today he finds “foolish”. “What I learnt from then on is that you must arm yourself with enough information and not confine yourself to one person’s point of view.”

The second life-changing moment, he says, was when his father Rakesh Roshan was shot at in 2000. “It was so disempowering to see him in the hospital with blood on the white sheets. It took away all meaning from what I was doing… From being an actor, doing dance, doing a comedy scene,” said the 43-year-old.

He says it was then that he introspected that when something in life disheartens you or disillusions you, it also gives you an insight into the true reasons why you should be doing something. “Take positively every single time you feel disempowered as it is an opportunity to learn and to grow,” advised the father-of-two, whose knee injury during the “Jodhaa Akbar” shoot also moved him.

“I was doing the climax sequence of ‘Jodhaa Akbar’ and my knee just gave way. He had got arthritis in the knee, but he says his belief was stronger than any science. It is my belief that there is always a way out if you just keep holding on and walk an extra mile. Never stop seeking and never stop believing that there is and will and can be a way out,” said the actor, who later even dealt with a brain surgery in 2013 for the removal of a clot.

“The brain surgery had a devastating effect again on my future — as in what I could do and what I could not, but by then I was so solid in my head. I felt like there was no stop to my career and the possibilities. So when I look back and join all the dots, every single time that my life seemed that it was over or it seemed like I could not keep going, it was only giving me fodder and information so that one day I could build the HRX brand.”

Concluding, the actor shared: “I see my entire journey as a very positive one. Even in something like my separation, which is emotionally the most disempowering situation to be in, I could survive.”


Hrithik Roshan talks about the journey of his life and the lessons he learnt from it.