Why Asha Parekh did not get married, big reason?

Sudha Subbiah

In 1978, a film 'Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki' was released. Asha Parekh played the role of 'Tulsi'. A woman who is the hero's second wife. It was a super hit. people also loved it a lot. A large number of women wrote letters to their 'Tulsi' and each one got a reply. Most of them asked whether she would like to become the second woman? Asha replied that she would not become anyone's co-wife. Asha Parekh is celebrating her 82nd birthday on 2 October. In her autobiography Asha Parekh: The Hit girl, there are interesting stories related to the life of the brilliant bollywood actor. These also include bitter-sweet memories of life. Years ago, at the launch event of the book, Asha Parekh had told IANS about the 'hero' of her life and also why she did not get married? The hit girl of the 60s-70s turned the pages that were special for her. She said, "Yes, Nasir sahab was the only person I loved. If I didn't write about the people who matter in my life, writing an autobiography would have been useless."

'Stubborn' Asha loved him deeply. She worked in 7 films under his direction. She also debuted in his film (Dil Deke Dekho). There was a big age gap but the love was immense. So much so that she even removed the thought of separating him from her children from her heart. She herself said in this interview that she did not want to become a 'home breaker'. The stories of Asha Parekh's friendship with Hussain were very famous in the industry at that time but she never talked about it. She broke the silence years later in her biography.

Asha Parekh said- god forgot to make my match

Asha had said in this interview, marriages are decided from above and maybe in this case god forgot to make my match. My marriage was not a coincidence, so I did not get married. However, my mother wanted me to get married somehow. There were proposals for marriage, but nothing worked. Someone had told mummy not to get her married. Still she tried a lot, but it really happened. Someone had predicted that if she gets married, it will not last. Mummy also did not believe it, so she used to say that this cannot happen. She had tried a lot to get me married, but it did not happen. In this event of 2017, Asha Parekh had said, I believed that having a good marriage is more important than getting married. I did not want to get married just to get the tag of being married.

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