The mother-son duo
Sharmila Tagore
and
Saif Ali Khan
, who graced the eighth season of the chat show ‘
Koffee With Karan
’, shared anecdotes about their personal life. Amid a lot of spilling the beans and lighthearted banter, the marriage and divorce of Saif and his first wife
Amrita Singh
were also discussed on the show.
He broke the news to mother Sharmila Tagore after the wedding, and she appeared to be ‘hurt’ by it.
During “Koffee With Karan 8,” Saif reflected on his prior union with Amrita and stated, “I was running away from home. I don’t remember so many things going on. I found it as a security and an idea that this is safe and great. I could make a home out of her.”
She further added, “They were both very similar. They were very funny. Both of them when they used to talk, there used to be a lot of laughter, mimicking other people, tearing somebody into bits in a funny way. As you know he is good at mimicking and she is a great storyteller. They looked very happy together.”
Saif expressed how deeply Sharmila was affected when he revealed to her that he was already married. “A big tear fell out of her eye and she started crying. She said, ‘you’ve really hurt me’”, disclosed Saif. Similarly, Sharmila remarked, “Parents have brought you up and been with you, it’s a good thing to share things with parents. Every aspect of your life.”
Saif Ali Khan discussed his split from Amrita Singh. He shared, “Things changed but she was a wonderful support. She is mother to two of my kids and I share a very good relation with her. It’s always respect. It’s always bad when things don’t work well, especially for the kids, something that you don’t want for them but unfortunately it happens.”
The actor added that the first person he told about his decision to file for divorce was Sharmila Tagore. “You know the first person that I broke the news was to my amma. She said I am with you if that’s what you want. That helped me a lot,” he said.
Sharmila Tagore also responded to Saif and Amrita’s divorce and shared, “When you are together for such a long time and you have such lovely children, then no break up is easy. And I know it is difficult to have harmony at that stage as everybody is hurt and that stage is not nice, but I tried. But that’s water under the bridge. She (Amrita) needed time to cool down and they worked it out together. It’ not just staying away, there were many things involved. It wasn’t a happy time for us as Ibrahim was just 3 and we were really fond of the children and especially Tiger [Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi]. He was very fond of Ibrahim and he would say ‘that’s a good lad.’”
The actress further added, “We were doubly deprived to lose Amrita and the two kids. So it’s just not him (Saif), we also had to adjust to all that.”
Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh ended their marriage in 2004. They share two children,
Sara Ali Khan
and
Ibrahim Ali Khan
.
‘It wasn’t a happy time for us…’: Sharmila Tagore breaks silence on Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s divorce
