I wanted to maintain a dignified silence. In 28 years I have never spoken about Kamal, because I thought it was too personal. It's not that I want to show what all Kamal gave me and what all he didn't at the time of our divorce, but I think I wouldn't like to stoop down to that level. On details of the alimony and breaking her silenceĪlimony details are personal. When the interview with him saying these things about me came out, I got so many messages on my Facebook account with people wondering why I was still being dragged into this. I may not be a celebrity like Mr Kamal Haasan, but I have a strong standing on my own. I've moved on, and moved far ahead, thanks to my hard work and the blessings of my parents, my dance guru and the divine. I could guess the reasons for his bankruptcy, but that's not something I want to discuss. But if he was, there could be other reasons. Honestly, I don't know if he was bankrupt at that time. He's just looking for somebody to blame all the time. Anyway, he was never the type who took the blame on himself - be it about his films or his personal life. Kamal can't just blame somebody else for his situation. On his zero bank balance and the blame game I think Kamal was trying to get the sympathy of I don't know who - maybe his daughter - to make himself look like the father who sacrificed so much and that's just very, very, very petty and childish. So to make it look like he was living in the most palatial house and then had to move to a rented house after our divorce is complete hog wash. Those years were in the house which belonged to the family and when Kamal's father was very much alive. Except when we lived in the family house, of course, with Kamal's brother, Mr Charuhasan, his wife and three daughters. He says that he had to move to a rented place, but when did Kamal ever own a house at that point of time? All through our marriage (1978-88), we lived in two rented apartments.
On Haasan's claims of moving to a rented house after parting ways with Vani Do you really believe that in India, an alimony, which is part of a divorce, can make a man bankrupt or that it ever settles a woman comfortably? Does the court even give such an order to settle the woman comfortably? No.