Late superstar Vinod Khanna married Geetanjali Khanna in 1971, and the couple had two sons, Rahul and Akshaye Khanna, both of whom went on to become Bollywood actors. However, they separated in 1985, because of the actor’s deep involvement with spiritual guru Osho. Vinod later married Kavita Khanna in 1990, and the couple were blessed with Sakshi and Shraddha Khanna. In a recent interview, Kavita opened up about her relationship with Vinod’s sons from his first marriage, revealing that she never attempted to take on the role of their mother.
During a conversation with Loveena Tandon, Kavita spoke about her equation with Rahul and Akshaye. She said, “They were mine because they were Vinod’s children. They had to be mine, but they were not mine. I did not try to be a mother to them because they had the best mother they could have.”
When asked about her relationship with Vinod Khanna’s first wife Geetanjali Khanna, she replied, “We were very cordial. There was no discord whatsoever. There was a lot of mutual respect and there were boundaries. We should not be conditioned by fairy tales about someone being a victim and the other one being a cruella. These are just fairy tales. In life, when you are a sensible adult, you behave sensibly. We make the choices we make, we stick by them and life moves on.”
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In an old interview with Mid-Day, Akshaye Khanna, who is currently enjoying the success of his latest film Dhurandhar, spoke about the emotional impact of his father Vinod Khanna leaving his family behind. “To not only leave his family, but to take ‘sanyaas’ (renunciation). Sanyaas means giving up your life in totality-family is a part of it. It’s a life-changing decision, which he felt that he needed to take at the time. As a five-year-old, it was impossible to understand it,” he shared.
The actor added, “Something must have moved him so deeply inside that he felt that that kind of decision was worth it for him. Especially when you have everything in life. A very basic fault line/earthquake has to occur within oneself to make that decision. But also stick by it.”
