21 minutes agoAuthor: Kiran Jain
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90s actress Seema Kapoor has faced many ups and downs in her personal life. She had to face many problems like child abuse, loneliness etc.
Seema has appeared in many popular TV shows like 'Bidaai', 'Madhubala', 'Kurukshetra', 'Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai', 'Hasratein'. At one time she had signed more than 8 films with Shekhar Suman. Those films were never made.
During a conversation with Dainik Bhaskar, the actress told her painful story…
I was abused as a child
I have been unlucky since childhood. I used to feel very lonely when I saw some selected children and how their parents stood up for them with courage. The environment in my family was very bad.
I was 6 years old when my parents separated. I lived with my mother. She was very strict. She used to beat me a lot. I was a victim of child abuse. At the age of 12, I went to live with my father. I got a lot of support from him. I have also learnt a lot from my father. The truth is that whatever little success I have achieved today, only because of that, a few select people are connected to me. I live with this thought – 'Now that I have come into this world, I cannot stop living. As long as I live, I will not accept defeat.'
Whenever my heart broke, I used to come home and cry a lot
My personal life has never been good. To overcome bad times, I used to work day and night. I used to do more than 3 shifts in a day so that the focus would not go towards my personal life. I never understood when a girl who started acting at the age of 6 grew up so much. I used to feel lonely many times even in my relationship. Whenever my heart was broken, I would come home and cry a lot. Whenever I would go out in search of love, I would only get loneliness. My personality has now become such that I am not able to talk to everyone even if I want to. I have become very reserved even though I don't want to.
Mother tortured me in childhood, betrayed me in my teens
I was betrayed when I was 15. The person I loved turned out to be a liar. If that incident had not happened, my life would not have been like this today. I have been of regressive nature since childhood. I had to face a lot of torture even at that time. I used to think again and again why my life is like this? My mother tortured me in childhood, I was betrayed in my teenage. I started getting thoughts of suicide. As my age increased, my problems never seemed to end. By the way, I considered God as my therapist. I had faith in myself. Because of this faith, I have been able to move forward.
Had signed 8-10 films with Shekhar Suman
After doing a couple of regional films in Chandigarh, I came to Mumbai. At the beginning of my career, I signed 8-10 films with Shekhar Suman. Shekhar was a hit actor at that time. However, when his 2-3 back-to-back films flopped, people stopped working with him. It was a setback for me. The films I had signed suddenly stopped. I started auditioning for TV shows. My first show 'Kismat' changed my fortunes.
Gets confused with Om Puri's ex-wife (Seema Kapoor)
People in the industry confuse me with Om Puri's ex-wife (Seema Kapoor). She is a film director. People call me thinking I am a director and ask for roles. I get tired of revealing my real identity. The truth is that I have never even met Om Puri. People got me married to him and divorced him.
I get calls only for the role of the hero/heroine's mother
I consider myself lucky in my professional life. In my career of 35 years, I have never had a shortage of work. In fact, now I have become a little choosy about work. The reason for this is that I am offered similar roles. I get calls only for the role of the hero/heroine's mother. I ask them what will be different in this? Will I get to do something challenging? There is no answer to this. Now I want to play a character that has different shades. I get to explore different emotions in one character.
