Anurag Kashyap and Shubhra Shetty’s relationship has typically grabbed consideration on account of their 20-year age hole. Whereas the couple has largely saved their private life away from the highlight, Shubhra has now opened up about how her mother and father view their relationship. She revealed that her mom has a slightly amusing tackle Anurag and even calls the filmmaker a “bakra” and a “henpecked husband.”
In a chat with Janice Sequeira, Shubhra revealed that her mother and father didn’t want a lot convincing about her relationship with Anurag. As a substitute, they met the filmmaker themselves and shaped their very own opinions about him. Anurag additionally shared that Shubhra’s mother and father are solely two or three years youthful than him and stated he considers them his “pals.”
Shubhra stated, “My mother calls him a bakra (male goat) as a result of she stated he’s silly sufficient to be with you. She thinks he is sort of a henpecked husband. My mother and father did an excellent job. I did not persuade them. They met him.”
Shubhra additional recalled the primary time she met Anurag and the way their relationship regularly developed. “It was his pre-Bombay Velvet launch and post-film capturing; he was in an excellent section. He was very match, completely happy, studying books, and watching movies. So, we bonded over all these issues. He used to say that if I had met him just a few years in the past, I would not have dated him, however I do not assume that is true. I caught him one little golden window when he was at his finest,” she stated.
Shubhra labored as an assistant director at Phantom Movies, the manufacturing home based by Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane, Vikas Bahl, and Madhu Mantena. She clarified that whereas Anurag was one of many firm’s key figures, she didn’t immediately report back to him throughout her time there.
Addressing their age hole, Anurag stated, “I used to be very self-conscious of the age distinction. It was very apparent that I had a crush on her. She was not conscious. I by no means used to go to the workplace earlier than she wasn’t there. I needed to ask her out, so I requested her to convey her pals,” the filmmaker stated. “So, our first date was my pals and his 13-year-old daughter, who he was chasing round,” she added.
Anurag Kashyap was beforehand married to editor Aarti Bajaj. The 2 received married in 1997 earlier than ultimately parting methods in 2009. They’ve a daughter collectively – Aaliyah Kashyap. A couple of years later, Anurag married actor Kalki Koechlin in 2011. Nevertheless, their relationship additionally resulted in separation, with the couple getting divorced in 2015 after 4 years of marriage.
