Bollywood actor Govinda and his wife Sunita Ahuja, married for 38 years, are at the centre of divorce speculation following conflicting statements from their lawyer, manager, and Sunita herself.
Lalit Bindal, Govinda’s lawyer and a close family friend, confirmed to a news outlet that Sunita has filed for divorce.
“There are some misunderstandings. I can confirm that she filed for divorce. I have the notice with me. But it will be settled soon,” Bindal stated.
Govinda’s manager, Shashi Sinha, however, downplayed the matter, describing it as a “difference of opinion.”
He said, “Govindaji doesn’t want to comment on the rumours. He is busy working on two home production films. He is upset with the way things have come out. It’s disheartening.”
Sinha elaborated that the disagreement is related to Govinda’s work under his home production banner. “Sunitaji wants him to wisely make choices,” he added.
Addressing speculation that the couple has been living separately for years, Bindal explained, “It is not like they live separately. You take any minister or politician, they have an official bungalow. The same is the case with Govinda. He has a flat directly opposite his bungalow. Many politicians and film stars come over for meetings, so he stays in the bungalow, and this has been the case since 2004.”
Govinda, in an interview, denied that a divorce was imminent. “There are only business talks going. I am in the process of starting my films,” he said.
Rumours intensified after Sunita gave multiple media interviews discussing her marriage, infidelity, and her dissatisfaction with certain aspects of her relationship. In one podcast, she claimed Govinda disliked her criticism and often remarked that he had “enemies in his house.”
In another, when asked about Govinda’s romantic nature, she said, “I have told him that in my next life, he should not be my husband. He doesn’t go on holidays. I am a person who wants to go out with her husband and eat paani puri on the streets. He spends too much time working. I don’t recall a single instance when we both went out to watch a movie.”
The couple has two children, son Yashvardhan and daughter Tina.
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