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Actor Mandira Bedi has made a name for herself in the film and showbiz industry as a prominent actor and host. In a recent interview, she broke the silence after 3 about dealing with husband Raj Kaushal’s death. She admitted being in a vulnerable state and why it took time for her to deal with the grief.
Mandira Bedi talks about husband Raj Kaushal’s death for first time
In an interview with Humans of Bombay, Mandira said that the first year was the hardest, but things became better in subsequent years. She said, “The only way out is through. Of course, my children and I think of him every day. It’s not like we’ve forgotten him. The first year was very, very, very, very hard. The first of everything is just impossible to deal with. The first birthday, the first anniversary, the first Diwali, the first Christmas, the first New Year. The second one is a little bit easier, the third one is a little bit easier…”
Mandira Bedi with late husband Raj Kaushal
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The DDLJ actress also shared she coped with the loss by immersing herself in work. She said, “There are moments when we remember him because of a song. I’ve done the therapy I’ve needed to, there are times I still do it. As human beings, we are always a work in progress… What I can do now is talk about it. It makes me emotional, but I can. There was a time I couldn’t. But I won’t break down… I started working two months after it happened… I have to support my family and myself. I need to do it for my children.”
She added, “It’s been six years that I’ve had his car. And I have to sell it now. I’d been holding onto it for emotional reasons, and now I’m going to shed a tear when it goes. So, it’s a work in progress. I’ve dealt with the bulk of it, but for the rest of my life, I’ll always grieve him. One thing I still can’t do, is that I can’t listen to Kishore Kumar music.”
For the unversed, Raj Kaushal was a prominent director in Bollywood. He died of a heart attack in June 2021.
