Pooja Bedi, the daughter of veteran actor, Kabir Bedi and late dancer, Protima Bedi, has carved her own niche in the entertainment world. She ruled the industry during the ’90s. Pooja is well known for the 1992 film, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar, and her advertisement for the KamaSutra condom campaign. However, she had to quit acting after her marriage to Farhan Furniturewala. In a recent conversation, Pooja revealed the reason behind the decision to step down from acting after her marriage in 1994.
Pooja Bedi reveals the reason behind quitting films after marriage
Pooja Bedi was at the peak of her career when she bid adieu to acting. She took this decision after her marriage to Farhan Furniturewala in 1994. In a recent conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Pooja explained why she made that decision. The Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar actress shared that as her husband, Farhan, was born in a conservative Muslim family, there was no way that his family would accept a daughter-in-law going to the set. She later expressed that for Farhan’s family, it would have been quite hard to accept her as a ‘s**y’ bahu. In her words:
“I got married to Farhan, who came from a conservative Muslim family, and there was no way on earth his family was going to accept a bahu (daughter-in-law) going to the set. I don’t think there was any way they were going to accept a bahu still working in films. Back then, once you got married, you stopped doing films. You were off the shelf, unlike today. Also, a ‘s*xy bahu’ or a ‘s*x-symbol bahu’ would have been a lot for them to handle.”