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Vindu Dara Singh shared this image. (courtesy: vindusingh)
New Delhi:
Actor Vindu Dara Singh recently spoke about his divorce from Naseeb Apna Apna Actress Farah Naaz. in conversation with Siddharth Kannan, the star revealed that his father, late actor Dara Singh, advised him to think before marrying a girl of another religion. Recalling that his father had always given him the right advice, Vindu said, “Always…Jo bhi vo kehte el sahi hota tha. (Everything he said was always right). I remember he was in love with Farah, we were going to get married and dad said: ‘Vindu sochle acchi tarah. I love taking thik hai, par shaadi jab hoti hai…When it comes to different religions—Hindu and Muslim—jab shadi hoti hai its a bit difficult. (Vindu people once think because love is okay, but when marriage is between two religions, Hindu and Muslim, it becomes a bit difficult). I said, ‘Nor dad kuch hard nahi hai (No, dad, nothing is difficult) because we were both in love and we didn’t care much about religion.’”
Vindu Dara Singh added: “But aagey chalke (moving forward) you realize that what dad said was correct. When religion comes into the picture, things change, equations change. Tabhi hum bolte hain hindu aur muslim mein shadi karna theek nahi hai. Agar agey chalkr koi ek bhi zada religious hogaya to dusre ko problem ajati hai because they were born in that religion. (That is why we say that it is not right for Hindus and Muslims to marry. If one advances, he becomes more religious, it is difficult for the other.)
Vindu Dara Singh added that their marriage had advantages and disadvantages. The actor said: “Vo papa ki baat mujhe aaj bhi strike hoti hai. (I still remember my father’s words). But I have a beautiful and fantastic son from that marriage (Fateh Randhawa) and I have very fond memories with her (Farah Naaz), which I cherish. We are friends. And I have the best son, I couldn’t get any better than that. Fateh is a charm. There are pros and cons of dono ho gaye. Ek a papa ki baat and jo 4-5 sal maine Farah ke sath bitaaye the, they were brilliant. (This has advantages and disadvantages. Firstly, I regret not listening to my father’s advice and secondly, I have spent 4 or 5 brilliant years with Farah.)
When asked if the separation was due to religion, Vindu Dara Singh said, “When we met, she never cared about her religion. She also used to smoke. No one else in our family used to smoke. She used to ask him to stop smoking. But one day, she told me, ‘If you send the Hajj, I will quit smoking.’ I was like what’s the most important thing about that? I made all the adjustments and sent it to the Hajj. When she returned from the Hajj, she was a completely different woman. Everything about her changed. That’s when I remembered what Dad told me. From there, things started to go downhill. But it’s okay.”
Vindu Dara Singh added that after his divorce, Farah Naaz did not allow him to visit his son for six months. He said: “We were fighting. For six months he didn’t let me see my son. But my system is that I forget about the previous day after waking up from sleep. She called me herself after a few months. And after that, there was no problem between us. She is a wonderful lady. She is a wonderful mother.”
For the unversed, Vindu Dara Singh married Farah Naaz in 1996. In 1997, the couple was blessed with a son. Vindu and Farah separated in 2002.