Seema Sajdeh, who was mostly known as the wife of actor Sohail Khan, rose to prominence when she appeared on Karan Johar’s Netflix series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives. While in the first season, she divorced her husband of 24 years, in the second season she navigated her life as a single mother and in the third, she introduced her viewers to her new partner, Vikram Ahuja. The same man she was engaged to before eloping with Sohail Khan in 1998.
As Seema never spoke about the reason behind her divorce with her husband, in a recent interview with Filmfare, she said the only thing she cannot tolerate in a relationship is “disrespect”. When asked about infidelity, Seema shared “it cannot be a deal breaker”.
She explained, “I am not condoning infidelity but people do slip. It all depends on the situation and how you navigate through that phase and what you learn from it. Personally, I wouldn’t regard infidelity as a deal-breaker, especially when you have children. Their stability comes before yours. Nevertheless, people separate and get divorced for various reasons. I am no one to judge.”
In the same interview, she spoke about finding love again in her late 40s. She shared, “I have known Vikram since I was 13. We grew up together. Getting engaged was natural as we’d been seeing each other for so long. Eventually, our paths deviated because we were too young. Today, it’s more of a solid friendship, a companionship that we enjoy. At this age, it’s not the butterflies in your stomach feeling. Rather it’s a sense of stability that I look for, something that will stay for the long run.”
Speaking about marriage, Seema shared, “I am going to be 49 soon. I have two children. My partner has two children. He’s got a life. I have a life. And we both have a life together. When you are together without expecting anything, it’s beautiful. I am not dependent on Vikram for anything. He’s not dependent on me either. So being together is a conscious choice we have made without the pressure of getting married. We are comfortable and secure with each other. A piece of paper is not going to change that.”
Previously, talking about her love story with Sohail Khan, Seema Sajdeh shared with Shivani Pau on her podcast: “I actually met Sohail at Bhavana and Chunky’s engagement and it was a whirlwind romance and then we got married.” She recalled she had just turned 22 and knew Sohail for 3 months when they decided to elope in the middle of the night. “I had known Sohail for maybe three months and coming from this world where my parents did not want me to get married, they had other plans for me. I just kind of got up and eloped in the middle of the night.”
