Karisma Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan publicly confirmed their relationship during Amitabh Bachchan’s 60th birthday celebration in 2002, and their engagement took place soon after. However, the engagement ended in early 2003, just a few months later. Despite years of speculation, neither the Kapoor family nor the Bachchan family have ever publicly revealed the reason for their split. There has been a dignified silence on the matter and now Abhishek is happily married to Aishwarya Rai since 2007. However, now the filmmaker Suneel Darshan who had directed the duo in ‘Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya Hai’ has now revealed that Karisma went to Bangkok for New Year’s Eve after their breakup and suddenly got the news that she got married to Sunjay Kapoor.Darshan spoke about his close association with Karisma during this period. Having directed her in films like ‘Jaanwar’, ‘Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love’ and ‘Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya’, she witnessed her relationship with Abhishek evolve over the years.Recalling this phase, Darshan said that the couple had already made plans to get married when ‘Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya’ went on floors. He said in an interview to Hindi Rush, “Their relationship had started even before Ek Rishtaa started and grew deeper. By the time I planned Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya, it had already been decided that they would get married. They were an attractive couple – Amitabh Bachchan’s son and Rajoor’s granddaughter. Ironically, the only film they were meant to do together was Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya.”The filmmaker also recalled the day the engagement was called off, revealing that he was at Karisma’s house when the development took place.“Coincidentally, I was at Karisma’s house when the engagement was called off. It’s a shame that the wedding was called off. I don’t think anyone can fully analyze the reaction or the emotional upheaval that followed. Then she went to Bangkok for the New Year celebrations, and suddenly I heard that she was going to marry Sunjay. I never understood that decision.”Addressing the long-standing speculation about the break-up, Darshan said he does not believe any individual should be held responsible. According to him, relationships are deeply personal and outsiders cannot fully understand the circumstances behind them.“People blame Babita ji, Jaya ji, Karisma or Abhishek, but I think these things should be left to fate. They had a burning relationship. Love manifests differently for different couples, and every relationship has its own dynamics. There were many disagreements between the two.”Later that year, on 29 September 2003, Karisma married businessman Sunjay Kapur in a Sikh wedding ceremony. The couple welcomed two children, Samaira and Kiaan, before separating. Their divorce was finalized in 2016 after a long legal process. In 2017, Sunjay married former model Priya Sachdev and the couple welcomed a son, Azarias. Sunjay Kapur died on 12 June 2025 in England while playing polo at the age of 53. He was married to Priya Sachdev at the time of his death.