Mithun Chakraborty and Sridevi ‘lived together as a couple for three months’, claims senior reporter: ‘Everyone knew it’ | Hindi Movie News
Rumors about Mithun Chakraborty i SrideviThe relationship has endured for decades, with speculation ranging from a secret marriage to an eventual separation. Although neither Mithun nor Sridevi have ever publicly confirmed that they are married, senior entertainment journalist Jyothi Venkatesh has revised these claims, claiming that the two had briefly lived as husband and wife.Speaking to Hindi Rush, Venkatesh claimed that the actors shared a domestic life for a short period.“If you’re asking if they shared a close bond, they were actually living together as a married couple for about three months,” he said.
“Everyone knew they were together”
Recalling an outdoor shoot, Venkatesh said he witnessed this phase first hand.“There was an outdoor shoot of Mithun that I had gone to. Sridevi never came to the sets. She would stay in the room, but everyone knew they were together,” he recalled.The veteran journalist also shared a light-hearted exchange he had with Mithun at the time.“Mithun was a very good friend of mine. I even joked with him. I said, ‘Mithun sir, you must have learned Tamil by now’. He immediately understood what I was implying and said, ‘Please don’t speak to me in Tamil’. Ask me how I am. The reference, of course, was to Sridevi.”
Why the relationship supposedly didn’t last
When asked why the relationship ended, Venkatesh pointed to compatibility issues and the circumstances surrounding the two stars at the time.“There were compatibility issues. Also, at that time, Sridevi was Sridevi. Mithun was a successful actor, but Sridevi had become a phenomenon.”He further added, “Mithun had been through different relationships before this, so at that time people felt that he really couldn’t be trusted in a relationship.”However, Venkatesh noted that Mithun’s marriage with Yogeeta Bali finally stood the test of time.“Even when he married Yogeeta Bali after divorcing his first wife, Helena Luke, many people didn’t think the marriage would last. But now they have been married for many years. They have three sons and an adopted daughter.”
The long-standing rumours
Although neither Mithun nor Sridevi ever confirmed their marriage, rumors of their relationship first surfaced in the late 1980s. According to long-circulated reports, the two met on the sets of Jaag Utha Insaan in the early 1980s, where their on-screen chemistry blossomed into a real-life romance.Various reports over the years have claimed that the actors secretly married in 1985 and stayed together until 1988. At that time, however, Mithun was already married to Yogeeta Bali, whom he had married after divorcing his first wife, Helena Luke. The alleged relationship was also said to have created a major crisis in Mithun and Yogeeta’s marriage.Reports also claimed that Sridevi ended the relationship after realizing that Mithun would not leave his wife. She later married producer Boney Kapoor in 1996 and the couple welcomed daughters Janhvi Kapoor and Khushi Kapoor, who are now actors.Neither Mithun Chakraborty nor Sridevi have ever publicly confirmed these reports, and the alleged marriage has been the subject of speculation for decades.
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