Anshula Kapoor on her parents Boney Kapoor and Mona Kapoor's divorce: 'I thought that my parents' relationship didn't work out because of me'

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"Under confidence seeped into my being, perhaps at the age of five or six, once my parents separated. I, for the longest time, thought that my parents' relationship didn't work out because of me, that I was the root cause of it. For a six-year-old to carry that weight is a lot. But my mom was the one who helped me understand that relationships are between two people. They start and end because of things that happen between those two people. And that, as a child, you have no bearing on them," said Anshula.

Anshula also spoke about how people who were once close to them became judgmental after her parents divorce. "I don't remember a single moment in my life - even as a child - where I didn't have to be resilient. Navigating the separation of my parents, when nobody really understood what was going on, was a lot. Add to that all those aunties giving you side-eyes and judgy looks, people suddenly going silent when you enter a group, and others just not wanting to talk to you, it does something to you. It makes you resilient. It makes you a little thick-skinned. But it also makes you a lot more isolated."

Anshula credits her mother for being there for her in those trying times. "I always say that she was the wind beneath my wings. She was my literal spinal cord. I had no self-esteem. None of that. So, had I not had her, I would have only had a devil sitting on my shoulder, my own brain, always pulling me down."

"If I didn't have her as the counter to that devil, giving me the positive reinforcement I needed for my own mental health and sanity, I don't think I would have ever been able to lead a normal life, one where I wasn't just an emotional wreck, breaking down constantly," she recalled.

Boney Kapoor and Mona got married in 1983 and later got divorced in 1996. Boney later married actress Sridevi and they had two daughters - Janhvi and Khushi. Sridevi died of accidental drowning in Dubai in 2018.