Television actors Barkha Bisht and Indraneil Sengupta separated four years ago after tying the knot in March 2008, ending their 15-year marriage. Recently, Barkha broke her silence on their split, revealing that Indraneil cheated on her during their marriage. Despite this, she chose to stay and tried to save their relationship for two years. However, he decided to walk away from the marriage. Speaking to Siddharth Kannan, Barkha revealed that she still struggles to answer questions about what went wrong in her marriage, as she herself is unaware.
“Indraneil chose to move out of the marriage for reasons best known to him. If it were in my hands, I would still be married. We had a good marriage. For four years, I have constantly felt that I wish I was lesser in everything—maybe things could have been okay. Infidelity, cheating, is a choice. The second choice is what you do after that,” added Barkha.
Furthermore, the actress stated that she has no shame in admitting that she tried her best to save the marriage. While people questioned her efforts, she said that it’s easier said than done and that she did everything she could to make it work.
Barkha also opened up about rumours of Indraneil’s extramarital affair with Bengali actress Ishaa Saha. When asked if she confronted him about it, she admitted that his response was not ‘satisfying.’ She added, “Indraneil made a choice—maybe he can justify it now. He can give a hundred reasons, as he has to justify his actions.”
The actress, who got emotional shared that her confidence was shaken. “Jo dil ka tootna kehte hain—heartache—I felt it. It feels like physical pain. It was an experience I had to go through. My belief in humanity broke at that time, not my faith in marriage or love and it is still somewhere broken. The worst thing you can do to a woman is break her trust because she cannot take betrayal,” she concluded.
Barkha and Indraneil share a 13-year-old daughter, but they do not co-parent her.
