A well TV actress Alefia Kapadia known for her appearances in shows like Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara, Rishtey, Just Mohabbat and others in an recent interview with Siddharth Kannan for his Youtube podcast opened up on facing physical abuse in her married life to losing custody of her children and mores.
In a deep conversation with Siddharth Kannan, TV actress Alefia shared she was relocated to Dubai and had to leave her career in the middle to just get married. Sharing about her marriage she revealed the drastic change in her life how she being a 21 year old girl had to suddenly handle her ill father-in-law, work in the kitchen with her mother-in-law, do all the household chores though she never touched a spoon in her own house. She also highlighted that after marriage she was restricted from working.
When asked about the physical abuse, Alefia shared she first sensed this before marriage when she once went to Dubai to meet him, where her ex-husband abandoned her in the middle of the streets in Dubai, after which she came home herself and heard his mother shouting at him. But she still got married because she thought this is how it happens, unaware that life can be much better.
Sharing about the physical abuse Alefia mentioned horrifying details that the video whas to beap all those things. However, the actress called her marriage toxic and suffocating.
When asked about losing custody of her daughter, Alefia revealed how she fought for 12 years, yet she lost the battle to her husband and lost custody of her daughter. The actress shares that despite her father’s advise to seek divorce she didn’t thinking the person will change but it didn’t happen and later she lost the battle because when the judge called her seven years old daughter inthe court she said in the court her mother have affairs, she drinks alcohol etc. The actress highlights that the judge felt that her daughter was fed to say and write these things, but still the custody goes to her husband.
Opening up on her son’s custody, the actress shared how she was in depression fighting for the case, and with a child with her, it became difficult for her to manage the expenses from household stuff to paying the lawyer and dealing with her depression, so she eventually let her go, signing the consent. Then, after she got better from depression, with another lawyer, she discovered that even her lawyer was working in her husband’s favor, and when she tried to take back her son’s custody, she couldn’t get it.
On her relationship with Abhinav Kapoor, Alefia revealed that she has been in a relationship with him for the last three and a half years. She highlighted that he is the biggest emotional anchor for her right now.
