When Raj Kapoor Revealed Why He Never Left Wife Krishna: She Was Mother Of My Children

Krishna Malhotra was just 16 when she married 22-year-old Raj Kapoor. They got married on May 12, 1946 and had five children - Randhir, Rishi, Rajiv, Rima and Ritu. The duo was married for 42 years until

Raj Kapoor's death in 1988. In an old interview, the legendary Bollywood actor had revealed why he never left his wife. He also addressed rumours of relationship with Nargis without directly naming her and referred to her as 'actress'.

When Raj Kapoor spoke about his wife Krishna

In a documentary produced by Prasar Bharti, Raj Kapoor said, "Right from the very beginning, from the word go, I drew a line. And it’s a very, very straight fact that my wife is not my actress and my actress is not my wife. By my wife, I mean the mother of my children. So, my home life, somewhere or the other, was there. Krishna was the mother of my children. While here was my actress. She would share and have that satisfaction of having contributed to my creativity. That is her satisfaction."The legendary Bollywood actor had also mentioned that he neither tried to put across his wife to be his actress, nor his actress to be his wife. "And that is one big saving grace which balanced… We kept on working over the years, with all the intensity. Because, to each his own, whatever belonged to one, one had it. One did not feel in any manner playing second fiddle, no! You are absolutely supreme where you belong. And then, another thing, the understanding part of it. Each one understood, and nobody cheated anybody," he added.ALSO READ - Remembering Raj Kapoor: The Legendary Actor Who Brought Chaplin-esque to Indian CinemaHe also stated, "The mother of my children wasn’t meant to be my actress, so she didn’t feel cheated. I didn’t feel that way. And similarly, the actress came into me being my actress, not the mother of my children."

Raj Kapoor's work front

On the work front, Raj Kapoor worked in several Hindi films like Mera Naam Joker, Sargam, Barsaat, Awaara, and more.