Supriya Pathak and Pankaj Kapur They have been married for 38 years and they remain one of the most loved couples. However, their relationship was not always good, especially in the early days when Supriya’s mother, the late Dina Pathak, strongly disapproved of their union. The couple tied the knot after Kapur’s divorce with Neelima Azeem. In a recent interview, Supriya appeared with her daughter Sanah Kapur where they talked about family dynamics and her bond with her mother. Reflecting on the initial resistance, Supriya shared in an interview with Hauterfly, “My mom didn’t like me. I didn’t like my mom. Oh my god… My mom didn’t think this relationship was going to work. Ok, it’s been 38 years now but if he was still alive he would say ke ‘yeh tere ko chhod ke chala jayega’ (that he will leave you) because I have no idea why.“He went on to reveal that Dina Patha had tried to dissuade her by using fabricated claims. “My mother tried everything to say that Pankaj was not the right person. She supposedly investigated and found ‘oh he vo daru bahut peeta hai’ (he drinks a lot of alcohol). He has never taken a drop… he had alcohol in his entire life. But she investigated and found this. So she would bring up the issue or bring it up with kih ‘dekkye hoye karta. toh ye karta hai’ (see him do this, see him do that). It continued for a long time.’In the end, Supriya decided to stand firm and made her choice clear. “Finally one day I said ‘kuch aisa nahi hai’ (it’s not like that), one such day I will get married. You want to come, you don’t want to come, you don’t want to come.” He looked at me like it was the last straw…he said, ‘tume paneer pasand hai?’ (Do you like paneer?). I said I like paneer. He said, ‘achha nahi vo punjabi hai na toh paneer...’ (Ok, well it’s Punjabi, so paneer…). That was his last straw, it means if you don’t like paneer, you can’t marry him. So that’s how it was.’Interestingly, Supriya revealed that her mother’s opinion changed over time, especially towards the end of her life. “She thought Pankaj was the only suitable person. He became her favourite, the only one she wanted around.”Supriya and Pankaj are parents to Sanah and their son Ruhaan.
