{"id":35906,"date":"2025-09-01T05:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/35906\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T05:38:19","slug":"when-karisma-kapoor-opened-up-about-her-traumatic-broken-engagement-with-abhishek-bachchan-i-withdrew-into-a-shell-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/35906\/","title":{"rendered":"When Karisma Kapoor opened up about her ‘traumatic’ broken engagement with Abhishek Bachchan: ‘I withdrew into a shell’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When Karisma Kapoor<\/a>\u2019s personal life has once again found itself in the spotlight after the recent passing of her ex-husband, Sunjay Kapur, on June 12, 2025, following a heart attack. His funeral was held a week later, and naturally, people have been revisiting different chapters of Karisma\u2019s life, including her high-profile engagement with Abhishek Bachchan<\/a> that made headlines back in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n

The big announcement that shocked Bollywood<\/p>\n

For those who may not recall, the announcement of Karisma and Abhishek\u2019s engagement was nothing short of grand. It took place during Amitabh Bachchan<\/a>\u2019s 60th birthday celebrations. But within a year, in 2003, their wedding was called off for reasons best known to the two families. Soon after, life took them on different paths. Karisma went on to marry Delhi-based industrialist Sunjay Kapur, while Abhishek found his life partner in Aishwarya Rai.<\/p>\n

Karisma Kapoor Breaks Silence After Ex-Husband Sunjay Kapur\u2019s Sudden Death | Emotional Birthday Post<\/p>\n

Karisma calls it \u2018traumatic\u2019<\/p>\n

Ending a relationship is never easy, but calling off a wedding, especially when the world is watching, comes with its own share of heartbreak. Karisma herself admitted much later that the entire experience was nothing short of \u201ctraumatic.\u201dIn a candid 2003 interview with Rediff, the actress said, \u201cIt was deliberate. I withdrew into a shell. I just was not ready to go public with my grief. I chose a dignified silence because that is the kind of person I am. I have always been a woman of few words.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karisma Kapoor speaks about the point when she figured out she wanted to be an actress<\/p>\n

Learning to heal with time<\/p>\n

She confessed that it was one of the toughest phases of her life, adding, \u201cThe beginning of this year was traumatic for me. I wouldn\u2019t wish any girl to go through it. I was forced to deal with my hurt and pain on my own. I guess time is the best healer. Though I have been through a lot, I have come to terms with whatever has happened. All I will say is, whatever is destined is bound to happen. I was emotionally unprepared to confront my problems. Life deals you different cards. You have to just go with the shuffle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Support from her family<\/p>\n

Karisma also credited her family and close circle for helping her heal, saying, \u201cI couldn\u2019t have come out of my trauma if it wasn\u2019t for my parents [Babita and Randhir Kapoor], sister [Kareena], my Dadiji [Krishna Raj Kapoor], my two Buas [Rima Jain and Ritu Nanda], and my close friends.\u201dAishwarya and Abhishek tied the knot in 2007 after a few years of dating. Four years later, in 2011, the couple welcomed their daughter Aaradhya. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karisma Kapoor\u2019s personal life has once again found itself in the spotlight after the recent passing of her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[14123,27873,27875,9001,18,117,19,17,9019,27876,27872,27874,327,9018,9025],"class_list":{"0":"post-35906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-abhishek-bachchan","9":"tag-abhishek-bachchan-breakup","10":"tag-aishwarya-rai-abhishek-bachchan-marriage","11":"tag-amitabh-bachchan","12":"tag-eire","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-karisma-kapoor","17":"tag-karisma-kapoor-abhishek-bachchan-engagement","18":"tag-karisma-kapoor-engagement","19":"tag-karisma-kapoor-personal-life","20":"tag-movies","21":"tag-sunjay-kapur","22":"tag-sunjay-kapur-death"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}