Actor Urmila Matondkar and her husband Mohsin Akhtar Mir have decided to separate. Urmila has filed for divorce, which was confirmed to indianexpress.com by a source close to them. She surprised fans and the film industry when she married in a private ceremony in 2016. Their inter-faith marriage and ten-year age difference led to much discussion, but the couple took it in stride.
Who is Mohsin Akhtar?
Mohsin, who is originally from Kashmir, is a model and businessman. He moved to Mumbai at 21 to pursue a career in modeling and acting. He was the second runner-up in the Mr. India pageant in 2007 and got his first big break in a commercial with Preity Zinta. In 2009, he made his acting debut in the film It’s A Man’s World and had a small role in Luck By Chance, starring Farhan Akhtar.
How Urmila and Mohsin met
Urmila reportedly met Mohsin at Riddhi Malhotra’s wedding, Manish Malhotra’s niece, in 2014. The designer played matchmaker, and it’s said that Mohsin fell in love at first sight.
Trolling for their inter-faith marriage
After Urmila and Mohsin’s wedding, Mohsin received hate on social media for their inter-faith marriage. Urmila commented, “He was called a terrorist, a Pakistani. To top it all, my husband is not just any Muslim, but a Kashmiri Muslim. We both follow our religions in our own way, and it gave them a bigger platform to troll me. There’s a limit to where it should go. They even altered my Wikipedia page. It was beyond belief.”
Urmila and Mohsin tied the knot on February 4, 2016, in a private ceremony that made headlines. Their inter-faith marriage and 10-year age gap drew considerable public interest. However, despite their public appearances and occasional social media posts, it appears their nearly decade-long union has hit a rough patch.
Urmila, in the meantime, has reportedly separated from her husband Mohsin Akhtar Mir. The couple had been married for eight years. Although she has not reacted to the reports, Urmila has seemingly unfollowed him on social media
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