Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Quit Acting Because Ex-Husband Shekhar Kapur Didn't "Want His Wife To Act"

"It's a very patriarchal mindset," said Suchitra Krishnamoorthi

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi is super busy with the promotion campaign of her comeback song Shararat which was released on World Music Day, June 21. Suchitra has recently opened up about her equation with ex-husband, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and how it impacted her career. Suchitra said that Shekhar Kapur was “very clear that he doesn't want his wife to act.” In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, she said, “My [then] husband  [Shekhar Kapur] was very clear that he doesn't want his wife to act. I said, ‘Okay, no big deal.' I was too naive, too young to understand what he was trying to do.”  Suchitra added, “I always had more talent than ambition so I didn't think anything would stop in my life. Though it did.”  

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi made her Bollywood debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the 1994 film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. The film, directed by Kundan Shah, also starred Deepak Tijori.  

“It's a very patriarchal mindset but there has been too much water under the bridge now. I quit after my debut movie which was a super-duper hit. That was the reason that I quit. I continued with my music because that wasn't such an issue or so threatening but with acting it was very clear,” Suchitra said. 

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi and Shekhar Kapur got married in 1999. They parted ways in 2007. They are parents to a daughter, Kaveri.