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“Hadn’t gone on a date night” – Esha Deol once confessed on how Bharat felt neglected before separation!

Recently, Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani released a joint statement announcing their separation. Radhya and Miraya, their two daughters, are shared. Speaking of parenting, Esha had previously mentioned how, following Miraya’s birth, the actor was no longer able to give Bharat the time and attention he needed, which made him “cranky” and irritable.

In her book Amma Mia: Stories, Advice and Recipes from One Mother to Another, Esha wrote, “I noticed that Bharat was grumpy and irritated with me for a short while after my second baby. I wasn’t paying him enough attention, in his opinion. A husband’s feelings would be understandable given that I was preoccupied with Radhya’s playschool drama, taking care of Miraya, writing my book, and attending production meetings at the time. He thus felt abandoned.”

Esha Deol gets candid in her book:

She further added, “And I realised right away how foolish I was. I thought back to the occasions when Bharat had asked for a new toothbrush, and I had forgotten to give it to him, or when I had forgotten to press his shirts, or when I had sent him off to work without thinking to see what he had been given for lunch.”

The Dhoom actress continued in the book, “He is a man with very few needs, so something was obviously wrong if I was unable to take care of him. I made sure to fix it right away. Bharat isn’t like that; if he sees something wrong, he tells me right away, face to face. However, some men might not be as forthcoming. It is your responsibility to maintain the romance. I reasoned that it had been a while since we had gone on date nights or to the movies. So I made the decision to get up from where I was, undo my bun, put on a nice dress, and go out with him on the weekends.”

Esha is the child of veteran performers Hema Malini and Dharmendra. Esha and Bharat said in a joint statement, “We have mutually and amicably decided to part ways. The welfare and best interests of our two children have been and will continue to be our top priorities during this change in our lives. We would value having our privacy respected.”