Neena Gupta reveals the phone call conversation with Viv Richards after learning about pregnancy
Bollywood’s one of the most prominent actors, Neena Gupta is known for her strong personality and positive attitude toward life. One of the toughest women you’ll ever come across, Neena Gupta has faced a lot of hardships in her life, and raising her daughter Masaba Gupta as a single parent was one of them.
The actress has always been open about her personal life and never tried to hide anything from anyone. For the unversed, the veteran actress was once in a relationship with West Indies legendary cricketer Vivian Richards. At the time, he was already married to someone else.
Recently, she recalled the time when she confessed to Viv Richards that she was pregnant and asked him to discuss the options. And at that time the cricketer encouraged the actress to go ahead with the pregnancy.
“I was not very giddy with joy. I was happy because I loved him. I called him and asked him, “If you don’t want this child then I won’t have it. He said, ‘No no I would love for you to have this child’.”
All the other members of her family, however, advised her not to have the child as Vivian Richards was married to someone else.
“Everyone told me, ‘No, no, no how can you do it alone?’ because he was already married and I couldn’t marry him and go to Antigua to live there. But what happens is jawani mein you are blind (You are blind when young). When you are in love, you don’t listen to anybody. No children will listen to their parents and I was the same.”
It is worth mentioning that Neena Gupta met Viv Richards while she was in Jaipur shooting for a film. Jaipur’s queen called the entire cast of the movie for dinner and, interestingly, the West Indies Cricket Team was also invited.
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