After Sunjay Kapur’s shocking and untimely death on June 12, 2025, his complex family dynamics have been put in the spotlight. A family feud has erupted over the inheritance of Sunjay Kapur’s Rs. 30,000 crore estate, involving his third wife, Priya Sachdev, his mother, Rani Kapur, and his children, Samaira and Kiaan, with ex-wife Karisma Kapoor. Amid this, Karisma had once stated in an old interview that Sunjay was the right person for her.
Sunjay Kapur and Karisma Kapoor had an ‘abrupt’ marriage?
Filmmaker, Suneel Darshan had given insights into the tumultuous married life of Karisma Kapoor and Sunjay Kapur after the latter’s demise. In an interview with Vickey Lalwani, he had called the actress’s decision to marry Sunjay ‘abrupt’. It is also interesting to note that, before marrying the businessman, Karisma was engaged to Abhishek Bachchan. However, they called off the wedding and soon after, Karisma married Sunjay. Suneel Darshan recalled that the actress wasn’t even seen ‘as a couple’ with Sunjay before marrying him. The filmmaker shared:
“I thought it was an abrupt decision… something had to do with the stars — not film stars — stars-the stars… One didn’t know what it was… she was never seen as a couple with Sunjay before. Some things are destined to happen.”
When Karisma Kapoor had claimed that Sunjay Kapur was the right person for her
A few months after her engagement with Abhishek Bachchan was broken, it was announced that Karisma Kapoor was engaged to industrialist Sunjay Kapur. Before their wedding, in an interview with Subhash K. Jha, Karisma stated that her upcoming wedding with Sunjay was ‘almost like love was arranged into a marriage’. The actress revealed that her mother, Babit and Sunjay’s mother, Rani Kapur, were old friends and hence she grew up with the businessman and her sisters. The actress was quoted as saying:
“Interestingly, my mom became friends with his mom, who’s Raunaq Singh’s daughter, when she was 18. In fact my mom (Babita) in her heydays, shot one of her movies Haseena Maan Jaayegi in my mother-in-law-to-be’s house. They’ve remained friends since then. All of us kids from both the homes grew up together. His sisters are very close to me. We were in school together. So it was almost like love was arranged into a marriage.”
Though the marriage was arranged between the two, in the same interview, Karisma stated that all her instincts told her that Sunjay was the right person for her. She also said that she was stepping into married life at the right time, after being a workaholic since she was 16 years old. Talking about her gut feeling, Karisma shared:
“Career or personal life, I’ve always gone by my gut feeling. When I did Sunil Darshan’s Jaanwar everyone wanted to know what I had to do in the film. I did it nonetheless and it really benefited me. I guess I do have an instinctive feeling for right and wrong. And all my instincts tell me Sanjay is the right person for me.”
More about Sunjay Kapur and Karisma Kapoor
Sunjay Kapur and Karisma Kapoor were married in 2003 and parted ways in 2016, after a messy divorce amid serious charges made by the actress against her ex-husband. After this, the businessman tied the knot with Priya Sachdev. With Karisma, he had two children, Samaira and Kiaan. And with Priya, who already had a daughter from her previous marriage, Sunjay welcomed a son, Azarius.
Following the untimely demise of Sunjay Kapur, a legal battle has erupted among his family members over his estimated Rs. 30,000 crore estate. Rani Kapur, the deceased’s mother, has raised concerns over the management of his huge estate. Sunjay and Karisma’s children, Samaira and Kiaan, have also dragged their step-mother to court, alleging that the will, which reportedly bequeaths the late businessman’s entire property to Priya, is likely forged. As lawyers of all parties involved battle it out in the court, more updates on the division of Sunjay Kapur’s assets are awaited.
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