MADHURA' S REVENGE !
[10 Oct 2008]
SARA KHAN HAS HAD TOO MANY AFFAIRS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY
After
reading Sara Khan and Ali Merchant's interview in the last month's
issue, an extremely incensed Madhura Naik sent me frantic messages
telling me that whatever Sara has been talking about her in the article
has been a big fat lie. In her first interview with Showtime (July
'08), Madhura revealed to the world, how Ali had threatened her of
throwing her out of the television industry. All this while, Madhura
spoke only about Ali and his threats, and never revealed much about the
doe-eyed Sara. But now she won't keep shut as she reveals Indian
television's most loved bahu – Bidaai's Sara Khan's antics.
Madhura
talks about her initial reaction to Sara's comments about her. "I got
to know about the article from Kinshuk (Mahajan), when we were just
generally talking. Sara had gone around showing everybody the Showtime
article on the sets once it came out, to publicise herself, which she
always does. When I read the interview, I got so angry, because she has
taken names of actors like Jay Bhanushali, Krystle D'souza and Jatin
Shah.
With Krystle, I have shared a very healthy professional
relationship during Kahe Na Kahe. We never fought on the sets. If you
go and ask Krystle about me, she will not talk negatively. Jay was
always a very good friend of mine and I have known him since two-three
years. Even with Jatin, I don't have any hang-ups.
I don't
think any of these people will tell you that I have a bad reputation
because there is nothing like that. It's just made up by Ali and Sara.
Now Ali is not saying anything, so I am not going to say anything about
him. But Sara, who was silent earlier, has blasted out suddenly and now
is saying all the wrong things possible, only to prove me wrong."
In
the interview, Sara had bitterly revealed that Madhura had gone with
her different boyfriends to places like Bangkok, Dubai and had done
many 'things' there. Madhura, on her part, is appalled by the
statements made about her and wants to clear the air. "I had gone to
Bangkok for four days as I had a shoot there. It is also true that I
had gone to Dubai, as I had to shoot for FTV.
My dad is living
there and so I also went to visit him. We have our own house where I
was staying and I was not living with some 'guy' like all the bullshit
that she has claimed. Sara is just jealous that she is not travelling
all across India for work and so that's the reason she is saying that I
go out with a lot of guys."
From
what Madhura reveals, it's the other way round. "Everyone knows how
Sara is and how many guys she has been with. When it comes to different
guys, it is a known fact that Sara has had too many affairs within the
industry and even outside it. I don't want to name the people because
there are some respected actors involved and I don't want them to feel
insulted. All this while, I have kept shut."
In her earlier
interview with me, Madhura had exposed how Sara was dating a certain
Chirag Khandelwal, which she had blatantly denied when asked. But
Madhura insists they were in a relationship. "Sara is from Bhopal; she
doesn't know anybody in Mumbai. Chirag and Sara didn't have any common
friends. They just randomly met up at a restaurant when she was drunk
and that's how their affair started.
I know what their story
was. Everybody on the …Bidaai set also knows how many guys she has gone
around with. Just imagine, she comes from Bhopal and she doesn't know
anyone over here. And suddenly she starts having boyfriends. Obviously,
she doesn't know anyone here, so how is she approaching guys and making
friends? And she is putting all the blame on me, as she doesn't want
her image to get tarnished."
Clearly unhappy about Sara's
comments, Madhura is in no mood to relent and rakes up more dirt on the
former. "Sara has a drinking habit and when she gets drunk, she goes
around talking crap. That's what happened at her 'after party birthday
bash.' She got drunk amidst everybody and in front of my best friend
she was using abusive language. She was howling at the top of her
voice, 'Tell Madhura Naik that Sara Khan said she is a bitch.'
But this is about my reputation and I will not let her hamper it, come what may."
Madhura
also counter-attacks Sara's statements about her not having any class
and dignity when she spoke to the press about the threatening calls she
got from Ali. "She said that I don't have any class and respect.
What
I did was not a publicity stunt. I was suggested by a friend that when
people malign your image, you should not keep quite. I am not the kind
of person who will listen to people talk bad about me and keep quiet. I
am going to stand up for myself."
When
Madhura first spoke to the media about Ali threatening her, Ali shot
back saying that it was all a drama as if it was really an issue, she
should have approached the police and not the press. Madhura argues, "I
didn't call the press and tell them I was getting threatening calls.
They came to know and so when they approached me, I gave them my quotes
as I didn't want to hide this issue.
It's a very embarrassing
thing for budding actors and actresses to cause fights amongst each
other in the industry. We should be good friends and lead respectful
lives. But this girl spoke about my class and my reputation and I will
not let her go scot-free."
The leggy model claims that it was
she who used to help and support Sara and not the other way round, like
Ali has been claiming. "Sara didn't have a car, so I used to drop her
all the way to her house late in the night. There were times when we
used to be shooting late and so she used to have sleepovers at my place.
She
has met my mother; I have cooked and called pizzas for her at my place.
I have supported her so much. Even when she was buying a car, she asked
me if I would be her guarantor to pay off the loan. And I told her I
was fine with it," she says.
Sara raised questions on
Madhura's dignity and this has infuriated her the most. "About class,
she should know what her class is. When a girl is supporting her so
much with her car, house, sleeping, food, she should stay in her
limits. She should not turn around and talk about the same girl who
supported her. Whatever she is doing will only harm her.
I
don't care if she is a superstar or whatever she thinks she is. Bidaai
is the No 1 show today, but the show has made her; she hasn't made the
show. The success has gone to her head and so she should just snap back
to reality. She has come from a small town and she should just learn
how to stay in a big city instead of poking around in anybody else's
life and try to create misunderstandings."
Hitherto, the Sangam
actress had denied that she was dating anyone. But now, after her
entire public image coming under scrutiny, and to obviously clear the
mess surrounding her name, Madhura has decided to come out in the open
about her relationship with businessman-beau Karan Kochar, which she
earlier didn't want to talk about.
"I
have been dating Karan for more than a year and I don't have any other
guy in my life. I have never gone around with any other guy and I don't
even meet any other guy for that matter. This is the real thing.
Whatever Sara has been going around saying is bullshit and a complete
lie."
Apparently, Sara's accusations that Karan called her up
to abuse her is just one part of the story. "Karan did call her up but
that is because Sara called me before that and abused me. When he
called, she denied that she had ever abused me and just hung up."
In
her interview, Sara also alleged that it was Madhura who was always
after Ali. Madhura refutes that, "But I was never behind Ali. Our
common friends' circle and everybody else knows the truth. Sara should
go and ask the same people whose names she has mentioned in the
article.
She has got the whole thing wrong. Maybe she just
wants to protect Ali's image. I am not the kind of girl who will date
anyone from the industry, least of all Ali! I will never date an actor
as I have my own reasons for it."
According to Madhura, Ali
Merchant, known for his Casanova image, was her once-upon-a-time close
friend and he even wanted something much more than friendship. "Sara
herself told me once that Ali had true feelings for me. She knew it
because Ali had told her everything about me. Why the hell would I run
behind some guy, especially Ali Merchant? Even if he was the last man
on Earth, I wouldn't go for him. Not even in my wildest dreams."
When
asked what about Sara's claims that she knows a lot of her secrets,
Madhura retorts, "What secrets is Sara talking about? I don't have
secrets to keep. And even if I have to share them, I'll tell them to
people who are my friends for five-six years and not to someone whom I
randomly met on the sets and with whom I have shared a make-up room.
Sara
used to come and cry to me and try to gain sympathy from me and I used
to sympathise with her. I used to feel sorry for her as she was away
from her family and living alone in Mumbai. That's the only
relationship I shared with Sara."
Madhura had spoken earlier
about Sara's 'bitchy and troublesome' attitude at work since she has
been her co-star in …Bidaai. "Forget me; there was another actress in
…Bidaai called Shambhavi. Sara had such disgusting fights with her.
In
fact Shambhavi left the show and gave her resignation because of this
troublemaker. Sara has not left any actor or actress to create
misunderstandings with. She has a history of getting into fights and
bitching about people. She is the biggest chugalkhor."
She
speaks more about the …Bidaai star. "Sara was always behind Ali even
before they started dating. She was all over him at some party,
smooching in public. I think that shows her class and what kind of an
open girl she is. A respectful girl would never do all these things in
public."
Scorned
by the people she once knew as friends, Madhura has decided to speak
against Sara as she wants to protect her reputation and she believes
only a girl with self-respect will speak up like she has. "I am talking
to you today because I wanted to clear the whole 'me going to different
places with different guys' thing. If I keep quiet today, it's going to
hurt me. I have to stand up for my own self."
But she does say
that this is the last time she's speaking about Sara. "Sara is an
insecure woman; she should get over her fears. One day she will fall
and regret whatever she has done. She is stupid, silly and I don't
think she has done a very intelligent thing by going to the press and
badmouthing me. Let the readers know what kind of people Ali and Sara
are."
And if you think there are even the slightest chances of
any reconciliation between Madhura and Sara, you are obviously wrong.
"I keep my attitude the way it is because I don't care what she or
anyone says as I know I am clean. Even if Ali and Sara beg to me for
the rest of their lives, I will not give them a second glance," she
signs off. Well, we think the war has intensified now – let's wait and
watch how it ends up.
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