Shilpa Shetty’s husband, businessman Raj Kundra was sentenced to jail for two months in 2021 in connection with a pornography case. Now, Raj has turned that incident in his life into a movie in which he will be playing himself. As Raj gears up for his acting debut, he has also ditched his famous over-the-top masks. In a recent interview, he spoke about his decision to take his mask off and how his family dealt with his arrest.
Talking to The Indian Express, Raj said, “It feels good to be without the mask, it was claustrophobic for me, just like my life has been the last few years. It started off as just pain from the media stories, where I didn’t want to give access to anyone. Slowly, I started playing with it. I knew people were commenting stuff like, ‘Muh dikhane layak nahi raha, sharminda hai‘ but if that was the case, I wouldn’t have 70 different masks of various colours!”
He added, “The pain has not gone away and won’t. There was yellow journalism in my case. It was unfair, don’t pronounce someone guilty before the law decides it. My final redemption will happen when the clean chit comes from the court.”
Speaking about his family’s reactions, he said, “My daughter is too young to read stuff online, but my son is now 11… I am his hero. He trusts me and has faith in me. We tell him not to be worried, he is not on social media, so he won’t read comments. But you know friends talk… But I also know that at that age there is unity. He did ask Shilpa what happened, why, and how. She gave him an appropriate answer to give to an 11-year-old.”
Speaking of the hate he received online, Raj said, “It used to hurt me in the beginning, I wanted to reply but Shilpa said, ‘Don’t complain, don’t explain. We know you haven’t done anything wrong, and if a guy comments and you reply, you are only going to give him attention. Let the law take its course and when that happens, everyone will know you did no wrong.'”
Raj Kundra’s debut film UT69 will be released in theatres on November 3.
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