Bhubaneswar: Shilpa Shetty’s husband, Raj Kundra has revealed that he wanted to end his life when he was in jail because of humiliation and damage to his reputation. Kundra had spent two months in Arthur Jail in connection with a pornography case.
He is now making his acting debut with a satirical film that is based on his time in prison. In an interview with Indianexpress.com, Kundra revealed that he felt so down during the situation that he wanted to “end things inside”. He has also shared how Shilpa Shetty even came up with a suggestion that they should leave India and settle abroad.
“My wife was actually the first person to say, ‘Do you want to live abroad Raj? You left everything in London, you were born and brought up there, you moved here because I wanted to be here. But if you want, I can make things work and let’s leave the country, let’s go abroad.’ I told her that I love India and won’t leave. Log bade bade kaand kar ke, hazarao crore kamake desh se nikal jaata hai (people do big crimes, take thousands of crores and leave country), but I have done nothing so I won’t leave the country,” he told Indianexpress.com.
He also opened up about how pained he was during his time behind bars because of what he and his family were going through. He said, “I had really broken down, enough to probably end things inside. I won’t use the word, but I was in a… There was so much humiliation, and reputational damage. Because of me, the media went behind my wife, children, and parents. That was painful. I knew what was going on outside.”
Raj Kundra plays the lead character in the upcoming film UT69, set to release on November 3. Talking about the film directed by Shahnawaz Ali, Kundra told ANI, “People are fighting inside to sleep, to eat, so whatever it is, there is no remorse in it. These people will come and talk among themselves and when they come out of jail and there is no reform, they will just go inside crying, so if you have kept someone inside, you give a little facility to that type.”
