In a new interview, filmmaker Hansal Mehta revealed that he ‘ran away’ and got married to his first wife, calling it the ‘most stupid’ thing. He also spoke about becoming a father when he was only 22. During his interview on Unfiltered by Samdish’s YouTube channel, Hansal recalled that in his early 30s, he was ‘drinking a lot’. He credited his second wife Safeena Husain as the reason behind his coming out of that phase
Chatting on Unfiltered by Samdish, Hansal Mehta said in Hindi, “When I was between 25-30, especially, when I made Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000), which was when I was 31 or 32, there was a phase after that for around 6-7 years, when I felt the oldest. Nothing good was going on. Things were going bad, things were going wrong. My films were not doing well; I had made some bad films. In terms of my personal life, I had gone for separation. A lot of things happened at the same time. The kids were there, and I did not know how to fulfill my responsibilities. And I had also taken to alcohol. So, all these things together had become a big, vicious thing… I was drinking a lot, very unhealthy.
When asked how did he came out of that phase, Hansal said, “After I met Safeena, who is my partner now, I found a little bit of stability in terms of relationship. So that sort of helped slowly, slowly. It took time. I mean it was bumpy with her too in the beginning because.
