Actress alleges that he’s squatting in her ex-husband Shekhar Kapur’s house; Bedi says he’s renting it from the filmmaker’s sister
Kunal Guha (MUMBAI MIRROR; October 19, 2017)

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi couldn’t resist reaching for her phone when she saw Kabir Bedi and his wife, Parveen Dusanj-Bedi, splurging on diamonds at Queenie Singh’s annual Dhanteras party recently. She clicked a photo (inset) and uploaded it to her Facebook account with the caption, “So much money to buy diamonds, but no money to get your own flat and vacate Kaveri’s home. What does one call such behaviour... Tch tch”.

The bone of contention is the 3-BHK Juhu apartment in which Kabir and Parveen have been residing since the last two years. Suchitra alleges that the property belongs to her ex-husband, Shekhar Kapur, and the couple is refusing to move out. “They didn’t have a place to stay when they were asked to vacate their home by Kabir’s daughter Pooja (Bedi). I suggested to Shekhar that they stay there since Parveen was panicking,” says Suchitra, adding that the couple had agreed to move out within a week to a month once they had made alternative arrangements. “It’s been two years since. Before I knew it, Parveen had chucked out all of Kaveri’s (daughter with Kapur) stuff, including furniture, and moved her own stuff in. Suddenly, Kaveri has no room in the house.”

The exasperated actress claims she has sent several legal notices to her ex-husband to probe the matter, but hasn’t got a response yet. “Shekhar isn’t seeing reason anymore, it’s like he’s under some spell. It’s a peculiar situation. Half the time, Parveen is staying with Shekhar in London as well. This woman has just taken over. I told him, you may be best friends, but I have to protect my child’s rights.”

When Mirror contacted Kabir Bedi, he said, “Suchitra has been trying to peddle this bogus story for months. Shekhar and I have been best friends since our college days. He has been based in London for the last three years, not in Mumbai. The apartment where I’m staying is owned by his sister, Sohaila Charnalia, from whom we are renting it, by written agreement. We are all delighted by the arrangement. Why is Suchitra ranting about a flat that belongs to her ex-husband’s sister? She continues to write bad fiction.”