Actor Ashish Vidyarthi tied the knot with fashion entrepreneur Rupali Barua last week, after divorce from his wife of 22 years, Piloo Vidyarthi. In a recent interview, the actor mentioned how the decision to separate from his ex-wife was not an easy one, and both of them tried to make things work. He also recalled how he found love for the second time in Rupali Barua.
Speaking about his first wife Piloo, Ashish told The Telegraph, “We thought it through and went through months of working with each other. And, finally when we saw it was not working… (we came to a decision). This wasn’t an overnight decision…” He added that the two are co-parenting their son Arth. “No way can I hate her. Piloo and I are walking on with wonderful memories of an amazing marriage. I have never related to Piloo just as my son’s mother. Piloo’s my friend…” Vidyarthi quipped.
However, he said, “Parting has got pain. It is very difficult. Now, I am being clinical about it, but both Piloo and I and Mowgli (his son) have gone through pain… But then you have a choice, do you want to deal with it or do you want to linger with it? Then life goes away.”
Sharing details of his love story with Rupali, Vidyarthi said, “Last year, I met Rupali during one of my vlogging assignments and we started chatting and we discovered that she has also gone through her degree of pain. She lost her husband five years back and also not contemplated marriage again, but as we chatted, we discovered that there is a possibility that she can look afresh at life and consider marrying. I am feeling amazing that I am with someone who at a stage in her life was also perhaps on her own and possibly looking at life in a slightly different way.”
Ashish Vidyarthi, in a social media post, too revealed how he always wanted to remarry because he wanted to “travel with somebody.”
