Pooja Bedi reveals why she has no plans to marry fiance Maneck Contractor: 'Don’t need him for security'

Pooja Bedi and Maneck Contractor (Pic/X)

Pooja Bedi, daughter of veteran actor Kabir Bedi, has opened up about her personal life and her decision not to marry fiancé Maneck Contractor. Despite being engaged for eight years, Pooja says she has no plans to tie the knot, explaining why their commitment is enough for her.

Pooja Bedi on not marrying Maneck Contractor

In a conversation with Vickey Lalwani, Pooja Bedi said that her perspective on marriage has changed a lot over the years. "Today I'm in a relationship with Maneck, and I've been engaged for eight years. And people ask, so when are you getting married, very excitedly. And I say, I'm not getting married. Engagement is when a person puts a ring on your finger and says, I want to be married to you. Which basically says, I want to spend the rest of my life with you by my side, as a companion, as your lover, as your husband, as a father of your children. The commitment is enough. After the commitment is there, all you're really doing is signing a piece of paper and getting the government involved in your affair," she explained.

She further stated, "It is so much easier. I've been married, I've been divorced, I have two children. He's been married, he's been divorced, he has kids too. In terms of simple things, like in terms of your assets, it's so simple. My assets go to my kids, his assets go to his kids. I'm earning, he's earning, we're both independent. I don't need him for security's sake. He doesn't need me for financial security."

Pooja Bedi on divorce with Farhan

Pooja Bedi's first marriage was to business tycoon Farhan Furniturewala on May 6, 1994. They divorced in 2003 and share two children together, Alaya F and Omar. She recently opened up about her marriage, revealing that cultural differences played a major role in their decision to get divorced in 2003. In a chat with Siddharth Kannan, she said, "I got married into a conservative Muslim family, and there was no way they would accept a bahu who went to film sets." She added that she consciously gave up her career to respect her in-laws' values.

Talking about her daughter Alaya F, her upcoming project is the Amazon Prime Video thriller series Storm, backed by Hrithik Roshan's HRX Films.