THE BUZZ

Boney still mad over Sri

They’ve been married for several years now and have two young daughters, but filmmaker Boney Kapoor is still madly in love with actress wife Sridevi. There seems none of the jaded matrimonial stories we are so used to hearing about relationships, as Boney candidly confessed that it was love at first sight for him.

“I fell in love with Sri when I watched her Tamil film during the late 1970s. After watching her film, I wanted to know more about her,” Kapoor said recently, sharing the inside story which has been kept under wraps so far and caused much speculation, much to the embarrassment of his wife.

“I had especially gone to Chennai at her house to meet her, but she was shooting in Singapore. I returned to Mumbai disheartened,” he added.

Boney opened his heart out to reporters at New Delhi, while accompanying Sridevi, who was attending the India Today Women Summit 2013.

Looking beautiful in a red embroidered sari, the Chandni actress made futile attempts to stop Kapoor from divulging more details about their romance.

But her hubby was not to be deterred. “After some time, I watched Sri’s Solva Sawan (1979). I desperately wanted to meet her. I wanted her to work with me. One day I went to meet her on the set (of a movie). Sri is an introvert. She doesn’t talk to strangers. She talked to me in half broken English and Hindi, and just said that her mother takes care of her professional matters,” he revealed.

Boney, who married Sri in 1996, said when he met his future mother-in-law, he offered Mr India and Sridevi’s mother asked for Rs.10 lakh to sign the film.