Vinod Khanna’s second wife Kavita Khanna opens up on equation with Akshaye Khanna, Rahul Khanna, says she and his first wife were always cordial: ‘They were his children, they were mine’ |

Akshaye Khanna has been in the news ever since the release of ‘Dhurandhar’ and many anecdotes on his life are now being revisited as fans are getting curious. Late actor Vinod Khanna tied the knot with Geetanjali Khanna in 1971, and the couple welcomed two sons Akshaye and his brother Rahul Khanna, who later carved their own paths in Bollywood. Their marriage, however, came to an end in 1985 after Vinod became deeply immersed in the spiritual teachings of Osho. He came back from the ashram after five years post which they were divorced. He went on to marry Kavita Khanna in 1990, and together they had two daughters, Sakshi and Shraddha Khanna. In a recent interaction, Kavita spoke candidly about her bond with Vinod’s sons from his first marriage, clarifying that she never tried to replace their mother.Speaking to Loveena Tandon, Kavita reflected on her relationship with Rahul and Akshaye, saying, “They were mine because they were Vinod’s children. They had to be mine, but they were not mine. I did not try to be a mother to them because they had the best mother they could have.”Addressing her equation with Vinod Khanna’s first wife, Geetanjali Khanna, Kavita described it as respectful and harmonious. She shared, “We were very cordial. There was no discord whatsoever. There was a lot of mutual respect and there were boundaries. We should not be conditioned by fairy tales about someone being a victim and the other one being a cruella. These are just fairy tales. In life, when you are a sensible adult, you behave sensibly. We make the choices we make, we stick by them and life moves on.”Earlier, in an interview with Mid-Day, Akshaye Khanna—who is currently basking in the success of his latest film Dhurandhar—spoke about how his father’s decision to walk away from family life affected him emotionally. “To not only leave his family, but to take ‘sanyaas’ (renunciation). Sanyaas means giving up your life in totality-family is a part of it. It’s a life-changing decision, which he felt that he needed to take at the time. As a five-year-old, it was impossible to understand it,” Akshaye had said.He further added, “Something must have moved him so deeply inside that he felt that that kind of decision was worth it for him. Especially when you have everything in life. A very basic fault line/earthquake has to occur within oneself to make that decision. But also stick by it.”