Juhi Chawla Reveals Secret Wedding With Jay Mehta Was Due To Fear Of Losing Her Career: 'We Kept It Quiet...'
News 18During the heights of her career in the 1990s, actress Juhi Chawla clandestinely tied the knot with businessman Jay Mehta, veiling their union from the public eye. In a conversation with former journalist Rajeev Masand on his YouTube channel a few years back, Juhi revealed, “I was just about established and just starting to do well. So, I wanted to carry on and this seemed the midway, that let’s keep it quiet and it’s okay, you carry on working.” Reflecting on that period, Juhi shared the challenging circumstances she faced with the loss of her mother, expressing, “That year my mother passed away as well so I had another tragedy and that was a very difficult time for me as well because I felt I was going to lose everything I had, everything I loved, my work an my mum.” During a recent discussion at an event organized by the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Juhi shared a heartwarming anecdote about her wedding. Jay, who had seen his own share of misfortune as he lost his first wife Sujata Birla in a plane crash in 1990, comforted Juhi and helped her cope with the mammoth loss.