Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has garnered a lot of limelight in recent times because of his controversial biography - An Ordinary Life: A Memoir. Nawaz made some shocking revelations in the book, which created a huge stir in the industry. Though he later withdrew his book and apologised on social media for hurting the sentiments of the people mentioned in the book but seems like it was a bit too late for those offended.
Actress, Sunita Rajwar, has sent a legal notice to Nawazuddin Siddiqui for revealing unnecessary and private details about her in the book. Reportedly, the actress claimed that Nawaz has manipulated details of their relationship. Sunita also mentioned that because of the book, her personal life has been severely affected and that it has caused an irreparable damage. As per reports, apart from Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Sunita has also sent notice to author Rituparna Chatterjee, who penned down An Ordinary Life: A Memoir.
In his memoir, talking about Sunita, Nawazuddin wrote, "I was performing in a play in Mumbai which was when I finally had my first romantic relationship. Incidentally, she too happened to be an NSD graduate, though we had never met there. It was very sweet, like rain is after a very long spell of drought. Sunita had fallen madly in love with me. Every day, she would come over, hang out at my house in Mira Road and scrawl our names in tiny font all over the wall. You remember those old-fashioned hearts with the names of lovers in it, sometimes with an arrow across it, sometimes without? Her doodles were something like that. It seemed to my roommates that every day she covered one wall with her art of love. We saw each other for about a year and a half. She was a Pahari girl. Then she went off on a holiday to her hometown in the hills to see her folks. When she returned, Sunita would not take any of my calls. And when she did at last, I was flabbergasted. After such a deep, passionate love, she simply said, ‘Nawaz, you focus on your career. And I will focus on my career.’ She cut off all contact after that and I plunged into another deep, deep depression. I took a bucket of fresh white paint and began to replace her artwork on my walls with the blank canvas that they were before. With every brushstroke, I tried to erase her off my heart as well. But, of course, the brush refused to do double duty and erased only the marks on the walls, not the scars on my heart. Living in Mira Road meant that the local train was our lifeline. We were at the station almost all the time. Soon after her call, one day I was at the station and stood there staring at the tracks. A train was coming, screaming its arrival with a lusty horn. It would be simple and instant.Should I jump on to the tracks and end it all? End this struggle, end this life? I had nothing. No love, no work, no money. But some being woke up in me and gave me a metaphorical slap. ‘You know this is not your department,’ the voice in my head said. ‘Then why? Why did you go that way? Why!’ it screamed at me. The train sped away, screaming pompously, cutting through the air. Simultaneously, I cut off my emotions like doctors sever an umbilical cord. I decided that I would never again be emotional in any relationship. And I kept my word. Never again did I allow myself to be vulnerable like that again, not even with my wife. Today, Sunita tells everybody that she was once together with me in a very serious relationship. Incredible, isn’t it? Life is beautiful, just fucking beautiful.
Along with the notice, Sunita has also demanded an apology from Nawazuddin within 24 hours with same being posted on his social media handles as well. She also claimed Rs 2 crore from all the members mentioned in the notice for defaming her. The particular amount of the money will be used for charity purposes, she clarified. One clause in the notice also says that from now onward Nawazuddin will not use her name in any publication.
