Shibani Dandekar opens up on the incessant trolling post her wedding to Farhan Akhtar; 'I am not a gold digger....'

After dating for many years, Shibani Dandekar and Farhan Akhtar tied the knot in a simple ceremony in 2022. Their wedding was a mixture of fun and priceless moments, where Shibani looked stunning in a red gown with a long trail, while Farhan complimented her in a dapper outfit.


However, like it often happens with star couples, these two souls in love could not remain unperturbed over the constant scrutiny of their life, mainly because of their inter faith reunion, and the fact that Farhan had been previously married. Terms like gold digger were casually thrown at Shibani, but she remained unfazed. While talking to Rhea Chakraborty on her podcast, Chapter 2, Shibani said, “I think social media comments should only strike a chord with you if there is any kind of truth to it that you believe, and that impacts you somehow. If there is no basis for that comment, or whatever that people are saying, how can something that is so untrue can affect you?”



Reflecting on the incessant trolling, the actress said, “On a daily basis, when I started my relationship with Farhan, people used to say these two things to me– ‘love jihad and gold digger’. What am I supposed to do with that? I am not going to cry myself to bed because people are saying these things. I am not a gold digger, and the truth of the matter is that he does come from a Muslim home, and I do come from a Hindu home, and we got married, and we are very happy with our marriage. That’s the reality of our situation. So, people can say whatever they want about us, it is what it is.”

Delving more, she added, “I get comments like, ‘Who is she?’, ‘Who was she before marrying Farhan Akhtar?’ and I am going to sit and read that comment, and think ‘S**t, have I done anything with my life, was I anybody before I married him?’ or do I know I lived a whole 39 years before I met him. Am I going to believe some random person or am I going to believe my own journey? There is also a difference between what is true and what someone is saying to get at you, to cut you off the knees, to feel like you don’t matter, to put you in a position where you feel weak. To be able to understand and decipher that is very important.”


However Shibani said that it is important to draw a line, and eventually distance yourself from the negativity. She said, “I can get on my phone right now and I can make 15 nasty comments on random pages for random people for no reason other than I want to. It’s not up to us to figure out why these people are doing what they are doing because we will never get that. It is up to us to know how to handle ourselves.”
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