Explaining the family relations, Aruna said, “She is my step-massi’s (aunt’s) daughter. My maternal grandfather had two wives—one was my mother’s mother, and the other was someone else. Bindu was from the second wife. We were never close as cousins. Her father was a director, Nanubhai Desai, and they always kept their distance. What used to happen was that we didn’t have much money, so my mother would often borrow from Jyoti Maasi because she couldn’t let her children go hungry, right?”
Aruna Irani, one of Indian cinema’s most prolific actresses with over 500 films to her credit, recently opened up about her distant relationship with cousin and fellow actress Bindu. In a recent interview, the veteran actress revealed how complicated family ties and financial struggles contributed to their lack of closeness.
Veteran actor Aruna Irani faced competition from her own cousin and fellow veteran star, Bindu. In a recent interaction, Aruna revealed that despite being first cousins, she and Bindu never shared a close bond and didn’t even speak to each other much.
