Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor’s ex-husband Sunjay Kapur passed away in the UK on Thursday. Businessman-author-actor Suhel Seth, who was close to Sunjay Kapur shared the news with his followers on social media
Updated On: 2025-06-13 08:58 AM IST
Compiled by : Athulya Nambiar
The cause of the Sunjay Kapur’s death is reported to be heart attack. He was an industrialist, and the CEO of Sixt India. He was earlier married to Karisma with whom he had two kids, daughter Samaira and son Kiaan
Soon after the news of Sunjay Kapur's demise surfaced Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan were seen heading to Karisma's residence in Mumbai
Malaika Arora who is a close friend of Karisma was also seen arriving at the latter's residence. She was visibly emotional as she arrived at Karismas's house
Malaika was accompanied by Shakeel Ladakh, her brother-in-law and her nephew
Malaika was visibly distressed as she arrived at Karisma's house to be by her friend's house to comfort her
Kareena avoided the photographers as she arrived to her sister's house along with husband Saif Ali Khan
On Thursday, Suhel took to his X, formerly Twitter, and wrote, “Deeply saddened at the passing of @sunjaykapur : he passed away earlier today in England: a terrible loss and deepest condolences to his family and to his colleagues @sonacomstar …Om Shanti”
On 29 September 2003, the two got married in a high-profile Sikh wedding ceremony at the actress’ ancestral home, Krishna Raj Bungalow, in Mumbai. In 2014, the couple filed for divorce through mutual consent. In November 2015, the couple had filed applications to withdraw their consent to it. The couple's divorce was finalised in 2016
Depsite their divorce, the two were largely on cordial terms and would occasionally unite for their kids