Since the last few days, legendary actor Om Puri was in the news, courtesy the explosive revelations about his past, which have now taken the shape of a book (the biographical 'Unlikely Hero: The Story Of Om Puri') penned by none other than his own wife Nandita Puri. Om Puri was so visibly upset with the revelations that he spared no words to blast Nandita through a couple of leading tabloids.

The controversy started when his wife Nandita, who has written the biography on Om Puri's life, revealed his private moments and sexual encounters of the past in her book. Details like Om had sex with his maid Shanti at age 14 and his longstanding liaison with a woman named Laxmi (with whom Om was sexually and emotionally involved), were given out to media which incensed Om. In vengeance, he blasted off his wife in the media for her decision to reveal these details. He said that his wife had reduced a very important and sacred part of his life to cheap and lurid gossip and that he had shared these dark secrets with her as all husbands do. If she chose to make them public, at least she should've made sure to maintain a dignity about those experiences as they are a valuable part of his life and should've considered the standing he has in society. The actor added that there was so much more to his life than this; hence why highlight those experiences of his life?

Now that the dust has settled down, Om Puri seems to be heavily regretting his decision to have spoken out so bitterly against his wife and her book. He said that he was very angry then, but now he deeply regretted his impulsive reaction as it has hurt his wife and his son Ishaan no end.

Nevertheless, the actor is livid with the book's publishers and says that actually they are to be blamed for revealing such sensitive aspects about his sexual encounters to the media. Om says his anger should have been projected at the publishers for trying to pre-sell his wife's book by leaking out only the sexual episodes.

The irony of the situation was that the 'blasting episode' took place on Nandita's birthday, a pain that Om is likely to carry throughout his life!

Courtesy: Bollywood Hungama