After divorce from Kamal Haasan, Sarika was left with only 60 rupees, she used to sleep in the car and bathe at friends’ house

Sarika has been one of the most successful heroines of Indian cinema. But while she experienced a lot of stardom in her career, she went through a very bad phase in her personal life. Especially, when she was branded as the ‘other woman’ in Kamal Haasan’s life and after the divorce, she faced a financial crunch. Her life was full of thorns at every step. Sarika had suffered a lot at a young age. Sarika’s career was going very well. She also won the National Award for Best Costume Designer for the film ‘Hey Ram’. But when she fell in love, she sacrificed everything for her family. But who knew that her sacrifice would leave her alone forever. Sarika started her career as a child artist at the age of 5. When she was young, her father died. Due to this, she had to come into films to support her family and due to this she could never go to school. After coming into films, Sarika never looked back and achieved many successes in her career. During this time she met Kamal Haasan and fell in love with him/her.

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Love with married Kamal Haasan, was called ‘the other woman’

Kamal Haasan was married. he/she was married to dancer Vani Ganpati, but there were problems in his/her married life. During that time Kamal Haasan also fell in love with Sarika. The news of their love spread throughout the film industry and Sarika was called the ‘other woman’ in Kamal Haasan’s life. Kamal Haasan’s wife decided to divorce him/her.

They were in a live-in relationship, got married in 1988 and divorced in 2004

On the other hand, Kamal and Sarika started living together. Before marriage, she became the mother of daughter Shruti and then got married in 1988. After marriage, Sarika and Kamal Haasan became parents of another daughter Akshara. Everything was going well, but in 2002 they decided to separate. Sarika and Kamal Haasan got divorced in 2004.

‘I had 60 rupees, slept in the car and bathed at friends’ house’

After this, Sarika’s bad days started. Sarika had told in Simi Grewal’s chat show that when she got divorced from Kamal Haasan, she was left with only 60 rupees and a car. She took help from friends for daily needs. Friends helped in arranging food and bathing. While she used to spend the night in her car. Sarika had said about this, ‘I left with 60 rupees and my car. It was very difficult, but somehow I managed myself. I used to wonder where will I get food from now. I used to stay with friends. I used to bathe at their house and sleep in my car at night.’