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Never saw my father, now suddenly found his photo; Aarti Solanki said, 'My eyes are welling up with anger...'
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News18•24-09-2026, 12:57
Never saw my father, now suddenly found his photo; Aarti Solanki said, 'My eyes are welling up with anger...'
- •Actress Aarti Solanki found a photo of her father after many years, making her emotional.
- •Aarti Solanki's parents had an interfaith marriage, facing opposition from family and society.
- •Her father sacrificed wealth for love, settling in a Girgaon chawl, but later renounced worldly life and embraced asceticism.
- •Aarti's father passed away in 2011, and she and her family could not see him even after his death.
- •Seeing the photo, Aarti's eyes welled up, but she was unsure if it was from anger, sadness, or joy.
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Aarti Solanki never saw her father because her parents had an interfaith marriage—her father was a Gujarati Hindu and her mother was a Muslim—which faced heavy opposition from family and society, forcing him to leave them when she was young and later embrace asceticism.
Aarti Solanki's father passed away in 2011. She and her family were unable to see him even after his death, and they learned about his passing through a phone call from relatives.
Aarti Solanki became emotional and shared a post on social media after unexpectedly finding a photograph of her father, whom she had never seen during her childhood, leaving her conflicted over whether her tears were from anger, sadness, or joy.
