So the thing with Somy is that she knowingly broke Salman and Sangeeta Bijlani up in 1993/1994, so I wouldn't really feel that bad for her in that respect. In recent interviews, Somy very clearly spelled out she was not interested in actually becoming an actress; she had just come to India to marry Salman after watching Maine Pyaar Kiya, and ultimately met Salman at a modelling agency in 1992/1993 by chance. Salman had told her he was dating someone when he ultimately hired Somy for 'Buland' (an unreleased film), but by the time 1993/1994 rolled around, Salman was caught cheating by Sangeeta ('shaadi ke cards chapp gaye the' were his words on Koffee with Karan), and Somy and Salman were officially a couple from 1994-1999.
By her own admission, Somy has said that their relationship was rocky and that while he is a good actor and brother and son, Salman was a 'terrible' boyfriend, and that 90% were bad times but 10% were good times. So she had enough in Dec 1999 and left India for good then as well. She had met up with Salman in 2010/11 when they both were in Bangkok and he was shooting 'Ready', and she met Salma (Salman's mom) in 2019 when Salma was in Miami. She maintains that she was on very good terms with Salma and Salim as well, and that she holds no animosity towards Salman despite everything that happened between them.
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