Here is a piece that confirms his over smartness. I have disliked him from day 1.
MELVYN THOMAS
Posted: Sep 15, 2004 at 0131 hrs IST
SURAT, SEPTEMBER 14 Ismail Darbar's first wife Farzana may allege that she had no knowledge of his second marriage, but the music director's family in Surat has known all along that he and Preeti Sinha (now Ayesha) are married.
Ismail's elder brother Yaseen and other relatives were witness to their secret wedding at a Surat mosque in May. Ismail, who composed the music for hit films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas, had brought Preeti to meet his family at their Allahwalla ni Chawl in Sagrampura area in May. Preeti converted to Islam before the wedding ceremony, after which Ismail threw a low-key reception party for relatives and close friends at Dumas.
Ismail met Preeti while he was working on Devdas. Later, he helped her get a role in Subhash Ghai's Kisna.
Ismail, who grew up in Sagrampura, shifted to Mumbai with his late father Hussain Darbar, who played saxophone in Laxmikant-Pyarelal's musical troupe. During his 15-year struggle to become a music director, his father got him a job in the troupe as a violin and mouth-organ player. That was when he fell in love with Farzana and later married her.
After Ismail shot to fame, the couple moved to a swank flat in Andheri with their four children. But their marriage was on the rocks as Farzana allegedly ''did not like Ismail providing financial assistance to his family''. Speaking over the phone from Mumbai, Ismail said, ''Farzana didn't like my brother, sister and brother-in-law who would often come to stay with me in Mumbai. We would quarrel (over this).''
''Ayesha helped me deal with the depression. I have not abandoned my first wife. I have all my loyalty towards my children. She's lying if she says I have not paid their fee.'' Yaseen says: ''Ismail had taken us into confidence before he married Ayesha. We wanted to see him happy. We also want him to take care of his first wife and children.''
(Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/55125/)Edited by mwow - 14 years ago
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