Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Raj Kundra Recalls Suicidal Feelings Amid Divorce Rumours In Jail
Raj Kundra was jailed in 2021 in connection with a pornography case.
He spent 63 days in Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail.
While he was there, news reports said his wife, Shilpa Shetty, might leave him.
Raj said the reports were only rumours, but they made him feel extremely hopeless.
He said he even thought about ending his life.
The next day, Shilpa called and said she was staying with him.
Her support helped him feel stronger.
Raj also said the jail food was difficult to eat, so he mostly had biscuits and water.
He said he lost about 17–18 kilograms during that time.
Raj Kundra said he felt suicidal after divorce rumours involving Shilpa Shetty surfaced during his 2021 incarceration.
He said Shilpa Shetty reassured him by phone that the reports were false and that she trusted him.
Kundra spent 63 days in Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail following his arrest in the pornography case.
He described difficult prison conditions, saying he largely survived on Parle-G biscuits and water.
Kundra said he lost about 17–18 kilograms and was granted bail in September 2021.
- Who
- Businessman-actor Raj Kundra and actor Shilpa Shetty.
- What
- Kundra recalled feeling suicidal after divorce rumours surfaced while he was jailed, along with the difficult conditions of his incarceration.
- When
- During Kundra’s 2021 arrest and 63-day incarceration; he discussed the experience in a recent interview.
- Where
- Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail.
- Why
- Divorce rumours about Kundra and Shilpa Shetty circulated while he was in jail, and he said the prison conditions were also extremely difficult.
- Incarceration
- Raj Kundra spent 63 days in Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail in 2021.
- Emotional impact
- He said divorce rumours made him feel suicidal and devastated.
- Shilpa Shetty’s response
- She told him the reports were false, that she was with him, and that she trusted him.
- Prison diet
- Kundra said he largely survived on Parle-G biscuits and water.
- Weight loss
- He claimed to have lost around 17–18 kilograms in jail.
- Legal case
- He was charged under provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act, and the Information Technology Act.
- Bail
- A metropolitan magistrate’s court granted him bail in September 2021.