When actor Kalki Koechlin attended the wedding of Aaliyah Kashyap, daughter of her ex-husband, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, many were surprised. But for Kalki, it felt natural. In a recent chat, she opened up about why she chose to be there and how her bond with Aaliyah has remained strong over the years despite her split with Anurag.Kalki-Anurag tied knot in 2011 and parted ways in 2015Kalki and Anurag met while working on the cult hit film ‘DevD’. They tied the knot in 2011, but after four years of marriage, the couple parted ways in 2015. Their split was peaceful, but as Kalki recently revealed, it didn’t mean cutting off everyone they had known together.In a recent interview on the YouTube channel Aleena Dissects, Kalki explained, “So much time has passed. We have both moved on in our lives.”

Aaliyah’s wedding and a heartfelt noteAnurag’s daughter from his first marriage with film editor Aarti Bajaj, Aaliyah Kashyap, married Shane Gregoire in December 2024. Among the friends and family celebrating the wedding was Kalki. Aaliyah was only 10 years old when her father married Kalki, and the bond formed during those years has clearly stayed strong.After the wedding, Kalki took to social media to post a sweet message for the newlyweds. She ended the note with a typical Bollywood touch, “Wish you guys all the ‘ishq, pyaar and mohabbat’ in the world (like the theme of a thousand Bollywood films).” Aaliyah responded with: “Love you so much!!!”‘You don’t just cut off everyone’While some might find it unusual to stay close to the family of an ex, Kalki said it’s quite the opposite, especially in the film world. She shared in the same chat, “It’s just not that one person you know. It’s all the people around them as well, especially in our industry. You don’t suddenly cut links with all those people. There are 300-400 new people you know because of this partner you were with for six years. So, obviously, those ties are not suddenly going to disappear, so we will be in touch.”‘Aaliyah is a part of my life’Kalki spoke openly about how her relationship with Aaliyah remained unaffected by her divorce from Anurag. She said, “And Aaliyah is a part of those people that have been in my life because of Anurag. That’s the wonderful thing you get out of breaking up that there is a whole network of other people you have met because of that person. And even if you can’t talk to that person for some time, which happened after we broke up, we did have to give ourselves some boundaries and be like ‘I don’t want to see you for some time’ but the others, I kept seeing and that’s normal, I think.”