AR Rahman’s wife Saira Banu wishes him ‘speedy recovery’, reveals they are not officially divorced yet

Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman experienced dehydration and was taken to a hospital in Chennai on Sunday. The hospital subsequently provided an update stating that the music composer was released following a standard checkup.

Currently, his wife Saira Banu has issued a statement expressing her hope for his ‘swift recovery,’ while asking everyone to refrain from referring to her as Rahman’s ex-wife, as they are still not officially divorced. Rahman and Saira declared their decision to part ways in November of the previous year.

Saira Banu has now released a statement through Advocate Vandana Shah, who is the lawyer of the two of them, as per news agency ANI. The statement read, “I wish him (AR Rahman) a speedy recovery. I received the news that he suffered chest pain and underwent angioplasty. By the grace of god, he is fine now. I would also like to say that we are not officially divorced, we are still husband and wife. We have just separated because I was not doing well for the last few years and I did not want to stress him. I request everyone not to call me his ex-wife…”

AR Rahman and Saira Banu had announced their separation last year after 29 years of marriage. In a statement posted by Vandana, they had shared, “After many years of marriage, Saira and her husband, A.R. Rahman, have made the difficult decision to separate from each other. This decision comes after significant emotional strain in their relationship.” The couple married in 1995 and are parents to three children – Khatija, Raheema, and Ameen.