Akanksha Chamola opens up about reasons behind divorce with Gaurav Khanna
Akanksha reveals she and Gaurav lived separately for one year
- Akanksha Chamola said she never had maternal instincts and was open to discovering them but ultimately realised she was not meant for motherhood.
- Gaurav Khanna initially accepted her stance, but Chamola says his feelings shifted over time toward wanting children, creating incompatibility.
- Chamola revealed they have been living separately for about a year and are getting divorced by mutual decision.
- She linked her decision partly to personal freedom and said she didn’t want to put Khanna in a situation where he might regret his choice.
- Khanna had earlier indicated on Bigg Boss 19 that he wished to be a father and that Chamola was not ready for motherhood.
- Families suggested they spend time apart; Chamola emphasised there is no bitterness between the two.
Akanksha Chamola’s recent revelations on Lock Upp season 2 have peeled back the curtain on a private heartbreak that many will recognise: two people who once chose a life together slowly realising they want different futures. Her account — calm, reflective and candid — focuses less on scandal and more on an emotional mismatch at the core of her marriage to fellow television actor Gaurav Khanna: the question of children, and whether either of them could live with the other’s choice.
On the show, Chamola said she never felt a natural maternal instinct. She explained that early in the marriage she was open to discovering it, and that Gaurav initially accepted her position. Over time, however, she said, his feelings shifted toward a desire to become a father. That change, she said, became the central strain in their relationship and ultimately a reason they decided to separate.
“When we were married, I never had a maternal instinct, but I was open to discovering it,” she told her fellow contestants. “It was never shut down, but gradually I realised I’m not meant for it. And he was okay with it, but I guess with time, that shifted. I don’t have an instinct. I told him a long time ago, when I realised I’m not meant for it.”
Chamola described a mature, if painful, exchange with Khanna when she acknowledged the incompatibility. “I told him then that I’m not going to do it. So we had a discussion where I told him, ‘You want to leave me, you can leave me. Fair enough on your part’.” She framed the desire for children as a practical and common motive for many marriages: “Let’s be very honest, 99% get married because you It’s a fact, it’s okay, he’s not wrong on that.”
She also connected her decision to a wish for personal freedom: “And then Bigg Boss happened, and then I realised that maybe he has a lot, and I’m not able to do it, so for me, I don’t want to put him in that situation.
Earlier on the reality series, Chamola disclosed that she and Khanna had been living separately for a year and that divorce was a mutual decision they had discussed over the same period.
She was careful to underline that the split carried no public acrimony. That is because we both want different things in life,” she told fellow contestants — a sentiment that shifted the conversation away from blame and toward recognition of incompatible goals.
Chamola’s comments echo earlier remarks by Khanna during Bigg Boss 19, where he spoke about wanting to embrace fatherhood and suggested Chamola was not ready to be a mother. Chamola confirmed that her participation in Bigg Boss — and the attention it brought — intensified existing strains, leading families to advise the couple to spend time apart. She implied the public scrutiny may have deepened a private drift that had already begun.
The story taps into broader cultural conversations about marriage, parenthood and choice. For some, Chamola’s decision to be child-free will seem liberating and honest; for others, it may feel like a betrayal of traditional expectations. Through it all, she presented her choice plainly, insisting on the right to a life aligned with her own temperament and priorities rather than conforming to external pressures.
What stands out is not tabloid fodder but the quieter human cost: two people recalibrating their lives, families adjusting, and a public watching the unravel as the private reasons are aired. Chamola’s account is as much about asserting agency as it is about loss — the difficult, sometimes lonely work of choosing a life that fits.