India, July 14 -- Actor Kiran Joneja has strongly defended her husband-film director Ramesh Sippy, when an interviewer said that he was earlier a "colourful man". In an interview with Lehren Retro, Kiran talked about how commitment, and not marriage, is important to her.

Kiran Joneja said that she hadn't heard of any rumours of Ramesh's affairs earlier or during the three decades of their marriage. When the interviewer reiterated that Ramesh "was a colourful man" who "had at least two affairs", a visibly upset Kiran said it was in the past. Kiran said she "hasn't heard of any affairs Mr Sippy has had".

When the interviewer insisted, Ramesh had affairs, Kiran replied, "I don't care, maybe it was there. But I know this much that after mee...