Who is Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Sachdev? Socialite-turned actor once shared screen with Kareena Kapoor

At the time of his death, Karisma Kapoor's ex-husband Sunjay Kapur was married to former actor Priya Sachdev.

Industrialist Sunjay Kapur, the ex-husband of actor Karisma Kapoor, died on Thursday after a heart attack, as per reports. The 53-year-old died hours after he swallowed a bee during a polo match, business consultant Suhel Seth told ANI. While Sunjay was known in the Bollywood circles for his marriage to Karisma, the businessman had remarried to actor-model Priya Sachdev, with whom he has a son. (

Sunjay Kapur was known for his marriage to Karisma and later married Priya Sachdev, with whom he had a son, Azarias.

Sunjay Kapur's marriages to Karisma and Priya

Sunjay Kapur was married to Karisma from 2003 to 2016. The couple has a daughter, Samaira, born on 11 March 2005 and a son, Kiaan, born on 12 March 2011. In 2014, they filed for divorce, which was finalised in 2016. Sunjay married Priya Sachdev the following year. Priya and Sunjay are parents to a son, Azarias.

Who is Priya Sachdev?

Priya Sachdev is a socialite and model from Delhi. Daughter of car dealer Ashok Sachdev, Priya has a degree in business management from the London School of Economics. She started her career in showbiz in the early 2000s and appeared in a number of commercials, including one for Lux Body Wash, wherein she shared the screen with Kareena Kapoor, Sunjay's future sister-in-law. Priya had just one film credit. She appeared in a small role as Uday Chopra's character's love interest in the 2005 Yash Raj film Neal 'n' Nikki. It also starred Tanisha Mukherji, and was a box office bomb.

In 2006, Priya married American hotelier and actor Vikram Chatwal. They had one child together - Safira Chatwal. Priya and Vikram divorced in 2011.

Priya would often post pictures of the family on Instagram, which indicated that Sunjay and Karisma's kids shared a warm bond with their half-brother Azarias and stepsibling Safira as well.