I would never speak ill of them: Shamoon Abbasi on ex-wives, life’s turning points

Actor opens up about his three divorces and career struggles

Actor and producer Shamoon Abbasi, known for his antagonist roles in Waar and Dhai Chaal, has spoken candidly about his personal life in a recent interview. Appearing on Zabardast with Wasi Shah, Shamoon discussed the challenges he faced in his three marriages and how they shaped his outlook on relationships.

His first marriage to Javeria Abbasi lasted for twelve years. Shamoon later married renowned actor Humaima Malick and they got divorced within a year. Shamoon’s third marriage was with Javeria Randhawa, which lasted for four years. 

Shamoon has been happily married to actor Sherry Shah since 2023. 

Despite a tumultuous past, the actor is at peace with the decisions he has taken in personal life. “When it comes to career success in marriage,” the actor said, “I was trying to make (my ex-wives) strive for success at my own pace, which was wrong.”

“MashaAllah, they are both more successful and richer than I am. Divorce can also be good for the two people this way.” 

Shamoon shares how differences might be created in a marriage, “People can have different ideas about life. She can say ‘I want to be a doctor’ and I say ‘I want to be an engineer’. At that point, two people can come to understand that they have separate goals. Otherwise, there will be a struggle.”

Upon this observation, the host pointed out that the actor’s ex-wives were also actors. Shouldn’t that have created some understanding?

“Yes, you’re right, it should have,” Shamoon admitted. “But age plays a role, too. Sometimes, one person is in a hurry — they become over-ambitious and decide too early that if this isn’t their future, then nothing else is.”

Recalling a difficult financial period in his life, Shamoon recalled, “There was a time in my life when I couldn’t even afford a meal. There was a restaurant below my apartment, and when I asked for food, the owner told me, ‘You already owe me 350 rupees; I can’t give you more.’ I used to sit on the roofs of buses just to get to work.”

The actor pointed towards what might have gone wrong for him, “At a point like that, if your partner is in a hurry for success and money, conflicts are bound to happen. Maybe my mistake was insisting that a marriage shouldn’t end over such things. But that’s not always true. Sometimes people take different paths in life, and that’s okay.”

Moving past these relationship pitfalls, Shamoon remains optimistic. 

“I would never speak ill of them. They are remarkable women who have made a name for themselves in their craft. But they found fame after ten years, which is what I was trying to tell them: be patient!”

In 2019, Humaima accused Shamoon of verbal and physical abuse on social media, saying, “I was threatened, abused, and beaten to death not once but many times.” However, no formal charges were issued against the actor.