Tabu’s sister Farah Naaz would abuse herself, says Sujata Mehta: 'I would see marks on hands'

Actress Sujata Mehta gained recognition for her role in the 1987 film Pratighaat, a remake of the Telugu film Pratighatana. She appeared in several Hindi movies, such as Kanwarlal, Aaj Kie Aurat, Gunaah, Rishta Ho To Aisa, Hum Sab Chor Hain, and Hulchul, among others.

Recently, she opened up about her relationship with Farah Naaz, the older sister of actress Tabu, and shared some surprising details about her. In an interview with Pinkvilla's Hindi Rush, Sujata said, "Farah (Naaz) was very good to me. Humara kaafi acha communication tha. I would see marks on her hand; she would abuse herself a lot, possibly out of frustration. One day, I asked her, 'Farah, yeh kya hai yaar?' but she didn’t respond. So, I felt like an interference. Uski kuch personal life ka hoga, mujhe malum nahi."

Sujata Mehta and Farah Naaz shared the screen in the 1988 film Yateem, which also included Sunny Deol, and in the 1993 movie Dhartiputra, which starred Mammootty, Rishi Kapoor, and Jaya Prada.

In a 1988 interview with Filmfare, when Farah was asked about self-harming and cutting her wrists, she said she did it multiple times. She had said, "I am not doing this to kill myself. No one dies by cutting their wrists. I know my family won’t let me die. But it’s like whenever my mom or my sister (Tabu) or Rajesh (Farah’s boyfriend at that time) says something to me that I can’t stand, I do it. Trust me I have no idea what I’m doing or where I’m getting the blade from. And it doesn’t hurt as much when I cut my vein."

Further, Farah mentioned that she diverts her attention from problems by self-harming. she said, "this is my way of annoying them. They won’t know if I kill myself, but whenever they see my wounds like this, they will know that they hurt me."