Sunjay Kapur’s ₹30,000‑Crore Succession Feud: Mother Rani vs. Wife Priya – Full Timeline & Allegations

Sunjay Kapur’s ₹30,000‑Crore Succession Feud: The feud within the Kapur family-owned Sona Group - a Rs 30,000 crore empire - took a turn Friday evening after the flagship company, Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd, said Rani Kapur, the former Chairman Sunjay Kapur’s mother, is not a shareholder and has not been since 2019.

Hours earlier Ms Kapur wrote to the board, identifying herself as a majority shareholder and demanding an Annual General Meeting scheduled for today be postponed.

She said she had been coerced into signing documents and questioned the decision to appoint "certain people (i.e., Priya Sachdev Kapur, her daughter-in-law)" who claimed to speak for the family.

She claims to be the sole representative of the Kapur family’s interest in the auto components company. While she hasn’t named anyone, she objected to “passing of a resolution to appoint certain directors”.

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Rani Kapur’s letter of July 24 to the board of the company alleged that while the family is in mourning due to Sunjay’s sudden passing last month, “some people have chosen this opportune time to wrest control and usurp the family legacy”.

Priya Sachdev Kapur, a former model and actor who is also a corporate leader, has not said anything so far on this.

Born in New Delhi, Priya is the daughter of Ashok Sachdev, a prominent automobile dealer. A UCL mathematics and business graduate, she also studied briefly at UCLA before entering the financial world.

She began her career in mergers and acquisitions at Credit Suisse First Boston in London, before moving back to India. There, she led ventures across automotive retail, insurance, luxury fashion and e-commerce. She founded TSG International Marketing Pvt. Ltd., co-created Rock N Shop (one of India’s earliest luxury e-commerce platforms).

Priya’s personal life has often been in the public eye. She was first married to American hotelier Vikram Chatwal, with whom she had a daughter. Their high-profile marriage ended in 2011 after a long custody battle, which she won.

In 2017, she married Sunjay Kapur, ex-husband of Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor. Sunjay and Priya had a son, Azarias, before Sunjay’s sudden demise on June 12, 2025 due to a heart attack.

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Just weeks before his passing, in a rare interview in May, Priya opened up about the emotional turmoil in her first marriage, revealing she had stayed longer than she should have during pregnancy to protect her daughter. Her testimony threw new light on her journey.Rani Kapur also called her son’s death in the UK in June as “highly suspicious and unexplained”.

Sunjay Kapur, who was once married to actor Karisma Kapoor, died of a heart attack while playing polo in Windsor, England. Reports said a bee flew into his mouth during the match which may have led to a heart attack.

Mother Rani Kapur said she was forced to sign various papers while in a fragile emotional state after his death. “The contents of those documents have never been shown to me,” she wrote in the letter.

Sona Comstar denies the claims and says Priya Sachdev Kapur was appointed as Non-Executive Director based on a nomination received from AIPL. "For clarity, the company confirms that no documents have been signed or obtained from Rani Kapur by the company after Sunjay Kapur’s demise," it stated.

After Sunjay Kapur passed away in London on June 12, the company’s board appointed Jeffrey Mark Overly as chairman on June 23.

Forbes had stated that Sunjay Kapur had a net worth of $1.2 billion ( ₹10,000 crore+) at the time of his death.

Sunjay is survived by his third wife Priya, mother Rani, children Samaira and Kiaan with ex-wife Karisma Kapoor, and Azarias with Priya; and sisters Mandhira Kapur Smith and Superna Kapur Motwane.

He was first married to fashion designer Nandita Mahtani from 1996 to 2000.

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