Almost a decade’s age gap with husband Gaurav never concerned me: Akanksha Chamola Khanna

Gaurav Khanna is currently ruling on the hearts of the audiences with his charming personaility as Anuj Kapadia in Star Plus show Anupamaa. The actor has gotten accolades for his performance in the show. While the viewers love Anuj Kapadia, they’re also always intrigued to know more about Gaurav’s personal life with wife Akanksha Chamola who’s an actress herself. There have been a lot of conjecture regarding Akanksha and Gaurav’s age gap. In a candid and elaborated interview with India Forums, Akanksha clears the air and states facts that ae still not known. Read on the excrepts of the interview.

Clearing the air about her age and the age gap between her and Gaurav, Akanksha said, “I recently came across a lot of fake information on the internet related to my age and my bio-data. This information has never been validated from my end and random users have filled them on internet. I would hereby like to state that I was born on 18th January 1991. I’ve been born and brought up in Mumbai. My parents are also from Mumbai and I lived here all my life and have completed my education from Mumbai University. This is the basic bio-data, rest most of the stuff available on the internet is a sheer speculation from the users who’ve not verified those details from me. Interestingly, Gaurav and I come under the category of the couples with almost a decade’s age gap”.

We asked the gorgeous actress if the age gap was ever a concern for her and her family, the actress said, “Honestly, I’ve always connected well with mature people. I’ve been quite emotionally mature for my age and never found a guy of the same age being compatible to my thoughts. I was ecstatic to marry Gaurav who is almost ten years older to me. He would understand me better and sometimes handle me well. I don’t think, I’ve met any one of my age with that sense of maturity and sensibility. I was very sure to take the plunge with Gaurav”.

She further added, “However, my parents were a little hesitant and the age gap was a slight concern for them as they felt that our thoughts might collide as the Gaurav comes with experience at hand because of his age and I will think and take decisions from my perspectives. My parents have always respected my choices and I also make a point to respect their thoughts. When they communicated with me about their concerns, I heard them out but eventually I knew what I was doing and thus my parents went with my instincts. They believe in the saying ‘Miya Biwi Raazi, toh kya karega qazi’. As far as Gaurav’s family is concerned, almost all the couple in his family has around that amount of age gap. So, everything was sorted from his end as he was taking the family’s tradition forward”.

All relationships are tough and I’ve seen almost every relationship going through a tough phase but it all boils down to what kind of partnership you share with your spouse

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We asked Akanksha if in the course of her marriage, she felt roadblocks because of the age-gap, she quipped, “Age gap or no age gap it doesn’t really make a difference. Man and woman are different sexes and cannot be on same pedestal. There can be similarities and compatibles, but no matter what combination you come up with, husband and wife will be on different platforms. It is all about how well you are building the relationship. How much you want to invest in the relationship, how much you’re thriving to be in it and how much you are ready to secure and fight for it; it is all about that. Honestly, the thought of Gaurav being older to me has never affected me. Every relationship has a give and take. I learn a lot from Gaurav and so do he. We both try to make each other learn and grow. He obviously has the benefit of experience because of his age but that doesn’t stop him from learning things from me. All relationships are tough and I’ve seen almost every relationship going through a tough phase but it all boils down to what kind of partnership you share with your spouse”.

Quite enlightening to know Akanksha’s take on this subject.

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