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Can you marry someone you've known only for 11 days?
Mihir Mishra and Maninee De did just that. BT explores some interesting stories behind the weddings in Tellyworld
GITA HARI
Inter-caste or inter-religion, age differences, divorced with a kid, or just that the match was not approved of by the families, any one or all of these could be a hurdle when it comes to love marriages. How did our tele stars combat the problems they had to face to come out victorious and finally wed their beloved.
In Maninee De and Mihir Mishra case, she was a divorcee with a daughter and it Mihir's first marriage. They got married within 11 days of knowing each other. But Maninee did not face any hurdles as she says, "Honestly, Mihir stood by me and did not give anybody a chance to react. My in-laws are educated and cultured. They are broad-minded and accepted me with open arms." In fact, Maninee with her independent streak found it difficult to re-orient herself to another man in her life and as Mihir wanted her to be his wife, she feels it was providential.
Gouri Yadav, a Maharashtrian, got hitched to Yash Tonnk, a Jat, when they were acting together in Kahin Kissi Roz on Star Plus. "Our families never created any problem," says Gauri, adding further, "but being an inter-caste marriage I found the customs and traditions besides language very different. It takes time to adjust for the girl as she is the one who is shifting base but these are all secondary when you consider the support and strength you derive from your loving husband." If you think that Mannish K Goyal and Poonam Narula fell for each other during their Kasauti Zindagii Kay days, think again. It was the other way round as Mannish discloses, "Ours was a proper, arranged match. We were just co-stars M a d n a e D e e n i n a but my mother who was looking out for a girl for me, liked Poonam immensely." Mamma Goyal visited Poonam on the sets and popped the question, "Would you like to be our bahu?" after which she met Poonam's mother and both the moms pressurised their respective children to say 'yes'. Finally after three months Manish proposed formally to Poonam to which she said, "I will let you know after three months." And then they became man and wife. Maanav Gohil is a Rajput and Shweta Kawaatra is a Punjabi kudi. Were there clashes between the family? "There was scepticism among the families as they did not know each other," says Maanav adding, "It was more from Shweta's side as my parents were more or less ok with it." To overcome the feeling of being strangers, they waited for nearly a year, so that both their families could get to know to each other. Rajev Paul, a Punjabi and Delnaaz being a Parsi, it was a clear instance of inter-religious marriage that was a bit of a trouble with Delnaaz's parents. The duo, who recently celebrated a decade of togetherness, look back on their wedding day with amusement. Rajev says, "We got married without any band-bajaa, in a quiet manner." But all's well that ends well, and today they are a happily married couple!
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