Shahid Kapoor: ‘I endorse arranged marriage, it worked really well for me and Mira’ | Bollywood News


Vivah actor Shahid Kapoor found his real-life Poonam in Mira Rajput, as he opted for an arranged marriage in 2015. At SCREEN Live in Mumbai on Friday, Shahid reflected on his experience working on Sooraj Barjatya’s Vivah and shared his perspective on arranged marriages.

At the event, Shahid mentioned that Vivah was a trailer for his real-life marriage with Mira. He said, “Vivah was my practice session. The same happened with me in real life, I never thought this would happen. When I was shooting for this film, I used to say to my friends, ‘How can anyone have an arranged marriage? It’s so strange.’ So, I used to find the scenes also very funny – vo chai lekar aarahi hai and then bolti hai jal. I was like, Sooraj ji, ‘What’s jal, man? He said, ‘You just do it, you don’t know how people function in the interiors in India.”

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Shahid added, “We just followed him. I had no idea what was happening or about the world of this film, I was very much a big city kid. Only after it did what it did, I realised that this actually happens. I also realised it around ten years later.”

The Deva actor also shared that he strongly supports arranged marriage. “I endorse arranged marriages a lot. I think it worked really well for me and Mira. I never thought at a young age that I would ever do an arranged marriage.”

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On the work front, Shahid Kapoor was last seen in the romantic comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, opposite Kriti Sanon. His next film is Deva is set to hit the big screen on January 31. The cop drama, directed by Rosshan Andrrews, also features Pooja Hegde, Pavail Gulati, and Kubbra Sait in pivotal roles.

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