Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat’s love story is a bit out of a fairy tale. The two had met during their college days and despite not keeping in touch for a while, the two still found their way back. In one of his recent interviews, the actor recalled meeting them for the first time and how everything went well for the two of them.
Paresh Rawal remembers meeting Swaroop Sampat decades ago
The veteran actor recently sat down for an interview with Vicky Lalwani. While talking about Paresh Rawal’s controversies with Akshay Kumar among other things, Lalwani also asked him about his bond with his wife, Swaroop Sampat. Rawal admitted that things went very well for the two of them during their relationship, and not even their parents opposed their union at the time.Talking about how things went for them, Rawal said, “Vicky bhai main ek baat bolun tumse mere jitna naseeb ka balwan aadmi maine nahin dekha hai yar. touch sach bolta hun. har mamle mein kisi ko hi bolna yeh ladki meri wife banegi. aur mahendra joshi mein kar u humske hai ki betis ja mate ja jiss mein kisi ko hi bolna yeh ladki meri wife banegi. yeh matlab kisi ki bhi beti ho yah ho meri wife banegi are ho jana” (Vicky bhai, let me tell you something, to put it mildly, I have not seen anyone as lucky as I am. I am telling you the honest truth. In all respects… I just declared, “This girl will be my wife Mahien’s daughter and she will be my wife” and I work, regardless of whose daughter it was, I only knew that she would become my wife, and fact happened
Paresh Rawal shares that they reconnected after 4 months
Before that, it was reported that after initially meeting at a college event, the two had lost touch for nearly a year before reconnecting on another project. However, the ‘The Taj Story’ actor gave some clarifications during the interview and stated that they had reconnected after just 4 months of dating each other.Adding more context, he shared that he was the one who reached out and clarified to Sampat that he wants to be in a committed relationship. He added, “Maine hola bola maine dekho bhaiya mujhe shaadi karni hai agar tu shaadi karna chahti ho to meri yahan hai na to mujhe yeh lets meet and all that woh sab woh clichés nahin chahiye mujhe, woh nahin chahiye commitment to commitment” (I was what I said, “. If you are interested in marriage, here I am. I don’t want any of this “let’s get to know each other” stuff, none of this banality. I want a committed relationship).Rawal also added, “If I’m not committed I can’t move,” further sharing, “Main jab commit commit ho raha hun main aapse bhi commit mang raha hun. At that time, if you feel uncomfortable, this time you lean se nahin yaar nahin main és isme aage nahin badhungi” (When I commit for a commitment, I also commit. If you feel uncomfortable at that point, you can simply say, “No, I’m not going forward with this.”
How did Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat meet?
Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat met during their college years in Mumbai. He had attended a college play that Rawal had been a part of, which Sampat attended and was very impressed. He went backstage to talk to him and praise his performance on stage. After he saw her and told his friend he was going to marry her, the two didn’t keep in touch for a while. However, romance later blossomed between the two when they started working together. The two have been married since 1987, after dating for more than 12 years, and have been together ever since.