Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat’s love story is somewhat out of a fairytale. The two had met during their college days, and despite not staying in contact with one another for a while, the two of them still found their way back to one another. In one of his recent interviews, the actor recalled upon their meeting for the first time, and how smoothly everything went for the two of them.
Paresh Rawal recalls 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 quite smoothly for the two of them during their relationship, and not even their parents opposed to their union at the time.While talking about how things worked out 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 tha hum jahan kaam karte hain jis company mein uske boss ki beti hai ye. 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 haven’t seen anyone as lucky as I am. I’m telling you the honest truth. In every respect… I just declared, “This girl is going to be my wife.” And she happened to be the daughter of the boss of the company where Mahendra Joshi and I work. I mean, regardless of whose daughter she was, I just knew she would become my wife—and it actually happened. )
Paresh Rawal shares that they connected again after 4 months
Prior to this, there had been reports that after initially meeting at a college event, the two had lost touch for almost a year before they reconnected on another project. However, ‘The Taj Story’ actor provided some clarification during the interview and stated that they had reconnected after only 4 months of meeting one another.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 hi bola maine dekho bhaiya mujhe shaadi karni hai agar tu shaadi karna chahti ho to meri yahan hai na to mujhe yeh lets know each other and all that woh sab woh platitudes nahin chahiye mujhe, woh nahin chahiye commitment with commitment” (I was the one who said, “Look, I want to get married. If you’re interested in marriage, then I’m here. I don’t want any of that ‘let’s get to know each other’ stuff—none of those platitudes. I want a committed relationship).Rawal also added, “If I’m not committed I cannot move”, further sharing, “Main jab commitment commit ho raha hun main aapse bhi commit mang raha hun. at that time if you feel uncomfortable, that time you lean se nahin yaar nahin main is isme aage nahin badhungi” (When I am committing, I am asking for a commitment from you as well. If you feel uncomfortable at that point, you can simply say, “No, I won’t move forward with this’).
How did Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat meet?
Paresh Rawal and Swaroop Sampat met during their college years in Mumbai. She had attended a college play that Rawal had been a part of, which Sampat attended and was heavily impressed by. She went backstage to talk to him and praise his acting on stage. After seeing her and telling his friend that he was going to marry her, the two did not stay in touch for a while. However, later on, romance blossomed between the two when they started working together. The two have been married since 1987, after dating for over 12 years, and have been together ever since.
