Television stars often end up spending at least 8 to 10 hours on sets. They get acquainted too well, become friends and if the stars fall in place they fall in love. So, it does not come as a surprise when they confess to be being struck by cupid’s arrow. Their fans and well-wishers adore them so much as an on-screen jodi, that they wish they turn into real-life couples as well.
Our television industry is brimming with the reel life couples turning into real life partners. From Ram Kapoor and Gautami Gadgil to Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya, there are numerous celebs who started sharing lives after they began sharing screens. Here is a look back at the ‘serial lovers’ of the small screen who eventually became real life couple too.
#1. Gurmeet Choudhary-Debina Bonnerjee
Debina and Gurmeet were love at first sight for the fans. They turned overnight stars with Ramayan, where they starred as Sita and Ram respectively. Debina came to Mumbai for a talent hunt contest, where she met Gurmeet for the first time. But, it was only when she settled in Mumbai, Gurmeet, who was also her roommate’s boyfriend’s friend, was actually introduced officially to her.
And well, the rest we know….
#2. Aamir Ali-Sanjeeda Sheikh
They are one of the most good-looking couples in the Indian TV industry. Aamir and Sanjeeda had been friends for too long, so it took them some time to realize their love for each other. After a few dates, the couple decided to take the relationship forward and went on participating in Nach Baliye, and soon tied the knot.
#3. Hiten Tejwani–Gauri Pradhan
They can very well be tagged as the first reel-to-real life jodi of Indian television. Their love-hate relationship in Kutumb was the ultimate test of the chemistry that was brewing between them, so much so that Ekta had to rope in Gauri to play the lead opposite Hiten in her mega show Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. And their love on screen, soon turned out to be the real life arrangement.
#4. Ram Kapoor-Gautami Gadgil
Ram and Gautami are one of the most loved and adored couples of the Indian television. The couple starred in Ghar Ek Mandir, and as they say opposites attract, eventually this couple too fell for each other.The two have been together ever since.
#5. Vivek Dahiya-Divyanka Tripathi
Divyanka Tripathi, who essays the role of television’s most loved character Ishima, was dating her co-star Sharad Malhotra from Banoo Main Teri Dulhann. But after their decade long relationship, Divyanka and Sharad parted their ways and while she was nursing her broken heart she found friend in Vivek. It wasn’t love at first sight for these two, and were introduced to each other by someone from the show. Their compatibility and simplicity took their friendship to another level and they finally got married with a lavish wedding on July 14, 2016.
#6. Sharad Kelkar-Keerti Gaekwad
Well, we all remember Sharad Kelkar and Keerti Gaekwad from Zee network’s telly serial Saat Phere. But we saw them together before in Doordarshan’s Aakrosh, and their second encounter where the two actually bonded was CID Special Bureau. The two fell in love and have been together since then.
#7. Sanaya Irani-Mohit Sehgal
Sanaya Irani and Mohit Sehgal, popularly known as ‘Monaya’ by their fans, tied the knot in a grand ceremony on January 25, 2016. They met on the sets of Miley Jab Hum Tum where they played one of the romantic leads. And rest as we know is history.
#8. Kishwer Merchantt And Suyyash Rai
Kishwer and Suyyash met on the sets of their show, Pyaar Ki Yeh Ek Kahaani and soon, clicked with each other. Reportedly, they would spend time talking on the phone after their shoot till 7 in the morning. The cupid’s arrow struck the two and they decided to spend the rest of their life together and got married on December 16, 2016, in a grand wedding affair.
