Happy birthday Pooja Batra: How Virasat actor found love with Nawab Shah

Till June final 12 months, actor Pooja Batra had turn into a fading reminiscence – individuals vaguely recalled the tall actor who had married and moved to the US to reside a lifetime of domesticity and bliss. Then, initially of final 12 months, her Instagram web page was abuzz with photos with actor Nawab Shah.

Nawab is just not a reputation that might ring a bell instantly. But one have a look at him and immediately pictures of his character-actor roles in a number of hit Hindi movies will race throughout the thoughts. In June final 12 months, they’d confirmed their relationship.

 

However, one other shock was in retailer for followers – in July final 12 months, the 2 secretly obtained married. Suddenly, an actor who had light from public reminiscence, was again in motion. On her birthday on Tuesday, right here’s a have a look at her love story with Nawab Shah.

Pooja dazzled the world when she was adjudged the third runners-up at 1993’s Miss Asia Pacific at solely 18 years outdated. She had been topped Miss India earlier that 12 months. Soon, the lithe actor was strolling down the ramp and, very quickly, Pooja was among the many main fashions in India.

  

However, for a overwhelming majority of Indians, she grew to become a family identify when she starred in Anil Kapoor and Tabu-starrer Virasat (1997). It was her first movie. Soon she featured in a variety of comedies similar to Haseena Maan Jayegi. She appeared in Malayalam and Tamil movies too. And then in 2002, she married a US primarily based surgeon Dr Sonu Ahluwalia and moved to the US. She stayed within the US with him until 2010 after which divorced him in 2011.

 

Talking in regards to the expertise, Pooja had informed Bombay Times, “Everybody goes through phases. I survived one of the most difficult ones, as I was alone in a foreign country. But then, that’s life, isn’t it? You learn as you grow and your mindset also changes with time.”

Then, in 2019 February, she reconnected with Nawab Shah, whom she knew 20 years again. The relaxation, as they are saying, is historical past.

Speaking in regards to the expertise, Nawab had informed MensXP in an interview, “It happened quite magically in our case because she was sitting in Los Angeles like ‘Saat Samundar Paar’. We knew each other 20 years ago and then we reconnected and somewhere, we felt that it’s the best thing that has happened. I met her obviously and we reconnected when she was coming back from LA. We met at the airport and that was the first time we met and that’s how we started to spend more time together and here we are now.”

  

Speaking about Nawab, Pooja had stated in the identical interview in 2019, “We strongly connected after we were reintroduced by a common friend in February this year. I guess we reconnected at the right time in our life. We were in the same space emotionally and hit it off instantly… We share emotional and intellectual compatibility, and we don’t have to explain too much to each other. I like the fact that he is a family person.”

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After a short courtship interval, they married in July 2019. Talking about it, Pooja has stated: “Nawab and I exchanged vows in Delhi, with only our families in attendance. Our loved ones kept asking us why we were delaying it (the marriage). I was simply going with the flow, but then I realised that he is the man I want to spend the rest of my life with, and there is no point in delaying it any further. So, here we are. We had an Arya Samaj wedding, and we will register our marriage this week.”

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