Rajiv Thakur, the actor best known for The Great Indian Kapil Show, is currently the flavour of the month for his OTT web series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. A shy boy and a shy girl entered into an arranged marriage in which the boy had no questions to ask his to-be-wife. There was a six-month gap between their engagement and marriage, during which they neither met (except for a date at a juice center organised by the boy’s best friend) nor spoke on the phone.
Q: Who initiated the talks for the arranged marriage? A: Aarti had an aunt who knew my mother, and both of them had met at a satsang. So, this relationship happened by the will of God. I instantly said yes.
Before that, we were swinging from yes to no because of relatives. Q: When did you meet her for the first time? A: At Aarti’s house. I was accompanied by my friend’s parents.
Q: What was your initial reaction when you saw Aarti? A: I had never been involved with a girl before meeting Aarti. I told myself, “Wow, this beautiful girl is going to be my wife.” Rajiv Thakur and Aarti | Q: What was the conversation you had with her? A: I did not ask her anything, but since I used to do theatre, her relatives assumed that I taught dance .
They were not well-versed in drama and theatre. But she very respectfully asked me, “Are you a choreographer?” I said, “No, I’m an artist. I do theatre, and I’m a writer-director.
” She was probably impressed by my many talents, so she gave her assent too. Q: Did you g.