‘It feels good to be married’
While most actors announce their wedding dates months in advance, actor Sucheeta Trivedi of Baa Bahoo Aur Baby fame got married to businessman Nigam Patel in a private ceremony on September 22. She says, “We wanted to keep the wedding low-key and moreover, I wanted to avoid headlines like ‘Sucheeta gets married at 41’. I would have got married at 67, if I felt like it. It isn’t about age as I believe one has to be prepared for marriage. I have been an actor for over 20 years and lived my life on sets.
The day I felt I needed a break and needed someone with me in life is when I thought about marriage. Ours is a comfortable arranged marriage that happened with help of friends and family. It was chat mangani, pat bhya. Like you adjust to new workplace, new co-stars, new sets and production units, one has to adjust in marriage — that was my thought behind taking the plunge.”
The couple got married in Bhavnagar, Gujarat as she wanted a destination wedding with a meaning. The Mere Angne Mein actor says, “I hail from Gujarat though I have lived in Mumbai all my life. I wanted my wedding to be special and that’s why I shopped everything for the wedding in Gujarat. We had a traditional function in Mumbai for extended relatives who couldn’t come to Bhavnagar. I had my close friends attend the wedding.”
Sucheeta admits she doesn’t feel “different yet”. “It has not sunk in yet. It feels good to be married. Maybe when I change my name officially, it will sink in,” she says.