Is it true that...

Amit Varma played the cupid between you and your wife, Shalini?

Not really! We (my wife and I) had met because of him. After that, we kind of met behind his back and got hooked up (laughs)

That you and Shalini were not on talking terms when your first film released?

No. Maybe, she stopped talking to me after seeing me in my first film (laughs).

Shalini accepted your marriage proposal stating “As if I have a choice?”

Yes, very true! I had proposed to her on the day of our marriage. I thought that it was a very romantic gesture on my part (smiles).

You follow the practice of never go to sleep with a fight or an issue in hand. Is that the secret of every happy marriage?

We have just been together for three years. I don’t think that we should be giving anyone gyaan on happy marriage. But, as you rightly said, that’s a rule that Shalini and I religiously follow.

That when you were in Krabi on your honeymoon, you landed up singing with the live band which was playing there?

A bit stunned and surprised) Wow! Satish, I like your research. I will tell you how it all happened. My wife always had a grudge against me that I was not romantic enough. That’s why, during our honeymoon, without her knowledge, I had requested the band to play the song that she liked. And when they sang the track, I joined them impromptu!