On Monday, we reported that actor Vivaan Shah is in a relationship with actor Karishma Lala Sharma. While he refrained from talking about it then, Shah has finally admitted that he’s in love: “Love finds you when you least expect it. When you seek it, it eludes you.”

Talking about the difficult phase he was going through before meeting Sharma, Shah says, “In June, last year, I was reeling from the emotional after-effects of Coronavirus. It was a terrifying time. I wasn’t going through the greatest time, professionally, too. My self-esteem was low and I had been without a partner for many years. I had almost given up. Karishma entered my life at that point like a guardian angel and gave my hopes a new lease on life.”

Shah calls the Ek Villain Returns actor “the greatest blessing, and the best thing to ever happen to me”. He adds, “It is difficult to articulate in words how much she means to me and how much joy she has brought into my life.”

Shah, 32, goes on to call Sharma, 28, “a renaissance woman” and the most inspiring person he has met. He adds, “Coming to Mumbai from Patna (Bihar), working hard in the industry and fulfilling your dreams can be tough to accomplish. It’s my dream to write something for her (he aspires to be a writer-director). We often toy with the idea of collaborating on a project. She is also a wonderful singer, which is a little-known fact about her. She is my personal hero, my greatest inspiration and muse.”