Actor Naveen Kasturia’s fans were in for a pleasant surprise when he got married to girlfriend Shubhanjali Sharma on December 2 in Udaipur (Rajasthan). In his first interview after the wedding, the actor opens up about their love story. “We met through a mutual friend in Pune. She and I are both engineers and we hit it off. We stayed in touch after that meeting and eventually fell in love. We dated for less than two years before getting married,” he says.

Ask Kasturia when he decided to take the plunge, and he responds, “We didn’t think about marriage primarily, but our parents played a big part in us tying the knot. The discussion started when Shubhanjali’s father met my parents. Our parents wanted us to get married, and we said ‘yes’.”

The actor can’t stop gushing about his wife. “I don’t think I’ve met anyone like Shubhanjali. I am not very good with words, but I feel very easy and calm with her. She is my best friend, and she looks for the good in everyone. I think I’m very lucky,” he says, adding, “Main darpok kisam ka aadmi hoon. I get intimidated by a lot of things, but ever since she has come into my life, I feel stronger, mentally.”

Kasturia reveals that he and his bride were “the producers and organizers” of their big day. “I wanted to keep it intimate but we were about 65 people who flew only from Delhi as I have a huge family,” says the actor, who also had some friends from the industry in attendance, including actors Amol Parashar, Suhail Nayyar and Sharib Hashmi. His OTT outing Aspirants’ co-stars Sunny Hinduja and Shivankit Singh Parihar were also present.