Actor Shweta Tripathi and her husband, actor-rapper Chaitanya Sharma aka SlowCheeta, have been together for 12 years now, and theatre has played a huge role in their love story.

“We met during a theatrical play as two actors who were a part of the play were busy for a show date in Delhi, so director Akarsh Khurana asked Cheeta and I to fill in. As luck would have it, our seats were next to each other on the flight and we could not stop chatting. By the end of the flight, I knew that I wanted him to be a part of my life,” she shares.

Cheeta reveals how he went about the wedding proposal: “The first time we interacted properly was on stage. So, I thought proposal mein theatre toh banta hai. To give an ode to our relationship, we must do it on stage. That’s the most genuine I’d been on stage, and luckily, she said yes.”

Reminiscing her reaction to the proposal, Shweta adds: “What surprised me more was that he got a tattoo of my name. Ring to sabhi ko milti hai, mujhe tattoo mila.”

Talking about her most memorable date, Shweta adds: “I had once told Cheeta, ‘How crazy would it be if someone asked me out on a roller coaster’. So, he took me to an adventure park and did that.” He adds, “Who in their adulthood would want to go to an adventure park on a date? But, it turned out to be the best date I’ve had.”