Be it for the fact that Bhushan Kumar is the owner of a music label that dominates the music industry , the love and respect that the music industry shares for his late father Gulshan Kumar or the fact that he is now a producer, the film fraternity that was in town made it a point to come and bless his sister Tulsi on her marriage. What was truly heartening to see was how Bhushan played the most loving and caring brother, who did not leave the side of his sister even for a moment throughout the evening. Excerpts from an exclusive conversation with Bhushan post the reception.

How do you feel seeing Tulsi married?
I have two younger sisters, Khushali and Tulsi. Since my father died in 1997, I feel responsible towards the both of them. Even though Tulsi was never the boyfriend kind, she always wanted to get married to someone whom she loved and did not want an arranged marriage. She met Hitesh Ralhan at a marriage in Delhi and they fell in love with each other. He comes from Jaipur and is into exports business and will now be moving to Delhi where the both of them will live. It was a dream for me to get her married the way she wanted. It was a big thing for me when my mother all of a sudden at the time of the pheras said, 'Tumhe kanyadaan karna hai'. I got very emotional that time. I missed my father as I was doing the kanyadaan on his behalf. I always feel that he is always with me so don't normally cry remembering him, but that day I could not control my tears. I was very emotional. Out of the three of us, my father was closest to Tulsi. After my parents had me and Khushali, they did not want a third child. But then my father lost his mother. He was a big devotee of Shivji and Mata Rani (Vaishno Devi) so he went to Mata Rani and asked for a girl. Somebody there told him that on March 15, he would be blessed with a girl and that way his mother would return to him. And Tulsi was born on March 15. So, he was always most attached to her. And that's why her marriage for me was so special. I tried my best to fulfil all her wishes. The only thing I could not do was dance with her on the dance floor as I get tired. She wanted to dance in all her functions and she did.

Singer Tulsi Kumar got engaged to beau Hitesh Ralhan, a Jaipur-based garment and home furnishings exporter, last week. The couple has been in a relationship for over a year, after she first met him at a common friend's wedding.

Revealing that the proposal happened at a Juhu hotel, Tulsi says, “He popped the question with a ring on October 21. It was sudden and I was definitely not expecting it.“ The formal ceremony followed on October 24 at her Worli residence in the presence of both the families. The wedding is slated for February 22 in New Delhi, while the celebrations will begin as early as February 8 - with one function scheduled in Jaipur, three in the Capital and a reception in Mumbai.