Ratna Pathak Shah loves husband Naseeruddin Shah’s focus towards acting: ‘It also makes him hard to live with’

 

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She added, “I love his deep involvement with acting. I can love, hate and tolerate, all three in that. Largely, love because it’s a very special feature. Naseer cannot be bothered with anything except for performance and working towards the performance. It’s an attitude that I haven’t seen in others. I am making this statement after giving it some thought. I haven’t seen this focus in others. But, it’s hard also to live with.”

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Actors Ratna Pathak Shah and Naseeruddin Shah have been married to each other for over 42 years after having tying the knot in 1982. The couple first met during the rehearsal of Satyadev Dubey’s play Sambhog se Sanyas Tak in 1975. In an interview with NDTV, talking about his love story with Ratna, Naseer said, “All great romances of theatres begin at a rehearsal.” According to the actor, their first meeting happened at a juice stall outside the National College in Mumbai, and for Naseer “sparks flew right away”. However, Ratna didn’t pay attention to him.

 

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Eventually, she fell for the actor as they spent more time togehter while rehearsing for ‘Sambhog se Sanyas Tak.’ Talking about her relationship with Naseer, Ratna told indianexpress.com, “The play was very significantly titled Sambhog se Sanyas Tak. That is the story of our life. Bas sanyaas lena baaki hai.”

After dating for over 6 years, the couple decided to tie the knot in 1982. It was Naseeruddin Shah’s second marriage. He was previously married to Surekha Sikri’s sister Manara Sikri aka Parveen Murad. He has a daughter Heeba Shah from his first marriage. Meanwhile, Ratna and Naseer welcomed two sons — Vivaan and Imaad Shah, respectively.

Ratna in an interview with Hauterrfly revealed her secret to successful marriage. She said, “Naseer said to me very early on in our relationship that it’s good idea never to label a relationship, husband, wife, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend. Why lablel if you can just keep yourself more at the level of human beings, interact. It helps, and luckily, we were able to do that with out children as well.”