Katy Perry,Russell Brand plan a New Year return to India

The couple have hardly been been together in recent months,kept apart by busy work schedules,leading to speculation about the state of their marriage.

Brand has been working on back-to-back film projects since summer while Perry has been traveling around the globe on her California Dreams tour.

Things have reportedly become so strained that friends have started to fear the worst for their relationship.

“As part of Katy’s birthday present last week Russell booked a trip to the Aman resort in New Delhi for New Year. Katy’s schedule is jam-packed right until the end of the year. They plan to spend Christmas in Britain with Russell’s mum and then fly to India on holiday,” a source said.

“Russell and Katy have both agreed that the time they spent apart has been extremely tough and that they need to spend some quality time away together so that they can re-connect as a couple,” it added.

Last week they were spotted riding their bikes near their home in TriBeCa,New York. It is said that the weekend in New York inspired the couple’s trip away to India,making them realise how distant they’d become.

The couple have been plagued with reports their marriage isn’t working ever since they tied the knot last October after a whirlwind one year long-distance romance.