5:20 PM, Saturday Aug 03, 2013
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Arshad’s advice
After Jolly LLB and Dedh Ishqiya, Arshad Warsi will be seen as a gyaan guru of sorts in Amrit Sagar’s Rabba Main Kya Karoon. “I accepted this role because Amrit is my friend. In the film I teach Akash Chopra how to keep his marriage going. You need to lie so many times to keep your other half cool!” Arshad quipped.
He added that the film’s concept took off from the principle that a few years after the wedding, couples do tend to get bored. “I teach him (Akash) how to keep the relationship intact. It won’t be too much if I say that I am the ‘mind’ for Akash’s ‘heart’; I give him gyaan about being practical and not emotional and how it is more important to keep the interest going in a marriage,” Arshad said.
The actor, who has been happily married to former VJ Maria Goretti in real life for nearly 14 years, knows exactly what it takes for a marriage to work. “Marriage is an investment,” he says. “I go out of the way to save my marriage, keeping the interest going in each other’s company.”
Arshad added that he believes time is the most precious gift anyone can give his family: “Rather than gifting diamond rings, cars or other gifts, I feel a woman would love to have a husband spend time with the family. I’ve made Maria feel that I am there for her.”
He admitted, “At times, owing to our busy schedule, we are unable to give time to our family. We take our wives for granted. I have heard so many husbands saying, ‘Kya karoon? Main kam karna chod doon?’ I think we need to strike a balance between our professional and family lives. I think my marriage is happening even today because I give time to my family. Maria comes before my profession.”
The actor even had a few insights to provide on the subject of “modern love”. “A simple, subdued girl is criticised today and a stylish, aggressive girl is seen as a woman of this world… No one believes in slow and steady love. Everyone wants everything to happen fast. The definition of love has changed today. I personally feel ‘sharm aurat ka ghena hota hai’ and that is missing today,” he says.
He added that the film’s concept took off from the principle that a few years after the wedding, couples do tend to get bored. “I teach him (Akash) how to keep the relationship intact. It won’t be too much if I say that I am the ‘mind’ for Akash’s ‘heart’; I give him gyaan about being practical and not emotional and how it is more important to keep the interest going in a marriage,” Arshad said.
The actor, who has been happily married to former VJ Maria Goretti in real life for nearly 14 years, knows exactly what it takes for a marriage to work. “Marriage is an investment,” he says. “I go out of the way to save my marriage, keeping the interest going in each other’s company.”
Arshad added that he believes time is the most precious gift anyone can give his family: “Rather than gifting diamond rings, cars or other gifts, I feel a woman would love to have a husband spend time with the family. I’ve made Maria feel that I am there for her.”
He admitted, “At times, owing to our busy schedule, we are unable to give time to our family. We take our wives for granted. I have heard so many husbands saying, ‘Kya karoon? Main kam karna chod doon?’ I think we need to strike a balance between our professional and family lives. I think my marriage is happening even today because I give time to my family. Maria comes before my profession.”
The actor even had a few insights to provide on the subject of “modern love”. “A simple, subdued girl is criticised today and a stylish, aggressive girl is seen as a woman of this world… No one believes in slow and steady love. Everyone wants everything to happen fast. The definition of love has changed today. I personally feel ‘sharm aurat ka ghena hota hai’ and that is missing today,” he says.
