Actor Kunal Khemu, who recently proposed to his lady love Soha Ali Khan in Paris, says the engagement was planned, but also something he did on impulse. He’s glad he managed to pull off a surprise.
“It had to be! I had to take friends into confidence in Paris to get me the ring. But I managed to keep my proposal plans completely hidden from Soha,” Khemu said.
The couple was on a month-long European holiday when the thought of proposing to his girlfriend struck Khemu. “We were on a 26-27 day holiday in Europe. We went to several cities, including London and Rome. Paris was not part of our travel plan. I added Paris to our holiday destinations, so I could propose to her in the most romantic city in the world,” he added.
“I had to use all my acting skills to hide my Paris plans from Soha. But all the effort was finally worth it when I saw her face after proposing to her,” he said.
After Khan aceepted Khemu’s proposal, she took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce the news.
Talking about Khan’s idea of sharing the news via a social networking platform, Khemu said: “We both are very private people. We don’t like to put our lives on any social media platform. However, Soha took to Twitter to announce our engagement only so that she would be able to say exactly how she wanted to.
“This is a very special occasion for both of us. And Soha wanted to choose all the right words personally.”
The announcement has, however, opened up questions from family and friends as to why they weren’t taken into confidence.
Khemu said: “We didn’t plan my proposal. I decided on Paris for the proposal on an impulse. And I am glad I did.”
He denies any family pressure to make the relationship official. “Neither Soha’s mother nor my parents have ever shown any anxiety about the profile of our relationship. They’re happy to see us happy,” he said.
The actor has not felt any pressure to get hitched until now.
“When I proposed to her, I only did what seemed natural. Only now do we feel that we’ve taken our relationship to another level,” he said, adding that there are no immediate marriage plans.
“Soha and I are like a married couple. We already feel married. We live together and share everything like a normal couple. We see no reason to make our relationship any more official than it already is.
“However, this may change any time. I didn’t know I was going to propose to Soha until I actually started planning it all of a sudden, as a surprise to her. Similarly, we may surprise ourselves by getting married, who knows? But like I said, there’s no parental pressure to get married,” said the actor, whose next film is Guddu Ka Gun.
