Fahad Ahmad & Swara Bhasker discuss combining Hindu & Muslim wedding traditions

• Swara Bhasker and Samajwadi Party’s Fahad Ahmad have been sharing glimpses of their recent pre-wedding functions.
• The couple had a court marriage and said they submitted their papers on January 6 under the Special Marriage Act.
• They recently celebrated various pre-wedding functions such as haldi, mehendi, and sangeet with their loved ones.

Fahad Ahmad of the Samajwadi Party and actor Swara Bhasker have been sharing glimpses of their recent pre-wedding events. The couple claimed to have been married in court and to have filed their paperwork on January 6 in accordance with the Special Marriage Act. With their loved ones, they recently celebrated a number of pre-wedding events, including haldi, mehendi, and sangeet. Swara and Fahad discussed organizing wedding celebrations that were “similar to both their cultures” in a recent interview.

Both Swara and Fahad expressed that they were “extremely conscious and proud” of being Muslims and Hindus, respectively. They discussed how Hindu and Muslim marriages both have haldi, mehendi, and sangeet rituals. Being a “interfaith couple that does not convert,” Swara and Fahad said they could only get married in court, which is exactly what they did. They wished to “create a common tradition of celebrations” with their wedding celebrations.

In an interview with Times of India regarding their wedding, the pair stated, “We are both very conscious and proud of our identities and nobody wants to change anyone. Things that fit both of our traditions were on our agenda. Haldi is a phenomenon that occurs in both. Muslims refer to it as ubtan. There is mehendi on both sides. There is sangeet on both sides. A non-converting interfaith couple in India can only be legally wed in a courtroom under the Special Marriage Act. That’s what we did. We are currently working to establish a shared celebrational culture.

 

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Both Swara Bhasker and Fahad Ahmad remembered their first encounters with one another. Fahad claimed to have first encountered Swara in her 2013 film Raanjhanaa, while the actor said that Swara’s earliest memory of them together was when he fixed the microphone as she spoke during a rally. Fahad remarked, “I first saw her in Raanjhanaa, and I truly liked the way she acted. Pehli baar maine inhe Raanjhanaa mein dekha. Since I had no idea who she was, I Googled her. On December 19, 2019, we had our first encounter. Someone said to me, “Madam (Swara) kaafi krantikari hain toh inko bulao (She is a revolutionary, you should call her),” as an anti-CAA protest was taking place at August Kranti Maidan.

Asserting that “August Kranti Maidan is big,” Swara described how she became disoriented upon arriving for the demonstration. The actor claimed that when she finally made it to the stage, she had no idea what Fahad looked like and was yelling, “Fahad kaun hai” (Who is Fahad), from the stage. When she finally met him, she claimed he appeared extremely frazzled while repairing a microphone. According to reports, the two reconnected at a different demonstration and quickly grew close. They used to talk politics since they shared “same ideals,” according to Swara.

The two claimed they started communicating to each other about their personal lives in 2021, more than a year after their initial encounter. Swara claimed that even though it had never occurred to her that she and Fahad would have a romantic relationship, her friends began asking about him and informing her that “this guy is in love with you” once they began asking about him. When Swara finally decided to ask Fahad what their “scene” was following enough prodding from her friend, he said that he was “extremely fond” of her, according to Swara. Swara recalled that Fahad had advised her to hold off for a year and a half so that he could establish his financial stability and they could get married.

On February 16, Swara Bhasker tweeted about her upcoming nuptials to Fahad Ahmad. She also provided a timeline of their romance. She showed their court-taken photos and stated that they chose to get married in court and turned in their paperwork on January 6 in accordance with the Special Marriage Act. On Twitter and Instagram, the actor has been posting images and videos from their wedding celebrations.

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