Kundali Bhagya fame Swati Kapoor opens up on her relationship with Anuj Sikri; says, “I am looking at tying the knot this year”
Kundali Bhagya fame Swati Kapoor who is in a relationship with Anuj Sikri for the last 10 years talked about it during a recent interview. The actress shared, “I met Anuj, who is from Delhi when I came to Mumbai from Kanpur to pursue a career in acting. We hit it off instantly and have been dating for around a decade. He also aspired to become an actor, but things didn’t materialize. He then quit his dream to take care of his father’s business. He was expected to return to Delhi and had wrapped up everything here. I was stressed because I don’t know life over here without him. But the pandemic struck, and he couldn’t leave. I was thrilled to have him stay back. He works with a talent acquisition wing of a GEC.”
When asked if their families pressuring them to take the plunge anytime soon, she said, “There is now. Our parents ask us why we are delaying it. There is no problem. We have been planning to get married for quite some time but had to put it on hold for various reasons, including the pandemic. But now it can happen anytime. We are looking at tying the knot later this year. But before that, we may get engaged to keep our parents happy (smiles).”
On the work front, Swati is now all set to return to TV with Dhruv Tara. Talking about it she said, “After my two-year stint on Kundali Bhagya (KB) ended, I only got offers to play an obsessive lover in a love triangle. So, I wanted a break not in terms of work but from the screen image, which wasn’t easy. Because we are seen every day, people tend to forget our previous work. The feedback I got from people during the break was that I was fit for only glamorous roles, while I have played plain Jane characters previously. The popularity of a character – in my case Mahira from KB — has its own set of disadvantages because people can’t visualize you in any other role. I realized that one more project like KB and I would get typecast.”
However, her character in Dhruv Tara has a different look from Kundali Bhagya, Swati will still be seen in love with the male lead who doesn’t love her back. She shared, “I guess that’s a similarity I couldn’t avoid. Is there something wrong with me that the guy won’t love me back (laughs!)? I mean I could play a businesswoman and come to exact revenge.”