Zarina on her interfaith marriage with Aditya, first pregnancy

Zarina Wahaband Aditya Pancholi have been married for almost 38 years now. Despite the ups and downs in their marriage, they continue to remain strong. In a recent interview, Zarina opened up on how the duo fell in love and how her parents reacted to their interfaith marriage.

While Zarina was Muslim, he was Hindu. He was five years younger to her. She recalled how they started working together in a movie and got married within 15 days.The actress said in an interview with Nayandeep Rakshit, "Nari Hira ji (former Stardust owner) was making a film. That’s when I met him (Aditya). He was a very good looking boy. But there wasn’t anything more to it. Then there was a shot in which he was supposed to cry.

He kept crying so much that we had to pack up. When we were sitting in the car, I held his hand and said, ‘Don’t cry.’ As soon as I held his hand, he held mine, and then we got married in 15 days (laughs).

"Many people also thought that Aditya was too good-looking for her and would leave her. "He was five years younger than me. When we got married, people would say she’s wooed such a handsome guy, he’d leave her in five days or five years.

Now, it’s been nearly 38 years," she said. Talking about how her family reacted, Wahab said, “They didn’t say anything. My family is very open-minded. My mother said, ‘Beta, he’s a Hindu.’ I said, ‘Maa, Hindu-Muslims are all the same. You say without Allah’s wish, even a leaf can’t be moved. Then Allah has taken such a big decision of my life. It’s not me who took that decision, He did. ‘Go ahead,’ she said."Zarina revealed that Aditya was very nice to her parents and she also loved Aditya's mom.

She said, "My mother-in-law was a darling! My father-in-law was also very nice. They’re both not there anymore. I was very lucky to have in-laws like that."Aditya and Zarina have two children, Sana Pancholi and Sooraj Pancholi. She recalled being apprehensive about telling Aditya when she was pregnant with their first child Sana. "He (Aditya) was younger to me. So I felt he’s just starting his career. I felt whether I should tell him or not. But when I did, he was really, really happy," she said.