Ashutosh Rana Shares SHOCKING Thoughts About Marrying Renuka Shahane, Felt It Wouldn’t Last Two Days

Ashutosh Rana and Renuka Shahane are one of the most popular couples in the Hindi film industry. The duo tied the knot in 2001. The couple is leading a happy marital life. The couple has two sons, Shouryaman and Satyendra. In his recent interview, the actor recalled some interesting details about his love story and how he felt that his marriage wouldn’t last more than two days after his father insisted to tie the knots with her.

Speaking with The Lallantap, Ashutosh Rana traced the origin of his love story. He shared that he got Renuka Shahane’s number from director Ravi Rai, who also gave him a brief about communicating with her. The actor was also advised not to ring up Renuka after 9 and he is supposed to leave a message for the answering machine. However, when Ashutosh called, she picked it up, “I called her at 10 p.m, that too on her mobile and we talked for another 1.5 hours. The next day I called her at 11 p.m and we talked again. We never met, but we became phone friends. Our friendship grew. We started talking three times a day. One more thing, she doesn’t like poetry at all and I love poetry,” he shared.

The actor continued, “If I propose and if there is nothing from her side, then I will lose the friendship too. And I didn’t want to lose her as my friend. For the first time I wrote a poem about love and I recited it to her. She said, ‘Listen Rana ji, I think I am in love with you.’ I said, ‘Okay, you come, we will sit and talk’. We didn’t want to get married. We wanted to stay committed as friends. I thought I will change after marriage. But fortunately, that did not happen.”

Meanwhile, in an old interview with Mid-Day, Renuka revealed that her close friends and relatives once said that her marriage with Ashutosh Rana would not last even for a month. All were apprehensive of the marriage as Ashutosh’s family background was completely different. While Renuka was from Maharashtra, Ashutosh was a resident of a small village in Madhya Pradesh. His family was also very big. Renuka’s family members were worried about whether she would be able to adapt to their culture or not, the actress stated.

As this was Renuka Shahane’s second marriage, she had to be very careful before getting married to Ashutosh Rana. Renuka thought her second marriage was a gamble. She disclosed that she was not sure whether this marriage would last or not.

Later, Renuka got married to Ashutosh Rana in 2001. Both are seen complimenting each other from time to time. After marriage, Renuka adapted all the customs and traditions of Ashutosh’s family. She had learnt a lot from her first marriage. That’s why it took her little time to get along with Ashutosh and his family.

However, Renuka and Ashutosh have proven all speculations wrong and the couple is leading a happy married life for more than two decades.

Before Ashutosh, Renuka was married to Vijay Kenkare. He is a famous writer and director in the Marathi film industry. Vijay and Renuka’s relationship did not last long. Both got divorced soon after their marriage. Several reports claimed that Vijay did not want Renuka to work anywhere other than the Marathi film industry. Some reports also claimed that Vijay’s arrogance led to several arguments between the two.