After being in a relationship for 17 years, filmmaker Hansal Mehta and Safeena Husain have finally tied the knot at an intimate ceremony in San Francisco, California, United States. Their union is a great example of how and why age has nothing to do with love and marriage. Hansal Mehta took to Instagram to announce his wedding with Safeena.
"So after 17 years, two children, watching our sons growing up and chasing our respective dreams we decided to get hitched. As always in life this was also impromptu and unplanned. Our vows however were truthful and but for this little ceremony they would never have been said. Ultimately love prevails over all else. And it has…", reads the caption of the post.
Here's everything you should know about Hansal Mehta Safeena Husain love story
Hansal Mehta got married to Sunita Mehta at a very young age. The couple also had two sons together but their they got divorced after their marriage failed.
A few years later, he met Safeena and fell in love with her. They started living together and even had two daughters, Kimaya and Rehana. They stayed unmarried until 2022.
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More about Safeena Husain
She is late actor Yusuf Husain's daughter. She is a social worker and has also founded a non-profit organization, Educate Girls working for girls’ education in rural India and other educationally backward areas in the country. She was elected one of the Asia 21 Young Leaders by the Asia Society in 2011 and has received many other awards for her work.
More about Hansal Mehta
Besides being a filmmaker, he is an Indian film director, writer, actor, and producer who works in Hindi cinema. He is best known for Shahid (2013) for which he won the National Film Award for Best Direction. He has also directed films like City Lights , Aligarh, Simran, Omerta, and Scam 1992.