Arshad Warsi and Maria Goretti register marriage after 25 years

Actor Arshad Warsi and former MTV VJ and TV show host turned celebrity home chef Maria Goretti register their marriage after 25 years.

Arshad Warsi and Maria Goretti share a beautiful relationship and will be celebrating their silver jubilee this Valentine’s Day. Now, the Munna Bhai MBBS and Ishqiya actor has revealed in an interview with Bombay Times that they had not registered their marriage till now and did that recently on January 23!

In an interview with the publication, Warsi said, “It crossed our minds, but we never thought that it was really important. But then we realised that it is important to do it when you have to deal with property matters and even after you are no more. We did it for the sake of the law. Otherwise, I feel as partners, if you are committed to each other, then that's all that matters.”

In the same interview, the actor also revealed his reason for getting married on Valentine’s Day. “I hate to share my wedding date with anyone because it sounds so cheesy. Both Maria and I are embarrassed about this! It was never intentional though. Maria's parents wanted us to get married soon. We couldn't during Lent and then I was getting busy with work. We didn't want to waste one year and the one date that looked feasible to us back then was February 14, so we went ahead with it. Now I have the scariest memory of Valentine's Day — that I got married.”

Warsi and Goretti met each other during a college festival in 1991 and were drawn to each other for their shared passion towards dance. The actor had gone there to judge a talent show and Goretti was a participant there. Later, the two became friends and she even joined Warsi’s dance troupe. They dated for eight years before Goretti said ‘I do’ to him in a traditional church ceremony on February 14, 1999, followed by a nikaah. Though their relationship hit a rough patch for a few months during the course of these 25 years, they managed to rise stronger as a couple. They have two children, son Zeke and daughter Zene.