Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi eloped at midnight because his father was against their marriage; disapproving pandit asked, ‘Ladki baalik hai?’
Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi have been married for three decades now, and they’ve happily settled into a new phase in their careers thanks to YouTube. The couple posts regular vlogs, which also feature their sons, Aryamann and Ayushmaan. While most of their content revolves around their love for food, they also offer glimpses into their private lives. More often than not, the vlogs feature plenty of banter between the couple, with both Archana and Parmeet joking about their dynamic relationship. In an appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show a few years ago, they revealed that they were forced to elope back in the day, because Parmeet’s father didn’t approve of the union.
When Kapil asked them to talk about the beginnings of their relationship, Parmeet said, “She compelled me to marry her. She created such circumstances…” Archana added, “He proposed to me, and we actually eloped.” Parmeet continued, “At 11 pm, we decided to get married. We left to find a pandit, and at 12 am, even the pandit was like, ‘Tum bhaage hue ho? Ladki baalik hai?’ I said, ‘Mere se zyada baalik hai’. He said this isn’t the right way, and that we should wait for an auspicious time in the morning. We gave him some money, and he came at 11 am the next morning, and we got married.”
A curious Kapil asked if there was pushback from the parents, and Archana said, “There was a lot of drama. Parmeet’s parents voiced their disapproval. They felt I was a little too old for him, and I was an actress. But, despite all that, I’d like to mention that after we got married, they accepted me whole-heartedly. But they had no choice.” Parmeet said that they were perfect for each other, which is why they’ve lasted this long. “We complimented each other physically. Our mental tuning was also perfect, and that’s the reason we got married,” he said.
Archana said that it was a good thing that they tied the knot in a hurry, otherwise there might have been some hesitation. She said, “Many years after our marriage, I asked a pandit to match our horoscopes, and he was very concerned. He asked me if I was happy in my marriage, and I said yes. He told me that if he’d seen our horoscopes earlier, he’d have strongly advised us not to get married. We proved astrology wrong.” Archana and Parmeet’s latest YouTube vlogs follow them on a quest to find the best food in Mumbai.
