The couple, who got engaged in Tuscany on July 31, share that the decision to keep their relationship private was deliberate. Singer Sukriti Kakar kept her five-year relationship away from the public eye until she was ready to make it official. The singer took to Instagram to announce her engagement to Mumbai-based entrepreneur Shoumik Shetty. “When we got into this, and we were starting to pursue it, we were very clear that we hold this relationship with a lot of pride. And when the right time comes, which is, of course, now, after all of these years, that would be the right announcement,” she tells us.
The couple, who were introduced by a mutual friend five years ago, first met at Soho House in Mumbai, a place that holds a sweet coincidence for Sukriti’s twin sister, playback singer Prakriti Kakar, who also met her husband there. For the singer, privacy never meant hiding the relationship from her family or closest friends. “When you hide relationships, it becomes a part of your personality. Our families and some of our closest friends always knew,” shares Sukriti, adding that she also believes in protecting things that matter from unnecessary attention. “We like keeping it private and it’s permanent. People say that all the time, but it is actually true. It holds a lot of meaning. Shoumik adds, “Which is interestingly where her twin sister also met her husband.
And I believe in nazar a lot,” she says. “A few weeks later, we ended up meeting at Soho House, Mumbai, which is really crazy again,” Sukriti recalls. Sukriti laughs, “Soho House has done a lot of good things for her,” prompting Shoumik to joke, “We were definitely twinning even then.”
