Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker and her husband, politician Fahad Ahmad, recently spoke about their love story and revealed that former student leader and activist Umar Khalid played cupid for them.
In an interaction on The Midnight Hour podcast, Fahad shared that Umar encouraged him to call Swara, which eventually led to the start of their relationship. He also joked that Swara does not pick up calls on time and that even after three years of marriage, getting her to answer his calls remains a challenge.
He said, “Umar Khalid, he’s a very good friend of mine. So he told me, ‘I’m sending you Swara’s number, you just call her’. Swara credited Umar for bringing them together, calling him their “cupid” and the person who connected them. Ahmad said he took Umar’s advice and called Bhasker. However, he said that on that particular occasion, Swara picked up the phone within a few rings. “I do not answer calls from unlisted numbers normally, but at that time, because it was a movement and for solidarity, I did answer, or maybe texted, and I replied, and we spoke,” she said.
