A warm message arrived from Padmini Kolhapure and producer-husband Tutu Sharma last week, informing all friends that son Priyaank would have a civil marriage on Thursday, with the promise of a jumbo celebration when the world bid farewell to Covid.
It’s a wonderful story. Right from Priyaank wanting an acting career and stumbling with his first film,
Sab Kushal Mangal, to Shaza’s producer-dad Karim Morani’s legal skirmishes (an unsubstantiated #MeToo charge and a stint in Tihar in the 2G scam), the two have weathered ups and downs for years. But a huge boon has been a wholesome acceptance of the romance by both families. In fact, when Padmini’s father passed away five years ago, Shaza and her mother Zahra were very much a part of all the final rites.