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10. Kya Yahi Pyar Hai - birthday OS Dec'23

This was written as birthday gift to one of my very special, very sweet reader Prachi ji saxena_hgt

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'Trouble in paradise for India's sweethearts Arnav and Khushi?'

'Famous TV couple Arnav-Khushi who rose to fame from 'Teri Meri Prem Kahani' are heading for separation?'

Headlines like these have been hitting all leading news channels in the past few weeks.

The reason was a famous TV couple Arnav Singh Raizada and Khushi kumari Gupta, fondly called as arshi by their fans in India as well as worldwide, were rumored to be separating. And that had caused a huge wave of panic amongst their millions of fans plus given fodder gossip news portals!

The fans were fervently wishing and hoping to get a clarification from their beloved arshi quashing these rumors.

But truth was, these news weren't entirely rumors.

Something WAS wrong between them; something had come between the much-in-love couple and that something was fame!

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It all started 3 years ago when Arnav and Khushi were still just two strangers to each other and to the TV world. They both belonged to different worlds, who had no chance to cross paths ever. But they had one common connection. Belonging to well-known families in Indian TV industry. Arnav's sister Anjali Jha was a famous producer and his brother-in-law, Anjali's husband, Shyam was a famous villain but an adorable guy in real life. While Khushi's deceased dad was a famous director, and her mother Kiran Gupta was a writer. However, Arnav and Khushi had no aspiration to join the TV industry. Arnav was already an MBA and working in private firm in Switzerland while Khushi was happy doing theatres.

It was, however, a last-minute replacement in Anjali's high-budget TV show "Teri Meri Prem Kahani", that she pursued Arnav to star in it, while Khushi's mom who wanted her daughter to become more social and thought glam world was perfect for her, got her to do the lead role in it.

The rest, as they say, was history!

Arnav, who played the lead role of Varun and Khushi who had played role of Sharanya were household names within months.

It was during that time when the show was at its peak of popularity, the rumors started coming that these two had fallen in love with each other in real and were dating. But they both neither confirmed it, nor denied it. However, their fans already started shipping them and were soon called 'India's sweethearts'!

Finally, after almost 2 years of TMPK, Arnav and Khushi announced their engagement in a press conference on the shoot for final episode of TMPK, and people went berserk with happiness. Their high-profile wedding a month later was in headlines throughout the weeklong celebration and rituals of it and garnered huge TRPs for all the channels.

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But as the alleged notion goes, showbiz marriages are cursed. No matter how much arnav and khushi tried to not let it affect them, it had started.

After TMPK ended, both got many offers to star together in shows and separately. And they chose different TV shows. Khushi chose more serious roles while Arnav preferred youth-based shows. The result was she became critics' favorite due to acting prowess while he was popular in ladies due to his charming persona! Both were famous in their own might.

However, as much as there was good publicity, there were a few negative ones too.

Some articles for example, stated khushi was a bigger star than Arnav by winning prestigious awards for her acting thus her marrying him was a surprise, while others started saying how arnav was more popular- thanks to his huge female fanbase- and belonging to a big producer's family and that's why khushi married him to secure her future long after she's done with TV shows!