These D-Town couples will give you serious relationship goals

Erratic schedules are a part and parcel of an actor’s daily routine. Not surprisingly, they always say that it helps to have a life partner from the same profession, who understands their lifestyles well. Whether it’s Divyanka Tripathi and Vivek Dahiya, Anita Hassanandani and Rohit Reddy or the forever in love Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover, they have always set the bar pretty high when it comes to setting couple goals. Closer home, D-Town also has its share of some wonderful couples, who balance their personal and professional lives really well. Ahmedabad Times takes a look at their fairytale journeys.

JIGAR AND PRIYA SARAIYA

Work Diary: Both of them are well-known musicians. Their little one adds spark to their daily routine with his mischiefs.

Real Life: Jigar shares, “Priya and I are great friends and coworkers. She helps me in completing my songs. Sometimes, I help her in organizing birthday parties, when she feels clueless. We are each other’s saviours during such situations.”

Couple goals: He explains, “She never forces me to be at home or manage things at home. She has been taking care of our son really well. I don’t get to spend a lot of time with them but I try to finish my work early and go home. Also, we try to go on family vacations.”

MANASI AND PARTHIV GOHIL

Work Diary: Both Parthiv and Manasi travel a lot due to work commitments, but take great care of their lovely daughter Nirvi.

Real Life: Manasi shares, “As artists, we are lucky to not have 9 to 5 jobs. We choose shows and projects that are easy to deal with, where we can spend time with Nirvi too. ”

Couple goals: “We take Nirvi along wherever we go,” shares Manasi, adding, “We like to give her all the exposure. Earlier, we would go to coffee shops for meetings but now, we call people home. For us, mornings are precious, as both Parthiv and I do riyaaztogether and the first thing she wants to listen to is Om.”

ADITI AND YOGI THAKOR

Work Diary: They collaborated for the Gujarati film Bhanwar, which was received well.

Real Life: Yogi shares, “We generally eat together and have our share of fights too. Although we are in the same profession, sometimes it gets difficult to balance personal and professional lives.”

Couple goals: “We work from 10 am to 6 pm and after that, we don’t discuss work. However, during the shooting of Bhanwar, we kept no track of time and we were working for more than 15 hours daily! At that time, we would find some ‘us’ time on the sets itself.

SAUMYA JOSHI AND JIGNA VYAS

Work Diary: This couple is extremely passionate about theatre. While Jigna is a versatile actor, Saumya is a great writer, actor and director. They love their work as much as they love each other and so, they don’t mind spending more time at work.

Real Life: There is something amazing and natural about Jigna, shares Saumya, “As soon as we are on the stage to rehearse, she will address me as tamey. Otherwise, she addresses me as Tu.”

Couple goals: Jigna shares, “For us, spending time together while working or at home means the same thing. There are times when we discuss about Goa or our last vacation during a narration, or discuss a script when at home. We are madly in love with what we do, and we always try to do something new. It’s just that we write something new only when we are not together!”

SAANDEEP PATEL AND AARTI PATEL

Work Diary: While Saandeep directed the hit film Love Ni Bhavai, Aarti was the producer. She also acted in the film.

Real Life: Shares Aarti, “Our schedules are totally different. Saandeep gets up late, while I get up early to take care of the kids. There is nothing common between us. He is great at direction and driving, and I am like the admin for whatever he does! We have difficulties even in travelling or eating together as a family, but I and Saandeep make sure to spend some quality time together.

Couple goals: Saandeep shares, “Because Aarti gets up early, she is done with half the day by the time I have my first cup of tea. We meet at a tea stall every day, where I have my chai and she eats her lunch. And if we do not dine together, we at least go for a short drive almost every night and have paan together.

PRATIK GANDHI AND BHAMINI OZA GANDHI

Work Diary: This theatre couple has been a part of the industry for a long time, but they worked together for the first time only recently, in the play Sir Sir Sarla. They have a cute daughter named Miraya, who is smart enough to understand their work routine.

Real Life: Pratik shares, “Since the last two years, we are getting to spend more time together, which wasn’t the case earlier. I work for 14 to 15 hours a day and so, it is important to get some sleep. Bhamini, too, has her plays and rehearsals.”

Couple goals: He adds, “Most of Miraya’s childhood has been spent in the green room! Now, she knows that she needs to keep quiet during a performance. These days, as soon as I get free, we join Bhamini for her play schedules, where we can spend some nice family time together. At times, Bhamini comes to my sets too.”

HITU KANODIA AND MONA THIBA

Work Diary: This actor couple finds it easy to spend some time with each other. For both of them, their son Rajveer is the top priority.

Real Life: Hitu shares, “As an actor, life was pretty simple but as an MLA, it’s all about switching roles. Mona is focusing more on Rajveer and she is doing fewer films.”

Couple goals: He adds, “After becoming an MLA, films have taken a back seat for me because I need to be physically present for a lot of things. There are times when Mona has to attend events and on such occasions, I make sure to spend time with my son.”

SAMIR AND MANA RAVAL

Work Diary: They are known in the industry as Samir-Mana. Since 2013, this inseparable couple has composed music for more than 50 films.

Real Life: Samir shares, “We live in the same house but hardly meet. Mana and I have separate studios and we bifurcate the work to finish it easily. We only meet during lunch/dinner and in the evenings. Mana also has her own music class, where she teaches kids.

Couple goals: He adds, “We love spending time together on our terrace, while singing some tunes (with guitar) and having nimbu pani. We have a home theatre, where we watch good films. We hardly go out and that’s why people call us an anti-social couple! When we got married, we had decided not to have kids and so, we make sure to spend some time with kids at different NGOs.”