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| Edited By: Soumyadipta Banerjee |Source: DNA |Updated: Nov 21, 2013, 01:44 PM IST
It was a casual conversation at a private party (hosted by celebrated author William Dalrymple in New Delhi, March 2009) that did the trick. Both musician Anoushka Shankar and British filmmaker Joe Wright (of Pride and Prejudice and Atonement fame) got engrossed in a conversation that never seemed to end.
“From that moment we could hardly bear to spend a day apart, and followed each other around the world to concert halls and film sets across four continents. We moved in together after just three months, and the rest was history!” reveals Anoushka.
Anoushka and Joe tied the knot on 26th September in London. It was a private affair, attended by friends and family members. “A wedding is a private, spiritual affair. And I wanted to keep that sanctity,” says Anoushka, who’s expecting their first child.
The singer says that Pandit Ravi Shankar and his wife Sukanya are playing the typical Indian parents-in-law. “My parents adore Joe. They were thrilled about us getting married. But their biggest joy is, of course, in becoming grandparents!”
The singer plans to take a break after the baby’s born. “Anoushka is looking forward to her tour in North America next in October with her father Pandit Ravi Shankar, post which she would continue working on her album till the baby’s born. She plans to take much of the year off to focus on being a new mother,” says her spokesperson.
