Suniel Shetty and Mana Shetty's love story is nothing less than a fairy tale.
On the actor's 60th birthday today, we take a look at his beautiful love story with his wife, Mana.
Suniel first saw Mana, whose real name is Monisha Qadri, at Pastry Palace on the Napean Sea Road in Mumbai years before making his Bollywood debut.
He befriended Mana's sister Isha to come close to her.
After a few initial meetings, one day the two went off on a bike ride from a friend's party. And from there, their love story started.
But it was not easy for them to convince their parents for their wedding because of the cultural differences between their families.
Mana's father was a Gujarati Muslim and her mom a Punjabi Hindu. Suniel came from a Tulu-speaking Bunt community of Karnataka.
Fighting all odds, Suniel and Mana tied the knot in 1991, even before the release of the actor's debut film, Balwaan, which released in 1992.
They welcomed their daughter, Athiya Shetty, on November 5, 1992.
Their son, Ahan Shetty, was born on January 15, 1996.
Suniel and Mana make an adorable couple and every year, on their wedding anniversary, they remember to wish each other on social media.
Their love story is truly an inspiration for the current generation.