Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza are one of the ideal and famous couples of B-Town. Both of them are often seen achieving couple goals on social media. Even after 12 years of marriage, the couple still seems in love with each other like any newly married couple. Ritesh and Genelia not only seem to be deeply in love with each other, they also respect each other a lot.
Genelia and Ritesh’s love story began on the actual film set and is also very cinematic. Both stars made their Bollywood debut with the 2003 film Tujhe Meri Kasam. But back then, both of them didn’t particularly like each other. While Ritesh found Genelia quite strange, the actress found Ritesh very arrogant.
With the filming of the film, Ritesh and Genelia changed their view of each other and became friends. In 2004, they worked together in the film Masti and their love blossomed from there. Both of them were so intoxicated by love that when they were apart for a while, they started writing letters to talk to each other.
In an old interview with Outlook, Ritesh had revealed that there were no video calls when he dated Genelia. At that time, calls and messages during location shooting were very expensive and in such a situation when the actor went to New York for 30 days and Genelia was working in South films, both of them decided to write letters to each other.
Riteish Deshmukh said that when he and Genelia met after 30 days, he read all 30 letters exchanged. The couple dated secretly for many years and finally revealed their relationship by getting married in 2012. Riteish took Genelia on a speedboat and then on a boat where he proposed to Genelia with pizza and crackers.
Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia got married not once but twice. First they married on February 3 as per Maharashtrian customs and then the next day in a church. The couple has now been married for 12 years and also has two sons. Ritesh and Genelia are very active on social media and often post couple photos.