Tollywood singer couple Hemachandra and Sravana Bhargavi on how their romance blossomed and what prompted them to remain ‘in tune’ for the rest of their lives
First sight
If not for music, they would have remained strangers. It was in 2009 that they first met and magic happened.
“Hemachandra was busy working on music for a movie called Ride.When he was thinking of some new voices, my name came across. I first met him on Ugadi day in 2009 at his place. There was some magic around us. We had met a lot of times later and had always felt the spark. We sent out some vibes to each other that always hinted some special liking for each other and we could sense it throughout. Considering our mushrooming bond and emotional attachment towards each other, we understood that, we were going to marry each other some day,” Sravana Bhargavi discloses.
The journey
“We have been happily married for three years and our anniversary is on Valentine’s Day. These years just passed like a flash. We still feel like we met a week ago and are busy drooling at each other,” the musical couple beam.
Talking about the best trait in him, she says, “There is no specific trait that I can pick in specific about him. I love him as a whole. He is a whole package.”
Walk towards marriage
Unlike the aim of most ordinary folks, Bhargavi’s aim was something different. Just like her voice and her music, her aim too was different. “Most say they want to become a doctor, pilot, photographer as their aim. Mine was to get married to the one I loved the most. I had a checklist of how my marriage should take place and I was seriously working to making my dream. The days around my wedding was very exciting to both of us. ” she elucidates.
Nerve-wrecking point
Though the feeling of officially holding hands with the man we love is alluring, the feeling of leaving the home, we spent the foundation days of life leaves the girl teary eyed. “The only thing I was nervous on the D day was to not cry. I was going through an emotional turmoil. On one hand, I was ecstatic to marry my love and on the other hand, I was extremely nervous about entering a new home, leaving behind my parents, house and everything I grew up with. I was taming my heart on not to cry, but my emotions overpowered my resistance power,” she shares.
Dishum-dishum
“Our fights are really silly and stupid. What is more beautiful is the patch-up moment. Each time, we come together to patch up, we feel the fight was worth our time and energy,” Hemachandra says.
“Most of our tastes do not match, I like south Indian food, while he loves North Indian. I am more inclined towards ethnic and he likes more of abstract and contemporary stuff. There are disagreements but it helps us explore each other more, which indeed keeps the relationship and the spark alive between us,” blushes Bhargavi, while sharing this point.
Best moments
“Tying the knot was the most precious and favourite moment. There was a kind of adrenaline rush in the heart. Holding the Mangala Sutra, looking at it and looking into the eyes of the man,who tied it. That memorable moment makes me blush even today,” Bhargavi explains.
Crazily crazy
“We randomly wake up in the middle of the night and head out for a long drive to some undecided destination. We are so crazy that we had our flight to the US in two hours time and all of a sudden, we realise that our passports are with some visa embassy. We somehow managed to get it. That moment, it is strenuous but after a while, when we sit and look back, it looks so beautiful,” they laugh out.
Anniversary memories
“I would like to consolidate a few moments from wedding and would like to rewind it constantly. We have met each other a million times before marriage but looking at each other on the day of wedding is beyond description. Looking at each other in the wedding attire makes us pinch ourselves to know if its a dream or reality. Every year, on our anniversary, we look at our wedding pics and discuss on how lovely it would be if we marriage could be like birthday, where we can celebrate every year. We want to have the marriage day feel every year,” Bhargavi tells us, while Hemachandra too agrees to it.
The tough part
“I don’t think getting to know about our partner is hard. For me, marriage is a journey of knowing each other and cruising through different moments and emotions together. Ideal marriage for very child is the marital life of their parents. As children, we learn from our parents. The way they handled their marriage is what we look up to. I have seen my parents travel through ups and downs and I have observed how beguilingly they had managed to hold each other and be in the company of each other. I have always learned on how to manage relationships from my parents,” they say in chorus.
Their take:
“I feel couples fall apart because of ego. Every couple must understand that your spouse is not your enemy. The day, we start treating our spouses like our parents, we will not have ego issues,” Bhargavi opines.