Actor Swara Bhasker announced on Thursday, February 16 that she has married political activist Fahad Ahmad. Sharing a video depicting a few highlights from their relationship so far, Swara wrote on Twitter: “Welcome to my heart @FahadZirarAhmad. It’s chaotic but it’s yours!” Fahad Ahmad is a PhD scholar and Senior Research Fellow at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. A former general secretary of the TISS students’ union, Fahad joined the Samajwadi Party in August last year. He is currently the state president of Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, the youth wing of Samajwadi Party Maharashtra Pradesh. Swara is known for her roles in movies such as Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Nil Battey Sannata, Anaarkali of Aarah and Veere Di Wedding.
Sharing a video of their journey together, Swara wrote on Twitter: “Sometimes you search far & wide for something that was right next to you all along. We were looking for love, but we found friendship first. And then we found each other!” In response to Swara’s tweet, Fahad wrote: “I never knew chaos can be so beautiful. Thank you for holding my hand love @ReallySwara.”
The video includes visuals of Fahad and Swara at protests, and Fahad raising questions against the government. It said that their relationship began at a protest, and showed visuals of Fahad and Swara’s political speeches, and some of their early texts in which Swara apologised for being unable to attend Fahad’s sister’s wedding but promised to go to his wedding. The couple also shared that they have a cat called Ghalib. The video also had photographs of their marriage registration in Mumbai.
I never knew chaos can be so beautiful
— Fahad Ahmad (@FahadZirarAhmad) February 16, 2023
Thank you for holding my hand love @ReallySwara https://t.co/ivKVsZrMyx
Warm wishes to my friend and young dynamic leader @FahadZirarAhmad for tying knot with @ReallySwara. Congratulations to you both. Cheer’s!
— Dr. Maskoor Usmani (@MaskoorUsmani) February 16, 2023
It takes courage to stand up to the hatred and intolerance that are prevalent in our world today, but your love for each other is a powerful pic.twitter.com/A0garpkAmx