Wedding bells may not be that far away for actors Saif Ali Khan and Kareena
Kapoor as the two are contemplating marriage sooner than the three-four-year
target they had set
earlier.
"Oh yes, much sooner.
In fact, people may be hearing an announcement from us very soon. If I had my
way, I'd marry her today right here in London where she's joined me," said
Saif.
"Yes, I'm ready to make
it legal any time. In any case, aren't we supposed to have gone through a secret
Muslim marriage?" he says sarcastically about certain media
reports.
Saif was married to
Amrita Singh and after 13 years of marriage and two children, the couple
separated in 2004. After he divorced Amrita, he dated Italian model Rosa
Catalano, but broke up with her in
2007.
The romance between Saif
and Kareena took off on the sets of "Tashan". And Saif has never sounded so
fiercely committed.
"If I'm
sounding that way, it's because that's how I feel. With due respects to all the
other relationships in life, after my marriage to Amrita and my two kids, this
is the most important relationship I've
had."
Saif can barely contain
his anxiety and eagerness to do the right
thing.
"Of course, I'm anxious.
You must understand this is the most important part of my life... so much so
that at times I find even my career taking a backseat to my relationship. I've
to guard against that. I must quickly learn to separate the professional from
the personal."
Saif admits it
would take his children Sarah and Ibrahim a while to get used to the changes in
their dad's life.
"I'm not
going to pretend that my children, Kareena and I have become one big family.
They're intelligent kids with a mind of their own. Sarah is in fact 13 and a
lady herself. It would be quite a while before they are fully comfortable with
the change in my life.
"They
haven't spent that much time with Kareena to know her as well as I do. But the
good thing is everyone close to me realises that this relationship is for keeps,
that I've never been more serious. Now it's entirely up to me and Kareena to
take the relationship to the next
level."
Saif is upset with
reports that he has lately been crowding his ladylove with his
attentions.
"Of course, I want
to be with her as much as I can. My regret is we can't be together more often.
We are uncannily similar people and I've only now begun to understand why I need
to be with her constantly. She complements me, as I hope I complement her. So of
course, I try to be where she
is."
He dislikes people
intruding into his personal life and says: "I understand people want to put our
relationship under a microscope. They want to know about our relationship. But
there's only so much that they can know or perceive. What Kareena and I feel for
each other, only the two of us know."