Thiruvananthapuram Monalisa Bhonsle, the young woman who rose to fame during the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela last year and who married a man of her choice here, on Thursday said reports that she was a minor were “false and untrue”.
Her response to the issue came a day after she married a Muslim man in a temple here.
“I am 18 years old,” Bhonsle told reporters here.
Her husband said that they had registered their marriage and it would not be possible if she was a minor.
“She is over 18 years old. Otherwise, how can our registered marriage be possible? All the news about her being a minor is false and untrue. Please don’t believe it,” he said. Bhonsle also said that such news is “fake and untrue”.
When reporters asked the couple if they intended to continue residing in Kerala, the man said it depended on his wife’s wishes.
Bhonsle said she loves Kerala and wants to stay in the state.
She also said that the shooting of one of her films has finished and the other is ongoing.
Her husband said they met and fell in love six months ago when they were both chosen for a movie.
He added, “The filming of this film has not begun yet.”
The couple got married on Wednesday at the Nainar temple at Arumanoor in Poovar in the presence of Kerala Public Education Minister V Sivankotty, ruling Communist Party state secretary M V Govindan, Rajya Sabha MP A A Rahim and other senior leaders of the Marxist party.
Bhonsle said her family did not like their relationship and pressured her to marry someone else.
On Wednesday, the couple reached Thampanur police station claiming that her father was trying to forcibly return her to her hometown.
The couple had recently arrived in the nearby city of Poovar for a film shoot.
With a captivating smile and beautiful eyes, the Indore girl shot to fame after a virtual content creator shared a video of her selling rudraksh garlands at the Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj last year.
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