Ratna Pathak Says Naseeruddin Shah's Family Never Asked Her To 'Convert': 'Didn’t Make a Fuss At All'

Ratna Pathak and Naseeruddin Shah have been married for 42 years now. In a recent interview, Ratna opened up about how their respective families reacted when they decided to have an inter-faith marriage. The actress admitted that her father was not “entirely happy” with the marriage but revealed that Naseer’s family members made no fuss about it at all.

Ratna Pathak: My Father Was Not Happy About Wedding With Naseeruddin Shah

“My dad was not entirely happy, but unfortunately, he passed away before we got married. Maa and Naseer had a more rocky relationship but they settled also and eventually became friends,” Ratna Pathak told Hauterrfly.

Ratna Pathak: Naseeruddin’s Family Never Asked Me To Convert

The 67-year-old actress also clarified that Naseeruddin’s family never asked her to convert and revealed that they accepted her as she was. “Naseer’s family surprisingly didn’t make a fuss at all. Not once did anybody ever even mention the ‘C’ word, convert. Nobody said anything about me. They just accepted me for what I am. I’m very, very lucky because I’ve heard of people who have trouble settling down. Afterwards, I’ve been friends with all of them, including my mother-in-law, who was a very homebound kind of person but extremely liberal in every situation,” Ratna Pathak added.

Ratna Pathak Shares Mantra of a Successfull Marriage

Since Ratna and Naseeruddin have spent over four decades with each other, the Dhak Dhak actress was also asked if there is a mantra for a successful marriage. “Just listen to each other, man. Actually, talk to each other. I respect him and his struggles very much more than my own because I got it easy. Naseer comes from a very traditional, particular kind of background,” she said.

“Naseer said to me very early on in our relationship that it’s a good idea never to label a relationship, husband, wife, lover, girlfriend, boyfriend. Why label if you can just keep yourself more at the level of human beings, interact? It helps, and luckily, we were able to do that with our children as well,” the actress added.

On the work front, Ratna Pathak was recently seen in Dhak Dhak with Dia Mirza, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanjana Sanghi. The film features four ordinary women who unite for an extraordinary journey filled with emotions, adventures, and discoveries as they set out on a bike trip from Delhi to Khardung La.