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Archana Puran Singh recollects doubting her future with Parmeet Sethi, opening up about their age hole and why she by no means anticipated their fling to show into marriage.

Archana Puran Singh is married to actor Parmeet Sethi. (Picture Credit score: X)
In an trade the place relationships typically wrestle to outlive fame, time and fixed scrutiny, some love tales quietly develop stronger. One such story belongs to Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi, who’ve been collectively for practically 4 many years and nonetheless discover humour within the early uncertainties of their relationship.
The couple just lately revisited their journey on Archana’s YouTube channel, the place they sat down to speak truthfully about how their relationship started within the Nineteen Eighties. From profession fears to age-gap anxiousness, the dialog revealed how shut they got here to not taking the plunge in any respect.
“We didn’t know it could flip into marriage”
Trying again at their courting days, Archana admitted she by no means assumed the connection would final. On the time, she was conscious of how romantic link-ups typically affected actresses’ careers.
She stated, “Again at the moment, feminine stars who would get romantically linked up didn’t used to have very profitable careers. We have been having a fling, and we didn’t know if it was going someplace — we didn’t know that it was going to show into marriage.”
That uncertainty stayed along with her for some time, particularly since there have been extra issues than simply public notion.
The age hole she didn’t see coming
One in every of Archana’s largest considerations was Parmeet’s age, one thing she didn’t discover out instantly. The couple has a seven-year age distinction, with Parmeet being youthful, a element that emerged slowly and never suddenly.
Archana recalled, “To start with, he was a lot youthful than me. I received to know this a lot later, and he didn’t appear youthful to me by look. I used to suppose that he was the identical age. Nobody asks the age of the individual the primary time they meet them. I requested him a lot later, ‘How outdated are you?’ Then he instructed me that he’s 5 years youthful than me, and I used to be shocked. It was unattainable to think about marrying an older woman at that time.” The reality unfolded steadily, and with every revelation, Archana’s shock solely grew.
“I fainted after listening to that”
Archana admitted that accepting the fact took time. When Parmeet later instructed her the hole was even larger, her response was dramatic, even by her personal admission.
She stated, “Then after a while had handed he instructed me that he’s six years youthful to me. I fainted after listening to that and I saved telling myself that if he have been any youthful, I’d break this off. Later, he revealed that he’s seven years youthful than me. It took me a while to just accept the truth that I’m in a relationship with somebody who’s 7 years youthful than me. I used to be a bit of shocked and a bit of apprehensive.”
Parmeet, laughing about it now, defended himself by saying he was “mature for his age”. Archana agreed, declaring that he had began working when he was simply 17.
Regardless of her doubts, Archana stated she finally selected to belief her emotions. The couple received married in 1992 and saved their marriage non-public for the primary 4 years, away from public consideration.
January 22, 2026, 08:04 IST

















