In a candid and heartwarming episode of a podcast, actress Momal Sheikh shared the remarkable story of how she chose love over a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet Bollywood superstars, including Shah Rukh Khan. Momal revealed that she was the first to fall in love with her now-husband, Nadir, and even followed him abroad to pursue their romance.

Reflecting on a pivotal moment in her life, Momal recounted how her father, the actor Javed Sheikh, was filming the star-studded song Deewangi from the Bollywood film Om Shanti Om. “Baba was doing Om Shanti Om in India back then and there was that song in the film where all the actors join in. He asked me if I wanted to visit India,” she shared.

However, love led her down a different path. “I was like, on one hand, there’s Shah Rukh Khan and on the other, there’s Nadir. So I decided to catch my Shah Rukh Khan. So I chose to go to London. Shehzad went for the song, however. He got to meet everyone.”