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\nBefore the Koffee gets Cold: Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh melted hearts with their wedding video, but it\u2019s what they didn\u2019t say that raised eyebrows.
\nEver since Shakun Batra\u2019s film Gehraiyaan released last year, the grapevine is abuzz with Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh being in an \u2018open marriage\u2019. If the open marriage bit wasn\u2019t doing the job, rumours of their impending divorce started doing the rounds. Now, the couple has appeared on Koffee with Karan Season 8 in an attempt to shut down the rumour mill.
\nRanveer Singh and Deepika Padukone were the first guests on Koffee with Karan Season 8
\nDid they succeed?
\nFans of the couple surely have enough reason to rejoice, looking at the two actors go down memory lane, share unseen wedding footage, and give us a peek into the sweet mundanities of their life. It\u2019s what each of them didn\u2019t dwell on is that lent an intrigue, a dark edge to their otherwise too-good-to-be-true marriage.
\nFor instance, Ranveer did all the heavy lifting when it came to the couple talking about their past: how they courted each other, how he proposed to her, and how she broke the news to her family. Deepika just smiled and sporadically chuckled along, as if she was listening to it for the first time. Ranveer had a very clear version of the story to tell, whereas Deepika seemed like she was discovering it and joining the dots with us.
\nOn the other hand, once they shared the wedding video, Deepika took charge of the conversation. Because then, the conversation veered past the honeymoon phase. She touched upon the tougher things: how each of them has a very different upbringing, lifestyle, and priorities. She acknowledged it\u2019s been tough, but they\u2019re willing to work towards a successful marriage. \u201cIt\u2019s the work that makes it special,\u201d Deepika said, as Ranveer acknowledged it with a gesture that seemed more like a surrender than an agreement.
\nBoth Ranveer and Deepika played on their strengths. He\u2019s all heart so he focused on the courtship, where love has just started blossoming. She\u2019s all brains, and far more diplomatic, so she set the tone for us on how to see the couple in their present and the future.
\nWedding video – a masterstroke
\nTo share their wedding movie for the first time on the show clearly helped the cause.
\nAt a time when newly married actors are releasing their custom-made wedding videos in cahoots with music companies and bridalwear designers (like Kiara Advani, Parineeti Chopra) or selling them to streaming platforms (like Nayanthara, Hansika Motwani), the five-year delay in the release of DeepVeer\u2019s wedding movie deserves credit for actually keeping the things intimate.
\nMore than the wedding video itself, it\u2019s Karan Johar\u2019s instinctive reaction that actually struck a chord with those watching. For him to break into tears, give the couple a tight hug, and then explain how he feels deprived of a meaningful relationship \u2013 the reaction felt like the most organic part of the episode. If this was couple\u2019s therapy, then making the therapist cry says more about his sensitivity, his emotional void, than about the marriage of the couple.
\n\u2018Before the Koffee gets Cold\u2019 is a weekly column that goes beyond the froth to study the storm inside the Koffee cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad Before the Koffee gets Cold: Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh melted hearts with their wedding video, but it\u2019s what they didn\u2019t say that raised eyebrows. Ever since Shakun Batra\u2019s film Gehraiyaan released last year, the grapevine is abuzz with Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh being in an \u2018open marriage\u2019. If the open marriage bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364268,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-364229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n