Monali Thakur: Me and Maik got married in 2017

Singer- songwriter Monali Thakur reveals that she married to her German boyfriend, Maik Richter, in 2017, in Mumbai and only a handful of people, including their families, knew about their marriage.

It took a few giggles, but singer-songwriter Monali Thakur has finally revealed that she has been married to her German boyfriend, Maik Richter for almost three years now. “Yes, I am married to Mike. We got married in 2017. I guess we just never announced the wedding, because there was no wedding as such that took place. We only got married in front of our close friends and family,” reveals the 34-year-old singer.

Singer Monali Thakur has revealed that she married Maik Richter in 2017 in Mumbai. (Photo: Instagram/Monalithakur3)

The ceremony, Monali reveals, almost didn’t take place on the day it was supposed to. “He thought that he will get a Visa on arrival here, because he had read it somewhere on the Internet. So he was almost thrown out of the country. The day we were supposed to get married, he was kept at the airport like a kaidi,” she laughs. “But then the Indian government helped a lot. They made sure that we got married on the day we were supposed to,” she adds.

The couple featured in the music video of Monali’s recently released single Dil Ka Fitoor. The National Award winning singer reveals that Maik was not the first choice for it. “Initially, there was a German model that was supposed to feature alongside me. But then my team felt that the chemistry might not be there or might not be as good as they’d want. So, I told Maik, he was going to feature in the video with me. Acha hai na! Paisa bhai bach gaya,” she jokes!

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