Shriman Shrimati Parmeet - Archana

She is bold, lively, and a beautiful synonym to laughter. He is cool, extremely handsome and the perfect face of chivalry. This is one interview, that changed a lot of presumptions. Why reveal the climax in the numbering itself. We want you to unwrap as you go through our little convo. This couple and their bonding is exceptionally tough to define in words. Lets say, they are to each other, exactly what Raj is to Simran, Shriman is to Shrimati, and fragrance is to jasmine — Inseparable Identities.

- Shruti Sharma

Dehradun born Archana Puran Singh (APS), is an alumnus of Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. Having finished her graduation, she moved to Mumbai to try her luck at modelling. She was shooting for an advertisement, when the producer and director of that advert, Jalal Agha, noticed her ease with the dialogues in three different languages. He offered to cast her in a television pilot, to which she agreed. Soon she was shooting for a television soap ‘Mr Ya Miss’, becoming a household name in a short span. The film industry too opened its doors to the hard working girl, with her first film, ‘Jalwa’ — a cult representation of its time. “My debut as a lead was opposite an actor who I admired the most in the industry — Naseeruddin Shah,” reminisces Archana.

Having suffered a terrible heartache from her previous marriage, she had averted from entering into matrimony again. For her, the male world was insensitive and chauvinist. Then entered, Parmeet Sethi (PS).

“When he walked into my friends apartment I saw him for the very first time. At that time, little did I know that we would end up sharing a lifetime together. But I still remember, he wore dark green silk trousers and a lemon coloured shirt. That’s my first memory of him,” recalls Archana. Parmeet is a superhero that changed her perception towards men (not instantly though).

“I didn’t notice her at first, but she was sitting on a sofa, reading a magazine. I had done an ad which I wanted to show my friends. So I pulled the magazine from her hand, which shocked her completely. She must have thought how badtameez he is. I, in my exuberance, didn’t even realise I was doing that. Later that afternoon, when we got to talk to each other, is when I recognised that she is Archana Puran Singh,” Parmeet adds.