Mumbai:
Bollywood actor Riteish Deshmukh,who is all excited about tying the knot with Genelia D'Souza,says he is a believer in the institution of matrimony.
Riteish and Genelia would be getting married next month,after being in relationship for eight years.
"I think it's an institution for much long time... sinceages, and there is a reason why marriage has survived. I feelslowly, we are probably running away from it.
"I personally feel that once you find a person, with whomyou truly think you can be with, then that commitment is forthe lifetime," Riteish said in an interview.
The couple, who will marry on February 3, has refused toreveal how and where the wedding will take place.
Their romance began on the sets of Tujhe Meri Kasam, adebut film of both.
"I think when you are seeing each other for long... Idon't think the question of freedom arises. You get used toeach other so much. We both have been very privateindividuals. Today, that comfort level is going an extra stepahead with a commitment of lifetime," he said.
Asked about losing freedom of bachelorhood, he said, "Idon't think there is any kind of fear as such... like myfreedom is gone forever or something," he said.
"I was a bird happy sitting on a tree... I did not jumparound many trees... so I am fine," he said with a chuckle.
Riteish also confesses that he never racked his brainsthinking whether Genelia was 'the right one'.
"I never thought about whether she was the one... I wasjust happy being with her. It did not matter to me to thinkbeyond that."
Riteish and Genelia would be getting married next month,after being in relationship for eight years.
"I think it's an institution for much long time... sinceages, and there is a reason why marriage has survived. I feelslowly, we are probably running away from it.
"I personally feel that once you find a person, with whomyou truly think you can be with, then that commitment is forthe lifetime," Riteish said in an interview.
The couple, who will marry on February 3, has refused toreveal how and where the wedding will take place.
Their romance began on the sets of Tujhe Meri Kasam, adebut film of both.
"I think when you are seeing each other for long... Idon't think the question of freedom arises. You get used toeach other so much. We both have been very privateindividuals. Today, that comfort level is going an extra stepahead with a commitment of lifetime," he said.
Asked about losing freedom of bachelorhood, he said, "Idon't think there is any kind of fear as such... like myfreedom is gone forever or something," he said.
"I was a bird happy sitting on a tree... I did not jumparound many trees... so I am fine," he said with a chuckle.
Riteish also confesses that he never racked his brainsthinking whether Genelia was 'the right one'.
"I never thought about whether she was the one... I wasjust happy being with her. It did not matter to me to thinkbeyond that."
