{"id":25361,"date":"2023-11-17T03:13:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/i-was-21-she-was-17-we-eloped-usman-peerzada-shares-surprising-details-of-marriage\/"},"modified":"2023-11-17T03:13:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T03:13:10","slug":"i-was-21-she-was-17-we-eloped-usman-peerzada-shares-surprising-details-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/i-was-21-she-was-17-we-eloped-usman-peerzada-shares-surprising-details-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I was 21, she was 17, we eloped…’: Usman Peerzada shares surprising details of marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Veteran actor Usman Peerzada spilt rare details of his marriage with Samina Peerzada, almost five decades ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In a new interview with a local magazine, the TV and cinema veteran revealed that he eloped with his now-wife, actor Samina Peerzada, when he was 21, while she was four years younger than him.<\/p>\n

Speaking about his wife, he said, \u201cWe grew up together. She was very young, and so was I.\u201d<\/p>\n

The veteran continued, \u201cSomeone like me, who would lecture my friends against early marriages, I actually got married at 21. She was 17. And we eloped.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When asked why they decided to elope and if there were problems from the family, he divulged, \u201cThere were none from my side but Samina\u2019s mom \u2013 being a single mother \u2013 she wanted me to leave acting. Even though, I tried to convince her that \u2018It is a very noble profession.\u2019 But she wanted me to join the Merchant Navy, going by her personal experience of it being a stable job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fast forward, Peerzada shared that it was his last day of shooting for a project and he was about to leave Karachi afterwards when Samina asked him to get married. \u201cWe went to a friend\u2019s place who was living with his sister, explained the whole scenario to him and then solemnized our nikah<\/em> there, with a chef and gardener being the witnesses,\u201d he told the interviewer and added that they then went to her house with a box of sweets to break the news to her mother.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe was furious initially. Then my mother came from Lahore the next day and sorted everything out with her. After a couple of weeks, we got married as per the rituals,\u201d concluded the \u2018Mein\u2019<\/em> actor.<\/p>\n

It is pertinent to mention here that the veteran couple of Pakistan\u2019s showbiz industry, Usman and Samina Peerzada got married in 1975. They share two daughters, Anum and Amal.<\/p>\n

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