Raghav and Shehnaaz have been rumoured to be dating eachother since the film’s trailer debuted. Netizens assumed something was brewing between the two co-stars after Salman Khan asked Shehnaaz to move on from her late boyfriend, Sidharth Shukla.
Raghav Juyal discusses his relationship with Shehnaaz Gill in an exclusive interview.
According to Juyal, who co-starred with Gill in a recent film, his relationship with her is just like any other courteous co-star, which he confronts in the media for the first time. He attributes Gill’s participation in a reality programme as the primary cause of the rumours that spread like wildfire. “Dosti yaari ho jaati hai when you spend almost three to four months shooting for a movie.” Shehnaaz ki dikkat ye hai ki usne Bigg Boss 13 (she appeared on the show in 2019).
Furthermore, these stories do not disturb Juyal or make his friendship with Gill uncomfortable. “Hum hansi-mazaak hi karte hain,” he shares.
Juyal refers to Khan’s numerous comments made during the marketing of their newly released Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, in which ‘Bhai’ advised Gill to “move on” in life following the death of her putative partner and actor Siddharth Shukla in 2021. People interpreted Khan’s statements as confirmation of Juyal and Gill’s reported affair.
We learned in December 2021 that Juyal had been dating Swedish intimacy coordinator Sara Arrhusius for more than four years before Gill’s name appeared in the media. “Woh bhi bhi relationship tha nahin, bas bana diya gaya.” “She is still a friend,” Juyal says. Surprisingly, the two no longer follow each other on social media.