Archana Puran Singh surprises would-be DIL Yogita Bihani with in-house chaat, momo, Chinese stalls on birthday

Mumbai, August 12 (IANS) Actress Yogita Bihani received a rather delicious birthday surprise from her fiance Aaryamann Sethi and his family as they transformed their home into a mini food street featuring chaat, momos and Chinese delicacies.

Yogita shared a video from her birthday celebrations on social media, giving fans a glimpse of the elaborate surprise planned for her.

The video opens with Aaryamann blindfolding Yogita and leading her out of her room. As the blindfold is removed, Yogita is left stunned to see her family waiting for her with an elaborate food setup.

The first surprise is a dedicated chaat counter featuring some of her favourite street-food staples, including aloo tikki, pani puri, sev puri and dahi bhalla. Yogita can be seen visibly surprised and thrilled by the thoughtful gesture.

Archana Puran Singh and Aaryamann then takes her to another area of the house, where a counter filled with different varieties of momos awaits her.

The surprises do not end there. At another door, Yogita discovers an in-house Chinese food stall featuring some of her favourite delicacies.

The celebrations also feature Yogita enjoying pani puri with her to-be mother-in-law Archana Puran Singh, while Parmeet Sethi, Aaryamann Sethi, Ayushmaan Sethi with partner Samiksha Shetty and the rest of the family join in the festivities.

Yogita later is seen cutting her birthday cake, with Archana’s mother also seen showering her with love and blessings.

Yogita, who is engaged to Aaryamann Sethi, shared the video with a heartfelt caption about how well he knows her little preferences and joys.

She wrote, “He knows all my chhoti baatein… my little likes, my little quirks, my little joy & made them all a part of my birthday. Maybe Chhoti Baatein really was our song for a reason.*

For reference to Chhoti Baatein, it is particularly personal for the couple. Aaryamann and Yogita have previously appeared together in the music video for the song, which has also become associated with their relationship.

Earlier while talking to IANS, in an exclusive conversation, Archana Puran Singh had spoken in depth about her future daughters-in-law being more of daughters to her.

“It’s not difficult. You just have to be human. You love your children. Your children have chosen someone to be their life partner. You automatically will love them.”

The actress reflected on her own experiences as a daughter-in-law, saying she consciously chose not to repeat any negative experiences she may have faced.

“There’s a saying that if something happened to you, you’ll do the same. But there’s also the opposite, that you’ll never do what happened to you. I belong to the latter. If anything bad happened to me as a daughter-in-law, I would never want to repeat it,” she shared.

Archana added that ever since her sons found their partners, she has looked at them as part of the family.

“I had two sons before. Now I have two daughters too. If you look at it from that perspective, there will be no difference,” she said.

The actress also dismissed the notion that her approach deserves any special appreciation.

“I don’t want any address or to be called great. Whatever you see on screen or off screen, this is genuinely who I am. That’s the way I behave with my future daughters-in-law. There is no greatness in this. If you are a nice person, if you are a genuine human being with a conscience, you will behave like this. So I don’t think I deserve any special mention for this,” she stated.

Archana further said that society often unfairly stereotypes mothers-in-law because of television dramas.

“People say Archana’s behaviour is very good, but I think millions of mothers-in-law are brilliant with their daughters-in-law. The ones who come into the limelight are those shown in television soaps, the bad mother-in-law. That’s a stereotypical image. Nowadays, there are very few stereotypical mothers-in-law, and I hope by the time I become one, that stereotype will be over,” she added.

–IANS

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