Keerthy Suresh said her family took time to accept her relationship with Antony Thattil. Her account highlights the challenges surrounding their interfaith romance before the 2024 wedding.Keerthy Suresh recalls family resistance to interfaith marriage with Antony Thattil Actor Keerthy Suresh's relationship with businessman Antony Thattil began long before she became an actor, but getting her family on board wasn't easy.
The actor has now opened up about the challenges she faced at home over their interfaith relationship, revealing that it took time to convince her family before they finally married in December 2024, after dating for 15 years.In a conversation with Curly Tales, Keerthy also shared a rather personal memory from her college days. Her mother, veteran actor Menaka, had discovered her relationship after reading her diary, which contained details about Antony and their romance.
The incident left Keerthy so upset that she gave up diary writing altogether.Recalling how her mother found out, Keerthy said, "I started dating my husband way back. To be exact, I started dating him right after I completed my 12th grade.
When I was in college, my mother read my diary. It had everything about our relationship.
She was like, ‘I’m your mother; I can read your diary.’"The actor added that the experience put an end to something she had always enjoyed. "The worst part is, I stopped writing a diary altogether after that. I used to love writing, but I don’t even know where the diary is now.
I really wish I could get it back. But I have a feeling that my mum burned it," she said.
Keerthy Suresh on convincing her family about interfaith marriageThe diary incident was just one part of a relationship that came with its share of challenges. Keerthy also spoke about how her family's initial hesitation over her relationship with Antony, who is Christian, meant she had to take time to convince them."We met in December 2009, and we started dating in January 2010.
In 2024, we got married. Since he's a Christian, there obviously were problems at home that I had to face.
It took a while for me to convince my family," she revealed. For Keerthy, however, the fact that Antony had known her before films became one of the most special parts of their relationship. “He had seen me before I became an actor.
That's the best part. We kind of grew up together," she said.The two first met through mutual friends in December 2009 and began dating the following month.
Keerthy was 17 and studying in Class 12 at the time, while Antony, who is seven years older, was working in Qatar. Their relationship also involved a long-distance phase that lasted six years.Despite being together for years, the couple managed to keep their romance largely away from the public eye.
Only a handful of people from the film industry knew about their relationship. Keerthy made it public in November 2024, when she shared a photograph with Antony celebrating Diwali.Her caption read, "15 years and counting.
It has always been AntoNY x KEerthy (Iykyk)."The couple eventually married in Goa on December 12, 2024, in two ceremonies reflecting their respective traditions. They had a traditional Tamil Hindu wedding as well as a Malayali Christian ceremony, attended by family members and close friends.On the work front, Keerthy was most recently seen in Netflix's Akka.
Directed by Dharmaraj Shetty, the crime thriller also features Radhika Apte, Tanvi Azmi, Monika Pawar, Anshumaan Pushkar, Poornima Indrajith and Vishak Nair in key roles. The series received mixed reviews from critics.- Ends