Filmmaker Hansal Mehta marries partner of 17 years Safeena Husain; Rajkummar Rao, Manoj Bajpayee react

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta recently tied the knot with his longtime partner of 17 years, Safeena Husain, in an intimate ceremony in San Francisco, California.

San Francisco: Filmmaker Hansal Mehta married his longtime partner of 17 years, social worker Safeena Husain, in an impromptu ceremony. On Wednesday, the director took to his Instagram handle and shared a series of pictures of the ceremony, in which the newlywed couple can be seen signing the wedding documents and hugging each other. The wedding took place at Taj Campton Place in San Francisco, California, in the presence of family and friends.

He captioned the post and wrote, "So after 17 years, two children, watching our sons growing up and chasing our respective dreams we decided to get hitched.As always in life this was also impromptu and unplanned. Our vows, however, were to be truthful but for this little ceremony they would never have been stated. Ultimately love prevails over all else. And it has..."

For the wedding, Hansal wore a casual tee and denims with a beige-brown blazer, whereas Safeena donned a soft pink salwar-kurta and paired it with a beautiful embroidered dupatta.

Congratulatory wishes poured in from filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj, Anubhav Sinha, actors Rajkummar Rao, Manoj Bajpayee and Nimisha Sajayan, and chef Ranveer Brar, and his followers.

Actor Pratik Gandhi commented, "This is lovely Well it`s inspiring and pressurising too. @bhaminioza is already giving me hard looks." Rajkummar Rao, who has worked with Hansal in `Shahid`, `Omerta` and `Citylights`, congratulated the couple and wrote, "Congratulations my fav couple. You guys complete each other. I love you both."