Suniel Shetty Recalls Their Initial Encounter With KL Rahul

In 2019, actor Suniel Shetty described how he met his future son-in-law KL Rahul at the airport.

He was aware that the cricketer and his daughter had maintained contact and were already friends.

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Later, he found that the cricketer was already familiar with and on "talking terms" with his daughter, the actor Athiya Shetty.

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The actor appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show to discuss Kumite 1 Warrior Hunt, the first MMA reality show in India.

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He also discussed the recent wedding of his daughter to Rahul. Unaware that he and Athiya were already connected, he talked of meeting the cricketer.

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The actor remembered his first encounter with Rahul to Mid-Day, saying, "I had the pleasure of meeting Rahul first at an airport. When I discovered that he was from Mangalore

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