India, May 5 -- Actor Mehreen Pirzada, who married businessman Arsh Aulakh on April 26 in an intimate ceremony, says their first meeting came with little expectation. The two met through a common friend, and Mehreen admits she had almost made up her mind. "We both thought the meeting would last 30 minutes. For him, it was like, 'She's an actor, let's just meet,' and for me, I didn't think it would work. I told myself that if anything felt off, I'd just leave," she tells us. But the meeting stretched to six hours. "By the end of it, there was a silent yes. We didn't say it, but we both felt it," she says with a smile. The relationship, which began in July last year, was kept private. "I always believed in love first, but family ideologies matter a lot," she shares, adding that her brother, actor Gurfateh Pirzada, also played a key role. "For most girls, it's their father they look up to. For me, it's my brother," she says, adding, "He did a lot of background checks (on Arsh), hoping he'd find something. But when they met, they became like brothers. Now they share their own bond." Her bridal outfit also mirrored her intimate style, as she adorned a refurbished version of her mother's wedding ensemble. "I always knew I wanted to do this... My kaliras had motifs and messages from my mother and brother, family pictures, and even symbols of my grandparents," she reveals, adding, "Marriage is very personal, and mine never felt like a formal event."...