Despite being in a relationship for several years, Arjun and Malaika made their romance official in 2019. Referring to his father’s second marriage to Sridevi, Arjun shared that he wanted to involve his family in his decision very carefully. He shared, “I feel that somewhere, I have lived life on the other end of the spectrum. I grew up in a dissatisfied or dysfunctional situation where being a son was not the easiest of things to see. to have an understanding of what’s going on around me but still respect and accept it. So somewhere in my head I had a sense of how I should try to make it easy for everyone around me, including the first ones Should.
Talking about taking baby steps, the actor said, “I will always think of others first. It is my choice to be with him but I cannot expect that everyone will understand and accept it easily. It should be allowed to grow. I have to respect the relationship, including in the public eye. You have to take baby steps. Along with that, I think there should be a basic understanding that she has been alive, she has a child, I am the one coming from the past who knows about it. That’s why you can’t decide the moral direction of the country.” Explaining how his family reacted to their relationship, Arjun said, “My whole family made it easy for me. They told me ‘It’s okay, Okay and you don’t need to think much with us’. Meeting Grandma was the last step, there were many more steps we had to go through. A physical meeting with her changed everything.”
When Karan Johar When Arjun was asked about his wedding plans with Malaika, the actor clarified that marriage was not on the cards yet. He said, “Honestly, it has been two years since this lockdown, Covid and whatever was happening, I wanted to focus on my career. I want to see where I’m going. I am a very realistic person, not that I need to hide anything. I’m not sitting here and I’m shy. I’d really like to be a little more stable, professionally. And I’m not talking financially, I’m talking emotionally. I want to do work that makes me happy. Because if I am happy then I can make my partner happy. And I think a lot of my happiness comes from my work.”