Reacting to a report that said Bollywood actor Ranbhir Kapoor returned to work two days after his marriage with actress Alia Bhat, Group Captain MJ Augustine Vinod VSM (Retd), said that he returned work with his wife two hours after his marriage during the Kargil war that took place in the year 1999. The tweet garnered wide reach among the users of the micro blogging social media site with someone asking why he didn’t wait for the war to end. Replying to the online user, the army officer said that he didn’t want to die a Bachelor.

 

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Ranbhir Kapoor and Alia Bhat got married on 14tb of April in an intimate marriage ceremony with their close friends and relatives. From Pre-wedding to post wedding ceremonies, all were held at Ranbir and Alia’s Vastu house in Bandra, Mumbai.

Each detail about the wedding of the Bollywood celebrities has been grabbing headlines across the prominent media portals of the country. A report emerged saying that Rabhir returned to work two days after his marriage. “Ranbhir returned to wedding two days after his wedding. Like Ranbhir, Mother Neetu also dived back into work after wedding” the headline read.

Sharing the picture of the same, former fighter pilot MJ Augustine Vinod said “I was married on 18 June 99, in the middle of #Kargil
Both @varshakukreti and I returned to work after couple of hours later Into thick of it 🙏🏻 ” through his tweet.

Check out his tweet below :

I was married on 18 June 99, in the middle of #Kargil
Both @varshakukreti and I returned to work after couple of hours later
Into thick of it 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/SfoNwCCtg2

— MJ Augustine Vinod 🇮🇳 (@mjavinod) April 20, 2022

Ex Indian Army Chief Ved Malik commented on the post saying “That was the spirit in the Army then” whereas many others expressed their admiration towards the Army man. When a twitter user asked Augustine why he couldn’t wait for the war to end, he replied writing “Great question !! Didn’t want to die a bachelor. Wanted to be married to her before I went”

Great question !!
Didn’t want to die a bachelor
Wanted to be married to her before I went

— MJ Augustine Vinod 🇮🇳 (@mjavinod) April 20, 2022

Here’s some of the replies the tweet garnered :

That was the spirit in the Army then.

— Ved Malik (@Vedmalik1) April 20, 2022

With all due respects to your tweet intent🙏 NEVER ever, get to equate your career with these sundries. as it’s nothing but typical PR drive which translate it to endorsement revenue, on one side. Other side, they’ve been holidaying together for yrs b4 they tied d knot. Please🙏

— Krishna MY (@KrishnaMR05) April 20, 2022

Sir, you don’t need to compare yourself with anyone – least of all, with spoilt brats/people from Bollywood. Always indebted to you (and other service personnel) for your service towards the nation. Jai Hind 🇮🇳

— Shiva (@rohini_vg) April 20, 2022

Because you are our real heroes and real heroes don’t show off.
And real citizens of india know that You and your family do so much sacrifices.
Because of you, we are safe and sound.
THANK YOU for your services 🙏🏽 ❤️

— Proud Parimargi ❤ (@ka_sh2022) April 20, 2022

Please don’t compare sir. You returning to duty was for the love , respect and responsibility towards country 🙏🙏. But they returning to work is for money . Anyway marriage was just a formality for them 💁🏻‍♀️

— Prakruthi (@shasana3) April 20, 2022

Sir, one of my buddy from Garh Rif, couldn’t attend his own wedding, his wife got married to his sword on his wedding day, later after some time, he went on leave and performed all ceremonial functions in afternoon and returned back to duty in evening.

— Shakti Singh Rathore (@ssrathore95) April 20, 2022

Media loves to make real life heroes out of these reel life heroes for the smallest of things.

— Anshul Dixit (@anshuld90) April 20, 2022