Who is Karan Boolani? 12 Cool Facts We Uncovered About Rhea Kapoor's Husband

Over the weekend that was, producer, celebrity stylist and entrepreneur Rhea Kapoor tied the knot with her long-term boyfriend filmmaker Karan Boolani in an intimate ceremony surrounded by their closest family and friends. Rhea, who just shared the first image of the couple as man and missus on social media, confessed that she was “overwhelmed” by the experience and “cried, shook and had stomach flips all the way”. 

If you are curious to know more about Karan, here are 12 fun and cool facts about the man who has won Rhea's heart for Keeps. 

1. Karan Boolani and Rhea Kapoor have been dating each other for the past 12 years. 

2. He is a filmmaker with over 500 commercial ad films to his name. He has also assisted on movies like Aisha and Wake Up Sid. FYI, Rhea assisted on Wake Up Sid in 2008 as well....hmmmm, did we just piece together how they met? The couple is said to have started dating on the sets of Aisha. 

3. Karan worked with Rhea's dad Anil Kapoor on the Indian remake of the TV show 24, where he was one of the series directors.

4. Karan is an accomplished documentary filmmaker as well. His feature-length documentary film That Healing Feeling was received exceedingly well and led him to become the youngest member on the executive board of the Indian Documentary Producers Association. 

5. Karan also directed the much-appreciated Netflix series Selection Day, a sports drama based on the eponymous novel by acclaimed writer Arvind Adiga. 

6. Karan is the son of Mumbai-based businessman Vijay Boolani, whose work is in the arena of plastic manufacturing and engineering.

7. He has a younger sister named Karishma Boolani, a sports scientist and founder of Humanics.in. Karishma is also the founder of Cooketo, a consultancy service that dabbles with nutrition and healthy dietary advice.

8. Both Karan and Rhea are devoted dog parents to two adorable puppos, Lemon and Russell Crowe Kapoor.

9. Karan is an avid reader and loves to dabble in amateur photography (we hear he is quite good at it).

10. He is a self-proclaimed sports fiend. His Instagram handle shows him playing golf, cheering on the Indian cricket team, following soccer, basketball.. you name it!

11. Karan is close friends with Rhea's cousin Arjun Kapoor.

12. He is terrible at spelling, a fact that he declares as a disclaimer in his Instagram bio. They say some of the best people are Karan...ain't no shame in that!