Though Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif have never appeared on screen together, their off-screen relationship has captured the public’s imagination. For a long time, they managed to keep their romance away from the media spotlight — until fate, a Diwali party, and a photographer’s lens aligned to change everything.
Celebrity photographer Manav Manglani recently revisited the night that unofficially confirmed one of Bollywood’s most speculated love stories. Speaking to Vishal Malhotra, he recounted how his team happened to be at the right place at the right time, outside a Diwali celebration hosted by producer Amritpal Singh Bindra.
“My team took the first picture of Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif together, getting out of Amritpal Singh’s Diwali party. She was wearing a red dress, while he was in a beige kurta-pyjama. As they were trying to figure out where their cars were, my team spotted them. It was only after they saw the cameras that they realised they had already been snapped; and that’s when it hit them, they had been seen together publicly for the first time. That photo went viral, and how,” Manav shared.
It wasn’t just a photograph; it was the moment when their quiet love story stepped into the public eye. Until then, all fans had were rumors and fleeting sightings. But that candid, unposed shot—capturing a shared glance in festive attire—told a story no press release ever could.
Since then, Vicky and Katrina have become a beloved couple in the public imagination, celebrated not just for their stardom, but for the quiet elegance of how their love story unfolded.
