Actor Jiyaa Shankar introduces fiance Kaaran in romantic engagement reveal

Actor Jiyaa Shankar announced her engagement to fiancé Kaaran with dreamy proposal photos and a heartfelt note on Instagram. The announcement came months after she dismissed dating rumours with Abhishek Malhan.Jiyaa Shankar announced her engagement to Kaaran on August 5. (Credit: Instagram/@jiyaashankarofficial)Actor Jiyaa Shankar is now engaged. On August 5, the 31-year-old shared the news with a set of Instagram photos and wrote, “you do find love when you least expect it”, while revealing the face of her fiance, identified as Kaaran on Instagram, for the first time.The post showed an intimate outdoor proposal at sunset. Along with the engagement pictures, she shared a long note about patience, long-distance conversations, love and choosing each other every day.One of the images gave a close look at Jiyaa’s oval-cut diamond engagement ring, paired with a matching diamond band. In another picture, she was seen walking hand-in-hand with her fiance through a garden, smiling as they looked at each other.One of the more emotional photographs showed Jiyaa covering her mouth in surprise while showing off the ring, as her fiance held her hand. Another picture captured him down on one knee during the proposal, with Jiyaa reaching out to him against a backdrop of greenery and the sea. For the occasion, Jiyaa wore a pastel yellow satin gown. Her fianc wore an embroidered beige shirt with white trousers.In her caption, Jiyaa wrote, “So maybe it is true , you do find love when you least expect it but God really tested my patience here.” She added, “It wasn’t easy but somehow it still was. Every conversation with you even though you were thousands of miles away from me, felt like home. This journey wasn’t easy but we chose eachother every single day.” She also wrote, “You showed me the love I waited my whole life for. You made me laugh on my toughest days. Held me a lil tighter every time at airport goodbyes like your heart was breaking into a thousand pieces. No matter where we were in the world - home was never a place it was always you.”Referring to him as “My goofball, my bestfriend , my ABCD,” Jiyaa added, “life is definitely an adventure with you and it happens to be my favourite rom-com. I cant wait to spend my forever with you and spend the rest of my life loving you the way you’ve always loved me.”Earlier speculationThe announcement came months after Jiyaa had dismissed speculation about a relationship with Abhishek Malhan. Reports and online posts had claimed that the two had made their relationship public and that an engagement could be on the way.After the claims gained attention, Jiyaa posted a romantic photograph of herself with an unidentified man. In the image, the man was seen kissing her forehead. She wrote, “Let’s leave false rumours in 2025! (sic)” and maintained that there was no romantic involvement between her and Abhishek.Jiyaa and Abhishek were previously seen together on Bigg Boss OTT 2 and later collaborated on a music video.- EndsPublished By: Priyanka SharmaPublished On: Aug 5, 2026 18:56 IST