The stage musical Rama at Sita was the setting for their love affair in early 1999. Franco Laurel—from the famous Batangas clan that includes fashion designer Rajo Laurel and singer-actor Cocoy Laurel, besides producing a president, a vice-president, and assorted senators, representatives, and governors—was to play Bharata.
Ayen Munji, once the princess to Brunei's Prince Jeffrey, was financing the grand production. The following year, Franco proposed to Ayen, and the year after that, they tied the knot.
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