Dattani gets engaged to girlfriend on December 19

Sammir Dattani is officially taken. The actor who's been dating his girl friend Ritika Jolly for the last two years, will be engaged to her on December 19 at Tote in Mumbai.

Both families had been planning the engagement for a while and decided they would settle on a date before the year-end.

A source close to Dattani spills the beans, "It's going to be a private event. The invitees will strictly be family and very close friends.

Both families don't want to make it a grand affair. The engagement will have the traditional exchange of rings and also an informal brunch. The wedding will be on a much bigger scale."

Ritika and Sammir started off as friends and soon realised they were in love. She is an aspiring writer with a corporate background. The source adds, "Dattani wants to complete all his pending South and B-Town projects before the engagement."

Even though the wedding date isn't yet finalised it is scheduled to be sometime mid-2011. Sammir wants news of the engagement to remain private, "It's a very small ceremony with family and close friends. I wish to keep it like that, " he says.

Pyar ki kahaani...

Earlier when asked about is relationship with Ritika, Sammir had said, "It was a mutual feeling. We both started off as friends and in time, realised we were more than just that. Then she went away for a while, and we got back only to realise that what we have is love."