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Adulterous Mumbai filmstars, and wives who have accepted their philandering

Top 10 B'wood wives who've accepted cheating husbands

By TNN, The Times of India , 18 Mar 2013

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A single, successful actress marrying a married man is common in Bollywood. So it comes as no surprise as to why the wives of such superstars still choose to be with them. The reasons are in multitude but whatever they maybe, it seems unacceptable! What are these women thinking?

Aditya Pancholi Zarina Wahab is unbelievable. When her husband Aditya Pancholi was having an open affair with Kangana Ranaut, she chose to stay quiet! Zarina readily accepted the situation and forgave her philandering husband. Whatever her reasons were for doing so, Aditya certainly took advantage of it! Although he and Kangana broke up long back, Zarina seems to have forgotten it all and still plays the submissive wife to Pancholi.

Ajay Devgn apparently cheated on former flame Karisma Kapoor with Kajol. But it seems karma caught up with the bindass babe of Bollywood. From the many rumours, it was Ajay’s affair with Kangana Ranaut during the shooting of Once Upon A Time that created a buzz. Not only that, it was going strong until Kangana got serious. Kajol surely must have got a whiff of it and in spite of being so independent, head strong and not one to take any rubbish; she’s still happily married to Devgn and is busy playing mommy to Yug and Nysa.

Akshay Kumar Is Twinkle Khanna lucky or unlucky? That’s the real question! Married to the Khiladi and playboy of Bollywood, her future is far from secure. Akshay is as known for his affairs with co stars as he is for performing his own stunts. Akshay has been linked to a host of beauties in recent times including his rock solid affair with Priyanka Chopra. Twinkle even banned her husband from working with her Pee Cee again, but once a cheater, always a cheater!

Amitabh Yash Chopra’s Silsila captured the real life love triangle between Jaya, Amitabh and Rekha on the reel screen. This film was the true story of Big B and Jaya. People still talk about Amitabh and Rekha’s love affair but it seems Jaya had no choice but to accept her cheating husband. Today, they are the powerful couple of Bollywood and appear as the quintessential family. Is it for real or just appearances to keep tongues from wagging?

Dharmendra Being the wife of Dharmendra is a matter of pride for any woman. Even Prakash Deol must have thought the same until the entry of Hema Malini. Dharmendra and Hema Mailini met on sets and soon began a historic love story. Dharmendra was a married man with children. But that did not deter him from converting his faith to Islam in order to marry Hema. The two even have two daughters together and though Dharam paji fully supports Hema and her family, he continues to stay with wife Prakash. What choice does someone like her have? Maybe that’s why sons Bobby and Sunny Deol chose to give Esha Deol’s wedding a miss.

Govinda Everyone knows about Govinda’s affair with Rani Mukherjee. It was the talking point of the film industry at one point. But do star wives have a choice? Same goes for Sunita Ahuja. Being Govinda’s wife comes with its perks, but so do the downfalls. Sunita has had no choice and family always comes first for her.

Hrithik’s affair with a host of actress including Kareena, Priyanka Chopra and Barbara Mori must have not gone well with Suzzane Roshan. Yet they seem to be the ‘it’ couple of Bollywood. Husband and wife are always seen at parties and events together. Wonder what’s cooking Hrithik?

Raj Babbar and Smita Patil’s love blossomed before Nadira Zaheer Babbar and it was believed that Nadira had left her husband Raj Babbar because of this. However, when Smita Patil gave birth to her and Raj’s son and later passed away due to complications, Nadira seemed to walk right back into Raj’s life. What are these women thinking?

Sanjay Kapur: Karisma Kapoor’s love for Sanjay Kapur was believed to be a re bound after a public break up with former flame Abhishek Bachchan. Before anyone could digest it, Karisma was married to Sanjay. But this perfect marriage soon shattered. Sanjay was earlier married to Nandita Mahtani and it seems he had issues committing to one woman. Soon enough his affairs with women including Delhi socialite Priya Chatwal were more than just rumours. Although Karisma and Sanjay may live apart in different cities, she is not yet divorced from him. What reality check does the gorgeous diva still need?

Shah Rukh Khan Her husband’s the badshah of Bollywood so it’s only natural for women to throng him. But Shah Rukh Khan’s love for wife Gauri has remained unchallenged minus a few rumours here and there. Although his alleged affair with Kajol during Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge was brushed off, his growing chemistry with Priyanka Chopra had everyone panicking! The power couple of Bollywood was rumoured to split but in time intervention by friends is said to have the two’s marriage. It seems, all’s well that ends well and Gauri and SRK seem to be rock solid. Never mind the seemingly real stories about SRK’s and Pee Cee’s obvious affair.

Actresses who married businessmen

B-Town actresses married to businessmen

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If one goes by the trend of choosing their life partners, Bollywood actresses have clearly shown to prefer powerful businessmen rather than their co-actors from B-town, who perhaps maybe more famous and hogging the limelight all the time wherever they might go. Here's a look at the Bollywood divas who are married to rich businessmen.

Amrita Arora married Shakeel Ladak in 2009. He is involved in the construction business. They now are proud parents of two sons.

Ayesha Takia and restaurateur Farhan Azmi got married in a largely private ceremony on March 1, 2009. Son of politician Abu Azmi, Farhan, who is also a builder, contested elections in 2010.

Celina Jaitly Bollywood's light-eyed beauty Celina Jaitly married Dubai-based Austrian hotelier Peter Haag in 2011. She broke the news of her wedding on Twitter.

Esha Deol got married to Delhi-based businessman Bharat Takhtani in 2012. The who's who of Bollywood and politics attended the grand wedding reception.

Gayatri Joshi Few months after the release of her debut film with Shah Rukh Khan, Swades, model-turned-actress Gayatri Joshi married Vikas Oberoi, who is into construction business.

Isha Koppikar After her relationship with struggling actor Inder Kumar went kaput, Isha Koppikar decided to get hooked for life with restaurateur Timmy Narang in 2009.

Juhi Chawla married British businessman of Indian origin, Jay Mehta in 1997. Jay, whose business is spread across several countries, is also a co-owner in IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders

Karisma Kapoor After her break up with Abhishek Bachchan, actress Karisma Kapoor married Delhi-based businessman Sanjay Kapoor in 2013. However, their marriage has seen a lot of ups and downs in the recent past.

Perizaad Zorabian The gorgeous actress Perizaad Zorabian is married to construction tycoon Boman Rustom Irani.

Rambha In 2010, actress Rambha married Indran Pathmanathan, the founder and chairman of a kitchen and bathroom manufacturing firm based in Canada.

Raveena Tandon married prominent film distributor Anil Thadani - they'd fallen in love during the making of her film, Stumped.

Reema Sen Malamaal Weekly actress Reema Sen, who kept denying rumours about her affair with a businessman, eventually took the plunge and married a Delhi-based hotelier Shiv Karan Singh in March 2012.

Rinke Khanna—Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna's youngest daughter—married industrialist Sameer Saran in 2003.

Shilpa Shetty The gorgeous Shilpa Shetty married businessman Raj Kundra in November 2009. UK-based Kundra was ranked the 198th richest British Asian in 2004.

Tina Munim Actress Tina Munim married Anil Ambani, the son of industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani, in 1991. Anil is counted among the richest men in the world at present.

Urvashi Sharma Starlet Urvashi Sharma tied the knot with her entrepreneur and actor boyfriend Sachiin Joshi recently. Sachiin, who made his debut with Aazaan in 2011, is still to find a foothold in Bollywood, but is steady with his finances as the vice-chairman of his group that is into hospitality and more.

Vidya Balan Actress Vidya Balan, who was linked to many co-stars in the past, married Siddharth Roy Kapoor, the top honcho of a leading production house, in 2012.

Actresses who wed already-married or divorced men, often to become second wives

Hottest second wives in Bollywood

The Times of India 2013 Hema Malini Dharmendra fell for his dream girl Hema Malini despite being a married man. He even converted to Islam (to become Dilawar) to marry Hema (who became Hamida), since his first wife Prakash Kaur allegedly refused to grant him a divorce.

Kalki Koechlin, who started his career with Dev D, is the second wife of Anurag Kashyap. The ace director parted his ways with his first wife when he was turning to be an alcoholic due to his unreleased movie Paanch.

Kareena Kapoor Here's a look at the hottest second wives in Bollywood After 13 years of marriage and 2 kids, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh decided to divorce each other. Saif dated Italian model Rosa Catalano and then fell in love with Kareena Kapoor on the sets of Tashan. After 5 years of relationship, the couple got married in 2012.

Karisma Kapoor While many of us were expecting Abhishek Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor to tie the nuptial knot, the latter found her prince charming in already divorced industrialist Sanjay Kapoor.

Kiran Rao Aamir ended his 15-year long marriage with Reena Dutta, after he fell in love with Kiran Rao, the actor's assistant during the making of 'Lagaan'.

Lara Dutta met Indian tennis star Mahesh Bhupati during an event and immediately fell for him. According to Lara, though Mahesh was married to model Shvetha Jaishankar, he was 'technically single' since the couple had already filed for divorce. Mahesh went on to marry Lara in a private ceremony in 2011.

Madhubala Once of the most beautiful actresses in Indian cinema, Madhubala fell in love with the muti-talented Kishore Kumar. Kishore divorced first wife Ruma Guha Thakurta to marry Madhubala.

Raveena Tandon After a heartbreak with Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon married one-time divorcee Anil Thadani in an extravagant ceremony in 2004.

Sarika fell in love with Kamal Haasan who was already married to Vani Ganapathy for 10 years. The actor divorced his first wife to marry Sarika. However, the couple seperated few years later.

Shabana Azmi Renowned writer and poet Javed Akhtar divorced his first wife Honey Irani to marry the enormously talented Shabana Azmi. Javed Akhtar has two children, Farhan and Zoya, from his first marriage.

Shilpa Shetty found her prince charming in businessman Raj Kundra who was previosuly married to Kavita. Raj divorced Kavita to marry the leggy lass.

Sridevi Boney Kapoor left his first wife Mona Shourie Kapoor for Sridevi. Mona continued to stay in Boney Kapoor's parents home for 10 years after the divorce to give her children a sense of family. She died few months ago due to multiple organ failure.

Vidya Balan doesn't quite fit in the list of second wives because her husband Siddarth Roy Kapoor is twice divorced before marrying her. The couple met on the sets of a movie and fell in love in no time. In December 2012, Vidya married Siddharth in a private ceremony in Mumbai.

Vyjantimala married the already married Dr Bali, who split with his existing wife as a result.

Zeenat Aman met Sanjay Khan on the sets of Abdullah and the couple fell in love immediately. Sanjay married Zeenat but soon problems surfaced in their marriage. The couple divorced in 1981.

Cineastes who changed their religion

Celebs who changed their religion

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Religion is an insightful aspect of one's life. Here's a look at few celebs who changed their religion to attain spirituality or for their love.

AR Rahman Music maestro AR Rahman, who was born to a Hindu father and a Muslim mother, converted to Islam in 1989. He grew up as an atheist before converting his religion to Islam after reaching adulthood.

Dharmendra and Hema Malini More than two decades ago, film stars Dharmendra and Hema Malini married secretly. Women activists protested against the "illegal" marriage. Dharmendra, they pointed out, was already married and had teenaged children. But in order to give legitimacy to his union with Hema Malini, the couple had converted to Islam. (Around the same time Shama, the biggest selling and very respectable Urdu film magazine, reported that Raj Babbar-Smita Patil and Vinod Mehra and his then latest wife had also converted to Islam in order to give similar legitimacy to their second marriages.)

Nagma Actress Nagma who was born to a Muslim mother and a Hindu father took up Christianity in the year 2007.

Nargis Actress Nargis took up Hinduism and changed her name to Nirmala Dutt when she married Sunil Dutt.

Sharmila Tagore Bengali beauty Sharmila Tagore converted to Islam when she married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi on 27 December 1969. She became Ayesha Sultana Khan, later shortened to Ayesha Khan.

How cinema, cricket and fashion stars met their future partners

Jab 'they' met

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Aamir Khan Mr. Perfectionist Aamir Khan fell in love with his assistant Kiran Rao during the making of Lagaan and married on December 28, 2008 in Mumbai.

Aanchal Kumar Supermodel Aanchal Kumar married Shaadi.com CEO, Anupam Mittal on July 04, 2013. The duo met through common friends and has been together for more than seven years

Arbaaz Khan fell in love with Malaika Arora while they were shooting for a coffee ad and went ahead in their relationship to get married.

Arshad Warsi found his ladylove Maria Goretti in a college dance competition where he was invited as judge in 1991.They are happily married with two kids named Zeke and Zene Zoe.

Dhanush was very lucky to get superstar Rajnikanth's daughter Aishwarya as his wife. The actor met Aishwarya during the screening of his first movie Kadhal Kondaen. Aishwarya was so touched by his performance that she sent a bouquet saying, 'Good Work. Keep in touch'. Both sealed their relationship after 2 years of dating.They are happily married with two kids named Yatra and Linga.

Dharmendra and Hema Malini fell in love in the mid seventies during the making of Ramesh Sippy's Sholay. (Unlikely. They had done Seeta aur Geeta and several other films before. By the time Sholay was being made they were already a number.)

Diana Hayden Former beauty queen and Bollywood actress, Diana Hayden met Collin Dick in February, and went ahead with their releationship to get married on September 13, 2013 in Las Vegas, USA.

Farah Khan Shirish Kunder and Farah Khan met during the making of Main Hoon Naa and love blossomed soon.

Farhan Akhtar fell in love with Adhuna Bhabani during the making of Dil Chahta Hai, and got married in 2000 after a three-year relationship with her.

Hrithik Roshan Heart-throb Hrithik Roshan confessed his love to Suzanne at a traffic light. Hrithik Roshan married his sweetheart in a private ceremony.

Kalki Koechlin Ace director Anurag Kashyap married actress Kalki Koechlin in 2011 with whom he fell in love with during the making of Dev D.

Lara Dutta Actress Lara Dutta found true love and got engaged to tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi at a star hotel in New York City where Mahesh was visiting for the US Open.

Nargis fell in love with Sunil Dutt after his courageous and heroic act when fire broke out during the shoot of movie Mother India.

Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza met on the sets of their first film, Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003), and fell in love.

Sachin Tendulkar's romantic love story begun when he saw Anjali for the very first time at the Mumbai International Airport, it was love at first sight for him. Sachin was returning from his first International cricket tour in 1990 while Anjali was at the airport to receive her mother.

Saif Ali Khan fell in love with Kareena Kapoor during the shooting of film Tashan in 2007.

Sanjay Khan Already married Sanjay Khan reportedly fell in love with actress Zeenat Aman during the making of Adbulla in Jaisalmer in 1980.

Shikhar Dhawan Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan fell in love for a half-Bengali and half-British Ayesha Mukherjee on a social networking site. They were common friends of Harbhajan Singh on the site, and it was Bhajji who introduced them and then love blossomed.

Suniel Shetty met Mana Kadri for the first time at a party when she was just 17. Then they started going out and after nine years of courtship they tied the knot in 1991.

Vidya and Siddharth Love blossomed between Siddharth and Vidya when they met for the first time at the backstage at Filmfare Awards some years back.

Live-in relationships

Celebrity couples in live-in relationships'

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Aamir Khan chose to desert his wife Reena and kids to be with his current wife Kiran Rao. It was only when the rumour mill churned stories on Aamir and Kiran holidaying abroad, that the actor declared that he will marry Kiran Rao.

Abhay Deol and his lady love Preeti Desai are in a live-in relationship. Abhay revealed in a TV show that the couple is in no hurry of getting married.

Ameesha Patel After an ugly fight with her parents over money, Ameesha Patel decided to live-in with then boyfriend, filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. Their live-in arrangement didn't work for long. Ameesha later reconciled with her parents

Archana Puran Singh Actress Archana Puran Singh lived in with hubby Parmeet Sethi for a long time before they decided to get married.

Dev Patel and Freida Pinto fell in love on the sets of Danny Boyle's Oscar winning film Slumdog Millionaire. The couple decided to move in together later on and their relationship is still going strong.

Dimple Kapadia The rumours were strong that Sunny Deol was living-in with Dimple Kapadia, while his wife lived in London. Though the two actors don't fiercely guard their personal lives, many have seen them making appearances together.

John Abraham and Bipasha Basu started dating each other way back in 2003 on the sets of 'Jism'. The couple had a live-in relationship till they broke up.

Kalki Koechlin 'Dev D' director Anurag Kashyap was so smitten by actress Kalki Koechlin that he went on to have a live-in relationship with her without worrying about what people had to say!

Kamal Haasan and Sarika were living together in the 80s, which shocked many at that time. They even had kids before they got married. The couple married in 1988 and are now separated. They've two daughters, actress Shruti and Akshara.

Kangana Ranaut lived-in with her mentor Aditya Pancholi when she was just new to this Bollywood industry. But, then the two parted ways after Aditya mishandled Kangana on different public occasions.

Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan were in a live-in relationship before they got married last year.

Kashmira Shah and Krushna Abhishek fell in love with each other on the sets of their film Pappu Paas Ho Gaya. The couple moved in together soon after.

Lara Dutta They definitely made a hot couple, till the duo called it quits after eight long years of being in love! Lara Dutta and ex-boyfriend Kelly Dorjee were living together even before they started their film careers. Sadly, the relationship could not stand the test of time.

Manoj Bajpai A strong buzz did the rounds that actor Manoj Bajpai had a live-in relationship with actress Neha, who made her Bollywood debut with 'Kareeb'. The two went ahead and tied the knot in 2006.

Neena Gupta and Vivian Richards decided to move-in together in the late 1980s. The couple became proud parents of daughter Masaba, but the relationship could not last long.

Pooja Bedi The vivacious Pooja Bedi followed the footsteps of dad Kabir Bedi when she had a live-in relationship with then boyfriend Hanif Hilal. But the couple parted ways later on.

Rajesh Khanna Anita Advani, who recently appeared on Bigg Boss 7, claims that she had been a live-in partner of late Rajesh Khanna. After the death of the legendary actor, Anita sent a legal notice to his family members asking for compensation. [Rajesh Khanna had earlier had relationships with Tina Munim and Anju Mahendroo]

Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma When there was a strong buzz about Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma parting ways, the actor came out in defence, saying, “My girlfriend stays with me at my apartment. We have been living in for quite some time now and my love life is just as fine.” The couple married in 2010, but things are not right between them.

Saif Ali Khan When Saif Ali Khan parted ways with wife Amrita Singh, he moved in with his then girlfriend Roza Catalano and was happy in a live-in relationship with his Italian love. And that’s when Kareena decided to steal the 'Chotte Nawab' away from Roza's arms!

Salman Khan Some time back, Katrina had disclosed that she lived-in with Salman Khan when she was new to the industry. It took a while for the fiery actress to go public with the fact. Although it is nothing new for industry insiders, it was at Karan Johar's chat show that Katrina, who rarely speaks about her boyfriend, opened her heart about living with Khan.

Sanjeeda Sheikh TV actors Sanjeeda Sheikh and Aamir Ali were in a live-in relationship before they got married.

Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu With the public opinion changing, celebs are now getting more open about their live-in relationships. Let's take a look at some celebrity couples who are or had been in a live-in relationship Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu have been in a live-in relationship for some time now. The couple is very much open about their relationship.

Sushant Singh Rajput The latest Bollywood hearthrob Sushant Singh Rajput is in a live-in relationship with his girlfriend Ankita Lokhande, for quite some time now.