YOU ARE RIGHT BRO.
YOU ARE RIGHT BRO.
MUSLIM MAN / HINDU WOMAN
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Actor Irrfan Khan is married to Sutapa Sikdar, an Assamese Hindu. They have two sons, Babil and Ayaan.
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Legendary bollywood actress Rekha has four sisters. One of them, Radha Ganeshan is married to Mr Usman Syed and is settled in USA.
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Scriptwriter Anjum Rajabally (‘Ghulam’ and ‘Drohkaal’is married to Chetna, daughter of noted cricket writer Late KN Prabhu.
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Music Director Anu (Anwar) Malik is married to Anju. They have two daughters, one of whom is named Anmol.
His elder brother Daboo Malik is married to Jyoti and has two sons.
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Famous bollywood cabaret dancer of 80s, Leena Das married singer Mohammed Rafi’s son, Shahid. They have two sons.
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Shahnawaz Bhutto, grandfather of Benazir Bhutto, married a Hindu woman who converted to Islam.
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Actor Zayed Khan recently married school friend Malaika Parekh, a Hindu. (His sister Suzanne is Hritik Roshan‘s wife. Other sister Simone is also married to a Hindu).
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Classical vocalist Ali Akbar Khan married numerous times in his life. One of his wives was Rajdulari Devi, a singer herself. Their daughter Aneesa is married to TV producer Rajeev Chaudhary.
Surprisingly, Ali Akbar and his Muslim wife Zubeida gave Hindu names to their sons, namely Ashish, Dhyanesh, Amresh and Pranesh. Out of these, Ashish declared himself to be a Hindu and seperated from his Muslim wife Firoza Dehalvi. Ashish’s children are Faraz (son) and Nusrat (daughter).
Dhaynesh’s daughter Sahana is married to a Hindu (Mr Gupta). Dhyanesh’s son is Shiraz Khan.
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Doctor/Model Aditi Govitrikar, a Maharashtrian Brahmin, married Dr Muffazal Lakdawala. They had a daughter, Kiara and a son, Zihaan. Govitrikar participated in and won the Mrs India competition under her post-marriage name, Sarah Muffazal Lakdawala. They are now seperated. Dr Muffazal is now married to Priyanka, daughter of Maj Gen TK Kaul.
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Amar Sheikh, firebrand Marathi folk singer of the 60s was married to a Marathi Hindu woman. Their two daughters Mallika and Prerana married dalit activist Namdev Dhasal and Marathi writer Late Anil Barve respectively.
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VJ and anchor of Indian Idol 3 Mini Mathur is married to Kabir Khan, director of the film ‘Kabul Express’. They have a son, Vivaan and a daughter, Sairah.
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Actor Farooq Sheikh’s wife Rupa is a Gujarati Hindu. They have two daughters, Shaista and Sanaa.
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Aruna Ganguli, the firebrand Congress leader of Freedom Movement, married Barrister Asaf Ali Zamani and converted to Islam, assuming the name Kulsum Zamani. Her husband was 20 years her senior.
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Mira Nair, director of the film ‘Monsoon Wedding’ is married to Professor Mahmood Mamdani of Columbia University, a Ugandan Muslim. They have one son, Zohran.
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Veteran theatreperson Ebrahim Alkazy is married to Uma. She was originally married to Dev Anand’s brother Chetan Anand but divorced him.
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Actor Saeed Jaffrey married Madhur Bahadur, a Hindu Kayasth from Delhi. They later divorced. They have three daughters, Meera, Zia and Sakina. Of them, Sakina is an actor and is married to an American by the name of Tom Wilkinson. Sakina’s children, Cassius and Jamila Wilkinson are actors as well. Madhur Jaffrey has made a name for herself as a celebrity cooking expert with many cook books and shows to her credit.
Saeed’s brother Hamid Jaffrey is married to Late ‘Dada Muni’ Ashok Kumar’s daughter Bharti (mother of actress Anuradha Patel). This is the second marriage of both and each has three children from their first marriages.
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Times of India journalist Ashwin Ahmed has a Hindu mother and a Muslim father. He is also married to a Hindu.
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Director Muzaffar Ali married Subhashini Sehgal (who played the emperor’s mother in Shah Rukh’s film ‘Asoka’
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Naina Balsawar, an ex- Miss India is married to Ahmad Dumpy, a Congress politician. She has been an MP herself. This is her second marriage. She has two daughters (Rivan and Rivka) from her first marriage, and a son, Azaan and a daughter, Aleah from Dumpy.
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Suhaib Ilyasi, the anchor of TV crime show ‘India’s Most Wanted’ had a love marriage with Anju Singh, a Hindu girl. They had a daughter, Aliya. Anjudied under mysterious circumstances. The criminal case is still on. Following the controversy, Suhaib was dumped from the show and was replaced by Manoj Raghuvanshi. He could never recover his career. The show itself was yanked off air soon after. It was the forerunner of today’s loud crime shows.
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Imtiaz Ali, director of the film ‘Jab We Met’ is married to Priti. Their daughter is Ida.
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Tamil film actress Karuthama Rajshree married Ansari Raja, a Muslim fitness trainer working in the Tamil film industry. However, the couple got divorced in just a month. Rajshree is now married to software professional Bhujanga Rao.
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Renowned Kathak dancer Sitara Devi married director K Asif (‘Mughal E Azam’
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Singer Sunidhi Chauhan, at the age of 18, eloped and married Bobby Khan, brother of choreographer Ahmed Khan. Her family never acknowledged the marriage and threatened to disown her. The couple fell apart in a year and she returned to her parents.
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Late Sitar player Vilayat Khan was married to Bengali Brahmin, Monisha. They got divorced. Son Shujaat is a Sitar player married to a Muslim named Parveen and his son is Azaan.
His daughter Zila (sufi singer) is married to a Muslim while the other daughter Yaman married a Hindu Rajput (now divorced). Vilayat Khan’s second wife, was a Christian. From her. he had one son, Hidayat.
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TV and film actor Simone Singh is married to TV producer Farhad Samar.
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Dr. Sharik Currimbhoy, vice-president & chief operating officer of the Shahnaz Husain Group of Companies is married to Samara Chopra, a TV anchor and daughter of Ashwini Chopra, a Delhi-based physician.
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Theatre Veteran Habib Tanvir was married to Monika Mishra, also an actor. Both are no more. Their daughter Nageen is an actor too.
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Shah Rukh Khan’s uncle Aziz Mirza who directed ‘Yes Boss’ and ‘Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani’ was married to a Hindu called Nirmala. She died in 2005.
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Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru’s niece, Janak Kumari, married Jalil Asghar, a civil servant of pre-independence India. She was ostracized by the Nehrus. Asghar family migrated to Pakistan after partition where Jalil rose to become the Defence Secretary of Pakistan. Janak Kumari took up social service in Lahore and was awarded Sitara E Khidmat by President Ayub Khan. However, after Jalil’s death, she faced financial difficulties and litigation over property from Jalil’s family. She died in 1997. No one from Nehru family attended her funeral. She did not convert and remained a Hindu to her last day. They had no children.
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Actor-director Farhan Akhtar‘s first wife was Riya Jain. They are now divorced. He is now married to Adhuna Bhabani, a Bengali Hindu. They have two daughters, Shakya and Akira and a son, Kalyan.
Javed Akhtar’s brother Salman is married to Monisha Nair. They both are psychologists based in UK.
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TV actor and anchor Husain Kuwajerwala (Anchor of Indian Idol) is married to Tina Darera.
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Renowned danseuse and ex – Miss India Indrani Banerjee married an Architect called Habib Rahman. Their children are Ram and Sukanya. Indrani herself was child of an inter-religious marriage. She was the first ever Indian representative to Miss Universe in 1952.Ram Rahman is a famous photographer. Sukanya is a renowned danseuse and author of the book ‘Dancing In The Family’. She is married to Frank Wicks. Habib died in 1995 while Indrani passed away in 1999.
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Senior actor Yusuf Hussain (small roles in Khakee, Dhoom etc) married three times. His third wife (now divorced) is Kanchan Duggal.
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Late Asif Currimbhoy was a well-known actor of Mumbai’s English stage. His son Tarik is married to Nayana. They are both interior designers settled in USA. They have a daughter, Sana. Asif’s daughter Nahid is married to Amit Moitra. Amit-Nahid have 2 daughters, Tehzeeb and Tahini.
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Popular TV actor Iqbal Khan (of ‘Kavyanjali’ fame) is married to Sneha Chhabra.
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Latika, Daughter of Sheila Dixit, present Chief Minister of Delhi, is married to Mr Syed, a Muslim.
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The household of Screen writer Salim Khan (of the Salim-Javed duo) is a virtual congregation of religions. He married Susheela, a Maharashtrian Hindu woman. Their children are actors Salman, Arbaaz and Sohail and a daughter named Alvira.
Arbaaz Khan married Malaika Arora (a Roman Catholic). They have a son named Arhan.
Actor Sohail Khan married Seema Sachdev, a Hindu. Their son is named Nirvaan.
Alvira is married to actor Atul Agnihotri, a Hindu. They have a daughter, Alizeb and a son, Ayaan.
Salim’s second wife is Helen, an Anglo-Indian Jew. They have an adopted Hindu daughter, Arpita.
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Businesswoman Naina Lal Kidwai, Vice Chairman, HSBC is married to Rasheed Kidwai who runs an NGO. They have two children.
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Late actor Divya Bharti was secretly married to film producer Sajid Nadiadwala. This marriage was never acknowledged during the actor’ lifetime for the fear that it will impact her career. Sajid Nadiadwala’s films carry a dedication to ‘my beloved wife Divya Bharti’. He is now married to Warda Khan, a Muslim.
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CNN IBN anchorperson Suhasini Haidar daughter of politician Subramaniam Swamy, is married to Nadeem, son of former India bureaucrat Salman Haidar.
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Aamir Khan maried Reena Dutta but they are now divorced. They had a son, Junaid and a daughter, Ira. Aamir is now married to Kiran Rao. Custody of the kids is with Reena.
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Bharatiya Janata Party’s Muslim faces, Late Sikander Bakht (married to Raj Sharma), Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (married to Seema) and Shahnawaz Husain (married to Renu) all married Hindu women.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s son Arshad is married to Sumana, a Hindu.
Late Sikandar Bakht‘s sons are Anil and Sunil Bakht.
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Actor Reena Roy had married Pakistan Cricketer Mohsin Khan who also acted in a few Bollywood films. They are now divorced. They have one daughter, Sanam, whose custody is with Reena. Reena Roy’s father was Hindu and mother Muslim.
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Sarod Player Amjad Ali Khan married Subhalaxmi, an Assamese Hindu. Their twin sons Ayaan Ali and Amaan Ali are also Sarod players and frequently appear on TV. Ayaan recently got married to Neema, daughter of Romesh Sharma, producer of Big B film ‘Hum’. In the film, Romesh also did a small role of Kimi Katkar’s brother who gets killed.
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TV actor Jasvir Kaur is married to Aziz.
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Sulbha Arya (Kantaben of ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’
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Actor Arif Zakaria, known for his roles on TV and in art films, is married to Namrata Sharma.
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India’s most famous radio anchor Ameen Sayani married Rama, a Kashmiri Pandit. She died a few years ago. Ameen has one son, Rajil who is married to Krishna.
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Actor Naseeruddin Shah is married to actor Ratna Pathak. They have a son, Imaad and a daughter, Heba. Imaad made his acting debut in Prakash Jha-produced ‘Dil Dosti Etc’ last year, which also featured Shreyas Talpade. Heba is quite famous in Mumbai’s English theatre circuit for her plays.
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‘Wipro’ tycoon Azim Premji’s son Rishad got married to a Hindu girl, Aditi in 2005. They have two children, Rhea (daughter) and Rohan (son).
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Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi married Sharmila Tagore. She converted to Islam before marriage. Their children are actrors Saif and Soha and another daughter Sabah who lives in Bhopal. Saif Ali Khan married Amrita Singh, who herself was daughter of a Sikh father and a Muslim mother. Saif – Amrita who are now divorced, have two children, Sara and Ibrahim.
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Journalist and former Indian National basketball team player Javed Akhtar was married to Nayantara. He died a few days back.
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Music director Ismail Darbar (‘Devdas’, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’
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Indian journalist Talveen Singh was married to Pakistani diplomat Salman Taseer. They got divorced. Salman Taseer was recently murdered by his own bodyguard in Pakistan. Their son, Atish Taseer Singh lives with his mother. He is the author of the book A Journey through Islamic Lands.
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Legendary actress Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano) was daughter of Allah Bux and Prabhavati Devi (Iqbal Begum after conversion to Islam). Her mother, Prabhavati herself was daughter of a Christian father and a Hindu mother. Meena Kumari’s sisters were Mehelka (She married a Hindu and was renamed Madhuri Kishore Sharma) and Khursheed.
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Farhad Nathani, smalltime producer and a supporting actor who acted in ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’ is married to Radha Patkar, a Maharashtrian Hindu.
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Booker-winner writer Salman Rushdie’s third marriage was to model-actress Padma Lakshmi. It too, ended in a divorce.
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Ghazal Singer Talat Aziz is married to Bina Adwani, a Sindhi Hindu. They have two kids.
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Gyanpeeth awardee writer Amrita Pritam had a 40-year long romantic relationship with Pakistani Muslim artist Imroz. They never married.
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Actor Shahrukh Khan married Gauri Chibber. They have a son, Aryan and a daughter, Suhana.
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Advertising Guru Alayque Padamsee was married three times. First to Pearl Padamsee ( a Jew), then to Dolly Thakore (a Hindu) and later to Pop Singer Sharon Prabhakar (a Hindu). He is now divorced and single. Though a Khoja Muslim by birth, he claims to be an agnostic. Pearl, was best known for her Agony Aunt column in ‘Femina’ and her role in Amol Palekar film ‘Choti Si Baat’.. She is no more. Sharon Prabhakar is daughter of a Hindu Punjabi father and a Christian mother. Alayque and Sharon’s daughter, Shazahn made her acting debut with the film ‘Rocket Singh’.
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‘Indian Cowboy’ Feroze Khan married Sundari. She is the sister of actor Sonia Sahani who played Rishi Kapur’s mother in ‘Bobby’. They got divorced in 1985. Their children, Fardeen and Laila both married Hindus.
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Late Safdar Hashmi, the street theatre activist who was killed by goons, was married to Moloyshree.
Safdar Hashmi was cremated in an electric crematorium as per his last wish, instead of being buried in Islamic fashion.
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Sangeeta Bijalni is married to Cricketor Mohammed Azaruddin. Her post-marriage name is Ayesha.
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Pop singer Parvati Khan is married to Nadeem, son of writer Rahi Masoom Raza. Their son is Jatin.
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Theatre personality Aamir Raza Hussain (best known for his play ‘The Legend of Ram’
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Music director Khayyam is married to a Sikh woman by the name of Jagjit Kaur. His son’s name is Pradeep. Pradeep acted in a film called ‘Jaan E Wafa’ in 1990 with Farooq Sheikh and Rati Agnihotri but his career failed to take off.
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Actor Ayub Khan (Preity Zinta’s boyfriend in ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, son of actress Begum Para and actor Nasir Khan-Dilip Kumar’s brother) married Niharika, a Gujarati Hindu. Their two daughters are Zohra and Zaira. This is second marriage for both Ayub and Niharika.
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Corporate personality Amita Baig is married to Khalid, an engineering consultant.
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Actress Tanvi Kiran, is married to Shabana Azmi’s brother, Cinematographer Baba Azmi. They have a daughter.
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Kenan Malik, UK-based Indian author of From Fatwa to Jehad is son of a Muslim father and a Tamil Hindu mother.
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Actress Dia Mirza’s mother, Deepa was Bengali Hindu and father, a German (Christian). They divorced and her mother remarried a Muslim, Ahmed Mirza when Dia was a child. He died in 2002. Dia chose to retain the surname Mirza, though she is not a Muslim.
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Liquor Tycoon Vijay Mallaya is married to Rekha. This is the second marriage for both of them. Rekha was previously married to Mr Mahmood and had a daughter, Laila. Vijay and Rekha have adopted Laila and she is now called Laila Mallaya.
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Veteran actor Lalita Chatterjee (now Ahmed) is a Hindu married to a Muslim. She was seen in films such as Bhaji On The Beach and Brick Lane and also played a small part in Love Aaj Kal. Her daughter Samira Ahmed is a well-known TV journalist of UK who is married to Brian, a Christian.
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Actor Shafi Inamdar who rose to fame with DD serial ‘Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi’ and later acted in numerous Hindi films (most notably as the turncoat lawyer in ‘Ghayal’
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National Badminton players Syed Modi and Amita Kulkarni married each other. Syed was murdered in 1988 for unexplained motives. Amita later married politician Sanjay Singh.
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Late actor Amjad Khan’s brother Imtiaz , himself an actor and director, was married to actress Anju Mahendroo (Rajesh Khanna’s ex-girlfriend). They got divorced and had no children. Now Imtiaz is married to TV Actress Kruttika Desai (famous for her role in DD serial ‘Buniyaad’
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Legendary singer Talat Mahmood’s son Khalid is married to Reena Pande. Talat Mahmood’s wife, Latika was a Christian.
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Kabir Bedi’s daughter, actress Pooja Bedi was married to Farhan Furniturewalla. They are now divorced. They have two children, Aliya and Omar.
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TV actress Chhavi Mittal is married to TV director Mohit Hussain.
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IPS officer Anju Gupta, who is a witness in Babri demolition case, is married to IAS officer Shafi A Rizvi.
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Music director Salim Merchant (of Salim-Sulaiman duo) is married to a Hindu woman.
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Indian Cricketer Saba Karim is married to Rashmi Roy. They have one son, Fidel.
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Producers of bollywood films ‘Soch’ (starring Sanjay Kapoor and Raveena Tandon) and ‘Do Dilon Ke Khel Mein’, Dr Wajahat Kareem and Dr Surheeta Chatterjee are married to each other.
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Classical percussionist Taufique Qureshi is married to vocalist Geetika Varde. Their son is Shikhar Naad.
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Politician LK Advani’s niece is married to a Muslim.
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Writer- director Abbas Tyrewala (who directed ‘Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na’
Abbas’ brother, writer Altaf Tyrewalla is married to Kavita.
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Mohammed Aamir Mohammed Khan (Raja of Mehmoodabad) is married to Vijaya Mehta, daughter of former foreign secretary Jagat Mehta. They have two sons, Ali and Amir.
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Social activist Teesta Setalvad is married to Javed Anand. Their daughter is Tamara and son Jibraan.
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Comedian Ehsan Qureishi is married to Rachna.
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Actor Rahul Bose’ sister Anuradha married to Mid-Day MD Tariq Ansari. They have a daughter, Alya.
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Theatre actor Salim Ghouse (who played Amrish Puri’s brother in Shah Rukh Khan – Madhuri Dixit film ‘Koyla’ is married to fellow actor Anita. They have two children.
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Indian Army Officer Capt Hanif Uddin, who laid down his life in Kargil war and was awarded Vir Chakra posthumously, was son of Hema and Aziz.
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Actress Shruti Seth (who played a supporting role in Prakash Jha’s film ‘Raajneeti’
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Actor Imran Khan is married to Avantika Malik. He is son of Anil Pal and Nuzhat Khan (Aamir Khan’s sister) who are now divorced. Imran prefers to use the surname Khan, perhaps for commercial reasons.
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Tamil actor – producer – director Raj Kiran whose real name is Khadir (not to be confused with bollywood actor Raj Kiran of ‘Karz’
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Nepali media baron Jamim Shah , a Kashmiri Muslim (Nepali citizen) was married to Nepali Hindu Anjali. Their son is Jackie. Jamim was gunned down by assailants allegedly belonging to Chhota Rajan gang on 7th Feb 2010.
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Actress Shoma Anand (a lead actress in early 80s and better known for her mother’s role in the comic soap opera Hum Paanch) is married to Tariq Shah, who acted and directed the film ‘Bahaar Aane Tak’. Their daughter is Sarah.
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Indian Cricketer Mohammed Kaif married Pooja Yadav.
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TV actress Eva Grover, a Punjabi Hindu, married small time actor Hyder Khan (film actor Aamir Khan’s step brother). They are now seperated. They have a daughter, Ayana.
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West Bengal politician and MP, Late Akbar Ali Khandekar married Swati who is presently in Trinamul Congress.
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Actress Kim Sharma (who acted opposite Jugal Hansraj in the film ‘Mohabbatein’
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Yesteryear’s bollywood music composer Nashad (Original name Shaukat Dehalvi. Not to be confused with the more famous Naushad) married playback singer Premlata (Lata Mangeshkar’s co-singer in Chup Chup Khade Ho Zaroor Koi Baat Hai from the film ‘Badi Bahen’
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Yesteryear’s Bollywood actress (who now plays character roles) Anjana Manjrekar is married to Sajid Mumtaz, an Air India official. She uses the name Anjana Mumtaz. Their son Ruslaan Mumtaaz is an actor.
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TV executive Alif Surti is married to Maharashtrian Hindu Aditi Shedde. Alif is son of cartoonist Abid Surti who sketched the comic strip Bahadur – Bela.
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Kashmiri painter Ghulam Rasool married Santosh, a Kashmiri Pandit woman and added her name to his own. He called himself Ghulam Rasool Santosh thereafter. He died in 1997. Their son is Shabbir who is married to a Sikh girl. They also have a daughter who is married to a Hindu.
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TV actress Mouli Ganguly is married to TV actor Mazhar Syed.
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Vice President of India, Mohammed Hidayatullah (died 1992) who also served as the Chief Justice of Supreme Court, was married to Pushpa Shah. Their son Arshad is also a leading lawyer.
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Bengali musician Rupam Islam, son of a Muslim father (Nurul Islam) and a Christian mother (he says that he does not belong to any religion) is married to Rupsha Dasgupta. Their son is Rup Arohan Promestheus.
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Designer Shahab Durazi is married to Kavita. They have two daughters, Amaesha and Aashya.
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Priti Paul (daughter of industrialist Surendra Paul who was killed by ULFA in Assam), director of the Apeejay Surrendra Group, is married to Jaouad Kadiri, a Moroccan Muslim. They have two sons.
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New York based renowned designer of Indian origin, Naeem Khan is married to Ranjana. They have two sons.
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Mumbai-based tabloid journalist and Radio jockey Malini Aggarwal is married to Nowshad Rizwanullah.
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HINDU MAN / MUSLIM WOMAN
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Actor Sunil Dutt married Nargis, a Muslim. Some believe that Nargis’ father was a Hindu. Their son Sanjay is now married to Dilnawaz Sheikh (screen name Manyata). They have twins – a boy named Shahraan and a girl named Iqra.
Daughter Priya who is a politician, is married to a Christian.
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Urdu author Krishan Chander married Salma Siddiqui
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Actor Hritik Roshan married Suzanne Khan, daughter of actor Sanjay Khan (Actual name Abbas Khan). They have two sons named Hrehan and Hridhaan.
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One of the three daughters of politician Najma Heptullah (niece of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad) is married to a Hindu.
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Actor Atul Agnihotri married Alvira Khan, actor Salman Khan’s Sister and Salim Khan’s daughter. The couple have a daughter, Alizeb and a son, Ayaan.
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Actor Feroz Khan’s daughter Laila Khan Rajpal married Rohit Rajpal. They are now divorced.
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Former Sheriff of Mumbai, Nana Chudasama is a Hindu Gujarati Rajput. He married a Hindu lady. They had a daughter, Brinda. Thereafter they divorced and Nana married Munaira Jasdanvala, a Bohra Muslim who was also a divorcee. They have two children- Akshay and Shaina, both of whom are married to Hindus. Shaina is an MP belonging to BJP.
Brinda, Nana’s daughter from his first marriage, is married to architect Alfaz Miller, a Muslim. They have two daughters, Ahana and Ashti.
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Actor Sanjay Khan’s daughter Simone Khan Arora is married to Ajay Arora (and other daughter Suzanne to Hritik Roshan)
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Actor Aditya Pancholi is married to actor Zarina Wahab. Their children are Suraj and Sarah.
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Cricketer Ajit Agarkar, a Maharashtrian Brahmin, is married to Fatima Ghadially. They have a son, Raj.
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Actor Sunil Shetty is married to Mana Qadri, daughter of a reputed Muslim architect of Mumbai. Their children are Atiya and Ahan. Mana is daughter of I. M. Qadri (Muslim) and late Vipula Qadri (Hindu). Qadri and Vipula have two more children, Isha and Rahul, both of whom are married to Hindus.
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Congress MP Sachin Pilot, son of Late Rajesh Pilot is married to Sarah Abdullah, Daughter of Former J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah. Thet faced opposition from both families.
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Actor Govinda’s father, small time actor Arun Ahuja married Nazeem, later known as Nirmala Devi (Govinda’s mother). She is no more.
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Zubeida, a Muslim girl from a prominent Mumbai family was pushed into marrying a Muslim youth in 1947. The husband divorced her when she refused to migrate to Pakistan with him. She later married Hanuwant Singh, the then Maharaja of Jodhpur. Both later died in an unexplained air crash. She was the mother of film critic-turned director Khalid Mohammed (‘Fizaa’, ‘Tehzeeb’, ‘Silsilay’
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Actor Ayesha Takia’s father, Nishit, is a Gujarati Hindu while her mother Farida is a Muslim. Ayesha Takia married Farhan, son of politician Abu Azmi.
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Bollywood Movie Director Mahesh Bhatt had a Hindu father (director Nanabhai Bhatt) and a Muslim Shia mother (Shireen Mohammed Ali). But they were never married and never lived together. Their relationship has been portrayed in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Zakhm’ starring Ajay Devgan. Mahesh Bhatt’s two nephews, actor Emraan Hashmi and director Mohit Suri are Muslim and Hindu respectively. (Emraan’s mother is Christian).
Mahesh Bhatt had a very public affair with Parveen Babi. He later married Kiran. They had a daughter, the film acress and director Pooja and a son, Rahul. Thereafter, they divorced and Mahesh married Soni Razdan who is a Muslim. They have two daughters, Shaheen and Aliya.
Emraan Hashmi is married to Parveen Shahani, a Sindhi Hindu. Their son is Ayaan.
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Director/Choreographer Farah Khan married Shirish Kunder. (Director of Salman-Akshay starrer ‘Jaaneman’ and Editor of Farah’s ‘Om Shanti Om’
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Actress Nagma’s (Nandita Morarji) father Sri Arvind Pratapsinh Morarji married a Muslim woman, Seema Sadhana. Seema later divorced Arvind and married producer Chander Sadanah from whom she had two daughters, Radhika and actress Jyothika and one son, Suraj. Thus, Jyothika and Naghma are half-sisters, born to a Muslim mother. Jyothika is now married to Tamil star Surya Sivakumar. Naghma is single.
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Top Tamil actor Khushbu, a Muslim, married director Sunder C after converting to Hinduism. They have two daughters, Avantika and Anandita.
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Gangster turned Politician Arun Gawli from Mumbai married a Muslim lady named Ayesha who later took up the name Asha. They have five children. One of them, Geeta is a politician. Name of one son is Mahesh.
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Manoj Bajpai married actor Shabana Raza whose screen name was Neha. She had a high profile launch in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘Kareeb’ opposite Bobby Deol but thereafter, success eluded her.
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Actor Pankaj Kapoor married TV actor Kanwal (screen name Neelima) Azim. Her best remembered big screen appearance was in Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Sadak’ as Deepak Tijori’s girlfriend. Parents to actor Shahid Kapur, they are divorced now.
Neelima Azim got married a second time to Rajesh Khattar. Their son is Ishaan. They got divorced too.
Neelima is now married to Ustad Ali Raza Khan, a singer.
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Karnataka Congress MLA Gundu Dinesh Rao is married to Tabassum.
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Nayyara Mirza, Miss India finalist of 1967, was the first Muslim to participate in the pageant. She converted to Hinduism after marriage and became Nalini Patel. She is settled in the USA.
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Noted English writer Anil Dharkar is married to Imtiaz, a Pakistani Muslim. Their daughter Ayesha is an actor who came to limelight with Santosh Sivan’s film ‘The Terrorist’ where she played a suicide bomber. She is married to actor Robert Taylor, a Christian.
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Legendary actor Waheeda Rahman married Shashi Rekhi, the Punjabi Hindu actor who acted opposite her in the film ‘Shagun’. (His screen name was Kamaljeet). She has a son, Sohail and a daughter, Kashvi. Kamaljeet died a few years ago.
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Choreographer Saroj Khan‘s real name was Nirmala Kishanchand Sadhu (Sindhi Hindu). She got married at young age to bollywood dance master B Sohanlal. They had 2 kids, Kuku and Choreographer Raju Khan (also director of the film ‘Showbiz’
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M J Akbar, noted journalist and editor of ‘The Asian Age’ is a Kashmiri Muslim (His great grandfather had converted from Hinduism to Islam) married to Mallika, a Hindu. His children are Prayag and Mukulika.
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Raj Babbar married stage actress Nadira Zaheer, daughter of Communist parents. Their kids are Arya and Juhi. Arya acted in Mani Ratnam’s ‘Guru’ as Aishwarya Rai’s brother. Juhi also did a couple of films. She was married to Vijay Nambiar but got divorced. Recently she tied the knot with TV actor Anup Soni.
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Actor – activist Nafisa Ali, a former Miss India, is married to Colonel (retired) Sodhi, a Sikh (not a Hindu, please note!). She is herself a child of a Muslim father and a Roman Catholic mother. Her daughters are Armana and Pia. Armana is married to Adil Singh Akoi, a Sikh.
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Hindi writer Nasira Sharma is a Muslim married to a Hindu. They have two children.
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Yesteryear’s actor Mumtaz married Mayur Madhvani, a businessman. Their daughter Natasha, is married to actor Fardeen Khan. Other daughter is Tanya.
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Mumtaz’s sister, Mallika married Dara Singh’s brother, Randhawa who featured in many stunt films of 60′s. Their son Shaad acted in the film ‘Woh Lamhe’ as the abusive boyfriend of Kangna Ranaut.
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The ex Naval Chief Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat who was dismissed by Defence Minister George Fernandes under controversial circumstances is married to Niloufer Deshmukh – Bhagwat, a Muslim. They have a son, Jawahar (a naval officer) and a daughter, Roshni (a doctor).
Niloufer herself is a child of a Muslim father (Mahmood Deshmukh) and a Parsi mother.
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Actor -singer Kishore Kumar married Madhubala (real name Mumtaz Begum) in 1960. They had a civil marriage without ceremony due to staunch opposition from both families. (It is said that Kishore had converted to Islam for the marriage). Madhubala died in 1969 without becoming a mother. After her death, Kishore married Leena Chandavarkar. Their son is singer Amit Kumar.
Madhubala’s sister Zahida married music director Brij Bhushan Sahni (films like ‘Milap’
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Sir VS Naipaul, Trinidad based writer of International reputation, is a Hindu (of Indian origin) married to a Pakistani Muslim called Nadia.
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Actor Asha Parekh’s father was a Gujarati Hindu and mother, a Muslim. Her affair with director Nasir Husain was the talk of the town but she is unmarried to this day.
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Suman Chattopadhyay, a Bengali leftist activist of Kolkata (Brahmin by birth) divorced his German wife Maria, converted to Islam and married Sabina Yasmin, a Bangladeshi Muslim singer in July 2008. He has taken the name Kabir Suman. He is now a Trinamool Congress MP.
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The niece of actor Raza Murad, Sonam (actual name Bakhtawar), best known as the ‘Tridev’ girl, married Rajeev Rai, producer and director of that film. They have one son, Gaurav.
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Maharashtra politician Late Hamid Dalwai’s daughter married Sharad Chavan.
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Yesteryear’s actor Rehana Sultan, known for her bold, controversial films like ‘Chetna’ and ‘Dastak’ in late 70s, married producer – director B R Ishara, a Hindu. Ishara was the director of most of Rehana’s films. They have no children.
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Social activist Shamim Modi is married to fellow activist Anurag Modi.
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Veteran actress Zohra Sehgal (originally Khan) married Late Kamaleshwar Nath Sehgal. Their daughter is famous Odessy exponent Kiran Sehgal and and son, Pavan.
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TV Actress Tasneem Sheikh is married to builder Sameer Nerurkar. Her post-mariage name is Tanisha Nerurkar. Tasneem is a daughter of a Gujarati Hindu mother and a Muslim father.
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Late politician Rafique Zakaria’s daughter Tasneem is married to Vikram Mehta.
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Pakistani actress Anita Ayub who appeared in some films in 90s, got married to Saumil Patel and is now settled in USA. They have one son.
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Congress MP from Assam, Rani Narah was originally Jahan Ara Chaudhary before she married Politician Bharat Chandra Narah and converted to Hinduism. They have two sons.
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Filmmaker Tinu Anand (Also known as Virender Raj Anand, director of ‘Shahanshah’
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Scriptwriter Shama Zaidi (who has worked with Shyam benegal on many films) is married to noted filmmaker MS Sathyu who had made ’Garam Hawa’ starring Balraj Sahni.
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Roshan Ara, Daughter of Ustad Allauddin Khan married Ustad Ravi Shankar and became the famous Sitar Player Annapurna Devi. Their son is Shubhendra Sarkar. Annapurna is a Padma Bhushan awardee. Shubhendra died in 1992.
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Cinematographer Fowzia Fatima (who held the camera for Revathy’s Hindi film ‘Mitr-My Friend’
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Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas is married to Fareeda. They have two daughters, Nayaab and Rewa.
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Yesteryear’s actress Zahida (Hussain) who acted opposite Dev Anand in ‘Gambler’ and ‘Prem Pujari’ and opposite Sanjeev Kumar in ‘Anokhi Raat’, married Mr KN Sahay. She is actor Sanjay Dutt’s cousin. Her sons are Brajesh and Nilesh.
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The most tragic case is that of Producer-director Brij Sadanah (Victoria No 203). Against wishes of both families, he married smalltime actress Saeeda Khanum, who had acted in films like ‘Modern Girl’(Pradeep Kumar), ‘Honeymoon’(Manoj Kumar) and ‘Crorepati’ (Kishore Kumar) in 60s. (The song ‘Ye Mausam Rangeen Sama‘ from ’Modern Girl’ is still heard on radio sometimes). Saeeda converted to become Sudha. They had a daughter, Namrata and a son Kamal (the lead actor opposite Kajol in ‘Bekhudi’
Kamal is now married to Lisa John and has one son, Angath. Saeeda’s younger sister is screenplay writer Shagufta Rafique who has written recent Mahesh Bhatt films like ‘Awarapan’ and ‘Woh Lamhe’.
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Actor Nirmal Pandey was married to Kausar Munir, a lyricist in Bollywood. They got divorced. Nirmal Pandey is no more.
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Veteran film and media critic Amita Malik (a Bengali Hindu) married radio producer Iqbal Malik. However, they separated later. They had no children. Amita died in Feb 2009.
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Actress Tabassum known for her TV show ‘Phool Khile Hai Gulshan Gulshan’ on DD is the daughter of Ayodhyanath and Asghari. She is married to Vijay, brother of actor Arun Govil (Lord Ram of TV Serial ‘Ramayan’
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Model Feroze Gujral is the daughter of a Christian father, George and a Muslim mother, Viqar. She is married to Mohit, son of painter Satish Gujral. They have a son, Armaan and a daughter, Alaiyah.
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Late Asif Currimbhoy was a well-known actor of Mumbai’s English stage. His daughter Nahid is married to Amit Moitra. They have 2 daughters, Tehzeeb and Tahini.
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Yesteryear’s actress Meena Shorey (Khursheed Jahaan), whose claim to fame is the blockbuster hit ‘Ek Thi Ladki’ (1949), married Roop K Shorey, the producer and director of this film. A few years after partition, she divorced Roop and migrated to Pakistan. Over there, she married Pakistani actor Asad Bukhari but divorced him too. Roop K Shorey died in 1973. Meena died in 1987 in abject poverty. Her funeral had to be arranged on charity money.
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Filmmaker Hansal Mehta (Woodstock Villa, Chhal, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai) is married to Safina, daughter of actor Yusuf Hussain who does supporting roles in bollywood. Their daughter is Kimaya.
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Theatre actress Ayesha Raza is married to actor Kumud Mishra.
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Iconic bollywood villain Ranjeet (Bedi) is married to Nazneen. Their daughter is Divyanka.
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‘Raam Teri Ganga Maili’ star Mandakini (real name Yasmeen) was born to a Christian father and a Muslim mother. She is married to one Dr Thakur and has one son.
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Cricketer Manoj Prabhakar is married to Farheen, an actress who was seen in a few films in the 90s and was noted for her resemblance to Madhuri Dixit. Their son is Rahul.
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Hyder Ali, writer of the film ‘Jodha Akbar’, (also the onscreen singer of the song Khwaja Mere Khwaja) is married to Dr Uma Shankari.
His sister is Naqi Jehan (Nandini after marriage to Vikram Kamdar) who was the Miss India 1967. She also acted opposite Rajesh Khanna in ‘Akhree Khat’.
Their parents were first Miss India Esther Victoria Abraham (Jewish) and Syed Hassan Ali Zaidi, who acted in ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ with screen name Kumar.
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Elahe Heptollah, assistant director and producer of most Nagesh Kukunoor films, was married to cricketer Vidyut Jaysimha. They are now divorced.
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Journalist Shabnam Minwalla (herself a child of Muslim – Parsi marriage) is maried to Rohit Ramakrishnan. They have three children.
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One of bollywood’s best-known child actors, Baby Naaz (real name Salma Baig) was married to Late Raj Kapoor’s cousin, actor Subi Raj. She won many awards for her 1954 film ‘Boot Polish’. She was also a skilled dubbing artist and provided voice for Sridevi and other actresses. She died in 1995.
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Indian English writer Amitava Kumar is married to Pakistani Muslim Mona Ahmed Ali. They have a daughter, Ila.
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Singer Shamshad Begum (Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar Laga Teer-e-Nazar) married Ganpat Lal Batto. He died in 1955. Their daughter is Usha.
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World-famous beauty expert and entrepreneur Shahnaz Husain married and divorced a Muslim man. Now she is married to a Hindu businessman RK Puri.
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Actor Jackie Shroff is son of a Hindu father, Kakubhai Shroff and a Turkish Muslim mother Hoorunnisa (Rita post-marriage). Their other son, Hemant died in childhood. Jackie Shroff has a son, Jai and a daughter, Krishna.
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Legendary Urdu writer Late Ismat Chughtai’s daughter Seema is married to Mr Sawhney. Their son is Ashish.
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Actress Veena (Tajour Sultana, sister of actor Iftekhar). married character actor TK Sapru. Their children are supporting actor Tej Sapru who did countless negetive roles in 80s and 90s and actress Preeti Sapru.
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Maharashtra Congress politician Ramesh Bagwe is married to Zainab, a Muslim of Irani origin.
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Old-time actress Chand Usmani married director Mahesh Kaul.
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Late Safdar Hashmi’s sister Shehla Hashmi is married to Mr Grewal.
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Actress Aditi Rao Hyderi who played Sonam Kapoor’s sister in the film ‘Delhi 6′ and was one of the leads in Ýeh Saali Zindagi’, is a curious case. Her maternal grandfather is the royal Brig. Raja J Rameshwar Rao of Hyderabad and her father’s grandfather was the Prime Minister to the Nizam of Hyderabad, Sir Akbar Hydari. Her husband is Satyadeep Misra. Her mother is Shanta Rameshwara Rao who runs the publishing house Orient Longman.
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Legendary actress Meena Kumari’s (real name Mahjabeen Bano) sister Mehelka married Kishore Sharma and was renamed Madhuri after marriage.
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Late Dhrupad singer (died Aug 2006) Asghari Bai was married to Chaman Lal Gupta. Her children were Kamal, Ashok, Parveen, Anju etc.
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Tamil film director Late Jeeva (died 2009) was married to Anees Tanvir.
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Yaman Khan, daughter of classical singer Late Vilayat Khan (and a Hindu mother, Monisha), was married to Raja Bahadur Shivendra Singh. They are now divorced.
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Veteran singer Asha Bhosle’s son Hemant is married to Sajida (Rama after conversion to Hinduism). Their children are son Chaitanya and daughter Anika.
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**** actress Noor was married to Dubai-based NRI Vikram Seth. They had no children and are now divorced.
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Actress Noor Jehan’s half-****, Half-French granddaughter Sonya Jehan (who played Shah Rukh Khan’s sister-in-law in “My Name Is Khan”
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Graphic novelist Sarnath Banerjee, a Hindu of Indian origin is married to Bani Abidi, a Pakistani Muslim.
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Yesteryear’s bollywood actress Jabeen Jaleel married Kashmiri Pandit Ashok Kak, once the President of Kodak India. Their son Dwij acted in the 2005 film ‘Saathi’.
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Malayali Hindu artist Sumedh Rajendran is married to Masooma Syed, a Pakistani Muslim.
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News anchor Sehar Zaman (presently with CNN IBN) is married to writer Dhiraj Singh.
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Bollywood actor Aftab Shivdasani is son of a Hindu father, Prem Shivdasani and a Muslim mother, Sandha.
Aftab’s sister Afsana is married to a Hindu, Amit Varma.
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CNN-IBN Newsanchor Fatima Mahdi is married to Gaurav Karan. Their son is Azaan.
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Politician and present Congress spokesman Manish Tiwari is married to Nazneen Shifa. They have a daughter.
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Malayalam actress Zarina Moidu (screen name Nadiya) is married to investment banker Shirish Godbole, a Maharashtrian Hindu. They have two daughters, Sanam and Sera.
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Communist leader Late Indrajit Gupta married Suraiya at the age of 65. Suraiya was previously married to a Muslim.
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Communist leader Sitaram Yechury is married to journalist Seema Chisti.
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Zubeida Begum, the lead actress in the first Indian talkie film ‘Alam Ara’, married Maharaj Narsing Dhanrajgir Gyan Bahadur of Hyderabad. She herself was from the royal family of Surat. Their son is Humayun and the grandchildren include socialite Rhea Pillai (ex wife of Actor Sanjay Dutt) among others. Zubeida died in 1988.
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Priyanka Gandhi’s brother-in-law Richard Vadra (Robert’s brother) married Saira. Robert and Richard are sons of a Hindu Punjabi father and a Christian mother. In spite of their Christian names, they are Hindu by faith. Richard died in 2003 and was cremated as per Hindu tradition. Saira is daughter of a Muslim father and Christian mother. Richard and Saira’s daughter is Simran.
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Actor Sumit Sehgal married actress Shaheen (seen opposite Govinda in film ‘Mahasangram’
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Stylist Pernia Qureishi is married to entrepreneur Arjun Prasad, a relative of Congress politician Jiten Prasada.
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Legendary Marathi stage actor Balgandharva (famous for his life-like portrayal of female characters on stage) whose real name was Narayan Rajhans, married actress Gohar Jan Karnataki in 1951. This was his second marriage, after demise of his first Hindu wife. Gohar Jan was the sister of film actress Ameerbai Karnataki and herself had acted in a few films (it was not called Bollywood then!). Balgandharva and Gohar Jan had no children. Balgandharva had two daughters from his first marriage and Gohar had an adopted daugher, Ashamma. Neither converted at the time of marriage. Gohar Jan was buried after death and Balgandharva was cremated.
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TV actor Gajendra Chuahan (who played Yudhishtir is BR Chopra’s series ‘Mahabharat’ on Doordarshan) married bollywood choreographer Habiba Rahman.
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Pakistani Muslim journalist Sonya Fatah is married to indian Hindu husband Rajiv Rao. They have one son.
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Saba Naqvi , co-editor of Outlook magazine, is married to Sanjay Bhowmick.
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Celebrated Malayali soft **** actress Shakeela married businessman PG Satheesh, a Tamil Hindu.
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Umaima, who is daughter of a well-known social activist from Vadodara Dr Juzer S Bandookwala, is married to Maulin Gajjar, a Gujarati Hindu.
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Uttarakhand Congress leader and MLA Kishor Upadhyaya’s brother Sachin is married to Nazia Yusuf.
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