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28 March 2024

Why married men have the best chance of marrying a Bollywood beauty

Just married: Vidya Balan with her brand new husband Siddharth Roy Kapoor. (Sanskriti Media & Entertainment)

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By Manash Karnad / Sanskriti Media & Entertainment

Vidya Balan's wedding to Siddharth Roy Kapoor is nothing out of ordinary in Bollywood. The couple are simply following the industry tradition and now Vidya has joined the fabled Bollywood second wives' club.

Though it’s a first for the actress, it won’t be the first time that Kapoor is tying the knot. Now will it be a first in Indian cinema that an actress is marrying a previously married man. If Hema Malini shocked the world by marrying Dharmendra, who was married to Prakash Kaur, Rekha did also expect to marry the reigning superstar, even if he was already married. Amisha Patel too dated the married and divorced Vikram Bhatt, as did Sushmita Sen. However, none of those romances worked out.

There are of course some which did:
 

Shilpa Shetty
The leggy lass married industrialist Raj Kundra, on November 22, 2009. Kundra broke off his two-year-old relationship with wife Kavita in 2007 for Shetty, which had then been accused of being a homebreaker, an accusation she promptly denied.
 
Jaya Prada
In 1986, Jaya Prada married film producer Srikant Nahata, who was already married to Chandra and was a father of three children. Till date he is said to be married to both. Jaya Prada doesn’t have any children.
 
Raveena Tandon
Raveena Tandon married film distributor Anil Thadani after he divorced his first wife Natassha Sippy. Raveena and Anil have two children -- a daughter Rasha and a son Ranbir Vardhan.
 
Karisma Kapoor
Charismatic Karisma Kapoor became Karisma Kapur after tying the knot with Sanjay Kapur on September 29, 2003. They have a daughter Samaira and a son Kian. Sanjay was married earlier to designer Nandita Mahtani.
 
Amrita Arora
Amrita Arora married Shakeel Ladak in March 2009 and has a child with him. Shakeel was earlier married to Amrita’s college friend Nisha Rana.
 
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi married famous lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar, who had earlier married and was divorced from scriptwriter Honey Irani. Honey and Javed have two children Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar.
 
Mahima Chaudhary
In 2006, Mahima Chaudhary married Bobby Mukherjee, an architect by profession who divorced his first wife Aparna Gandhi. Mukherjee has two children from his first wife. Mahima has a child, but is now separated from Bobby.
 
Kareena Kapoor
The Saif-Kareena love story is known to everyone. It was Kareena’s first marriage but Saif’s second. Saif married actress Amrita Singh in October 1991 and after 13 years of marriage and two children, the couple divorced in 2004.
 
Sridevi
‘Chandni’ Sridevi married producer Boney Kapoor on June 2, 1996. This was Boney Kapoor’s second marriage. He was already married to Mona Shourie Kapoor and has two children Arjun and Anshula. Mona passed away earlier this year.
 
Hema Malini
The Punjab da puttar Dharmendra married Dream Girl Hema Malini on May 2, 1980. He was previously married to Prakash Kaur in 1954 and has four children – Sunny, Bobby, Vijeta and Ajeeta. He has maintained his relationship with both wives and has two daughters Ahana and Esha from Hema.  
 
Leena Chandavarkar
Leena married Kishore Kumar in 1980. This was her second marriage. Her first husband Siddharth Bandodkar died in an accident. Before getting married to Leena, Kishore Kumar was married thrice earlier to Ruma Ghosh and actresses Madhubala and Yogeeta Bali. Kishore Kumar is survived by two sons, Amit Kumar (playback singer) with Ruma, and Sumit Kumar with Leena Chandavarkar.
 
COMING SOON: Rani Mukherji

Rani is said to be dating Aditay Chopra who divorced his childhood sweetheart and wife Payal Malhotra in April 2009. He is expected to marry Rani early next year.

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