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29 March 2024

Bollywood 'star wives' mean business

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Indian designer and producer Gauri Khan, wife of Indian Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, poses during India's GQ Men of The Year Awards 2011 event in Mumbai. (AFP)

Indian actor Hritik Roshan (L) and his wife Sussanne. (AFP)

Indian Bollywood film actor, director and singer Farhan Akhtar (L) and wife Adhuna Akhtar. (AFP)

Indian Bollywood film actor Shah Rukh Khan (L) and his wife Gauri Khan. (AFP)

Indian members of staff working inside a display area of the Charcoal Project store in Mumbai. (AFP)

Bollywood wives were once expected to stay loyal, discreet and out of sight, but today they forge influential careers as businesswomen, designers and producers as India embraces celebrity culture. (AFP)

Bollywood wife, Sussanne Roshan, who is married to heartthrob actor Hrithik Roshan, set up an imposing interior design store in Mumbai called The Charcoal Project two years ago. (AFP)

Staff working inside a display area of the Charcoal Project store in Mumbai. (AFP)

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Indian security official standing at the entrance to the Charcoal Project store in Mumbai. (AFP)