Actor Irrfan Khan is married to Sutapa Sikdar, an Assamese Hindu. They have two sons, Babil and Ayaan. ——— 2. Legendary bollywood actress Rekha has four sisters. One of them, Radha Ganeshan is married to Mr Usman Syed and is settled in USA. ——— 3. Scriptwriter Anjum Rajabally (‘Ghulam’ and ‘Drohkaal’) is married to Chetna, daughter of noted cricket writer Late KN Prabhu. ——– 4. Artist-journalist Bina Sarkar is married to photographer- film director Rafique Elias. Their son is Raoul, while their daughter Yuki Elias is a theatre actor is Mumbai who has acted in a film called ‘Love You To Death’ (directed by her father). ——– 5. 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, Amal and Arman. ————— 6. Famous bollywood cabaret dancer of 80s, Leena Das married singer Mohammed Rafi’s son, Shahid. They have two sons. ——— 7. Shahnawaz Bhutto, grandfather of Benazir Bhutto, married a Hindu woman who converted to Islam. ——— 8. Actor Zayed Khan recently married school friend Malaika Parekh, a Hindu. ———– 9. Classical vocalist Ali Akbar Khan married numerous times in his life. One of his wives was Rajdulari Devi, a singer herself. 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. ——— 10. 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. ——– 11. Amar Sheikh, firebrand revolutionary Marathi folk singer of the 60s and 70s was married to a Marathi Hindu woman. Amar Sheikh’s contemporary Shahir Jainu Chand (a Muslim) married Kesharbai. The marriage was performed as per Hindu rituals. Their son is Nishant. ————– 12. VJ and anchor Mini Mathur is married to film director Kabir Khan. They have a son, Vivaan and a daughter, Sairah. ——– 13. Actor Farooq Sheikh’s wife Rupa is a Gujarati Hindu. They have two daughters, Shaista and Sanaa. ——— 14. 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. ——– 15. 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. ——— 16. Veteran theatreperson Ebrahim Alkazy is married to Uma. She was originally married to Dev Anand’s brother Chetan Anand but divorced him. ————– 17. 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. ————- 18. Times of India journalist Ashwin Ahmed has a Hindu mother and a Muslim father. He is also married to a Hindu. ———- 19. Director Muzaffar Ali married Subhashini Sehgal, daughter of freedom fighter Capt Laxmi Sehgal. They later divorced. Their son Shaad Ali is director of the film ‘Bunty Aur Babli’. They are now divorced. Muzaffar is now married to fashion designer Meera Ali. Their daughter is Sama. ————- 20. 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. ——– 21.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. ——- 22. Imtiaz Ali, director of the film ‘Jab We Met’ is married to Priti. Their daughter is Ida. ——— 23. 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 a Hindu. ——— 24. Renowned Kathak dancer Sitara Devi married director K Asif (‘Mughal E Azam’). But they were divorced soon. Then she married Pratap Barot and divorced him too. ———— 25. 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. She is now married to a Hindu. ——– 26. Late Sitar player Vilayat Khan was married to Bengali Brahmin, Monisha. They got divorced. Their son, Sitar player Shujaat is a Muslim. He is married to a Muslim named Parveen and his son is Azaan. His daughter Zila (sufi singer) is married to a Muslim. Vilayat Khan’s second wife, was a Christian. From her. he had one son, Hidayat. ——– 27. TV and film actor Simone Singh is married to TV producer Farhad Samar. They have no kids. ———- 28. Classical singer Rashid Khan is married to Joyeeta Bose, a Bengali Hindu. They have one son. ———– 29. 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. ———– 30. 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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