When one thinks of Bollywood actresses, one presumes they would eventually get hitched to a Bollywood star or at least someone from the film fraternity. While many actresses do marry film stars there are a few divas who marry someone from the corporate world. Corporate Citizen lists some Bollywood star actresses who married tycoons
Veteran actress, Mumtaz married millionaire, Mayur Madhvani in 1974, when she was holidaying in London. The couple got to know each other for two years before getting hitched on May 29, 1974. After marriage, the actress bid adieu to the industry to stay with her husband in Mombasa and London. The actress said she never regretted her decision of marrying at the time when she was at the peak of her career.
Shilpa Shetty, and the London-based businessman, Raj Kundra, first met during a business meeting for the promotion of Shilpa’s perfume brand, S2. They immediately became fast friends, and eventually fell for each other, and the two got married on November 22, 2009.
The love story of the yesteryear actress, Tina Munim, and the Chairman of Reliance Group, Anil Ambani, is no less than a romantic Bollywood movie’s script. The business tycoon first spotted Tina at a wedding, and it was love at first sight for him. They met sometime later in Philadelphia where he asked her hand in marriage, but she turned him down. They met again in 1986, and it was at that time, when Tina also fell in love with Anil. But, the Ambani family did not approve of this match. Family pressure separated the couple for four long years. But eventually, love conquered all the obstacles and the two finally tied the knot in February 1991.
Bollywood diva Asin Thottumkal married her longtime boyfriend, Rahul Sharma on January 19, 2016, in an intimate ceremony in Delhi. Rahul is the cofounder and CEO of Indian consumer electronics company, Micromax. The two were introduced to each other by the Bollywood couple, Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna. The two had a Christian as well as a Punjabi wedding on the same day, so as to respect each other’s religions.
By Neeraj Varty
