The religion of one individual is a very important part of one’s life. All through these years, we have witnessed many Bollywood Actresses who changed their religion.
List of Bollywood actresses who changed their religion.
1. Sharmila Tagore
She is one of the most successful, talented and beautiful Bollywood actresses of her time. Sharmila was known for her dimples, which glorifies her beauty. She has converted to Islam religion after marrying Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi and also the former known captain of the Indian Cricket team. Sharmila Tagore post her marriage had also changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana.
2. Nargis
Nargis was the heartthrob actress of her era in Bollywood. She symbolized the brave heart and strong will when she decided to convert into Hinduism from Islam to marry actor Sunil Dutt. She had also changed her name to Nirmala Dutt after her marriage to Sunil Dutt. Nargis was among one of the most popular Bollywood actresses who changed her religion to marry a co-actor.
3. Amrita Singh
Amrita Singh comes from the Sikh family. She had to take a tough decision of converting herself into a Muslim in order to marry Saif Ali Khan. She even had to struggle with the fact that Saif’s parents were not in favor of both of them getting married. Her marriage with the Nawab of Pataudi lasted for 13 long years after which the two got separated.
4. Ayesha Takia
Ayesha Takia is a Hindu by religion. She married her long term boyfriend, Farhan Azmi with proper customs and traditions of the Nikkah ceremony. Although she never made any public announcements of changing her religion, rumors say it all.
5. Hazel Keech
She married the famous Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh in November 2016. After her marriage to Yuvraj, she converted from Christianity and embraced Sikhism and also changed her name to Gurbasant Kaur during her wedding ceremony.
6. Nagma
Nagma was born in a family where her mother was a Muslim and her father was Hindu. She, later in life found peace and faith in Christianity. Thus, she also made her conversion into Christianity, publicly in the year 2008.
7. Divya Bharti
Divya Bharti had stolen many hearts with her magnificent beauty. She has reportedly converted into Islam to marry Sajid Nadiadwala, but soon left all of us just after 3 years of her marriage.
8. Mamta Kulkarni
One of hottest Bollywood actresses of her time Mamta Kulkarni was reported to be converted into Islamic religion and married her boyfriend Vicky Goswami in order to save him from the long term prison he was serving in UAE. To know more continue on talepost.