Most Surprising Bollywood Celebrity Marriages Of All-Time
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A celebrity’s life is pretty much always laid out on a plate to the world, no matter how personal their life’s progression is. Be it their love affairs, their hook-ups or link-ups, their marriage details right from the venue to what dish was served at their wedding — there’s absolutely nothing that can escape the eyes of the media glare and the shutterbugs. At times you’ll find yourself watching news that says so-and-so celeb was spotted entering a salon. Like seriously, what even, right? Sadly, that’s the reality behind the life of a celeb!
But, some of our celebs are smarter than the paparazzi; we can say this because we’ve seen them very cleverly hiding their love life from the media. It was only when they’d tied the knot with their partner that the world got to know about it. They didn’t just manage to hide their personal lives well, but they also managed to give us a shocker for news.Here, let’s have a look at the most surprising Bollywood celebrity marriages that not just left us but even the tinsel town feeling surprised.
1. Mira Rajput And Shahid Kapoor
After Shahid’s breakup with Kareena, he was linked with a lot of Bollywood actresses including Sonakshi Sinha, Priyanka Chopra, and Vidya Balan. And when Shahid married Mira Rajput on the 7th of July in 2015, this news was nothing less than a volcanic eruption that went on to crush the hearts of many. His female fan base were heartbroken.
No one was surprised that Shahid was married, what shocked the world was his decision to opt for an “arranged marriage.” And the fact that Mira was more than a decade younger than him got many, both from the industry and outside, debating if it was the right decision made by him. However, the lovey-dovey pictures of the couple prove all the speculations otherwise. They are much in love with each other and also have two adorable kids.
2. Priya Runchal And John Abraham
John’s fans will clearly remember the New Year surprise their beloved hero gave them in 2014 — the gift of “John and Priya Abraham.” That’s exactly what happened on the 2nd of January in 2014; John’s Twitter profile read something like this, “Wishing you and your loved ones a blessed 2014! May this year bring you love, good fortune, and joy. Love, John and Priya Abraham.” It is said that the couple met at a gym in Bandra in 2010. Even to this day, nobody has an idea about what transpired between them and how the love story took the beautiful turn of a marriage.
3. Urmila Matondkar And Mir Mohsin Akhtar
Bollywood’s Rangeela girl, Urmila’s wedding came as a sweet shock and not like a surprising jolt to. This is because Urmila had been single for quite some time now and she never spoke about love or even marriage to anybody. Therefore, obviously, her fans never really saw this coming. She married Mir, a model and ten years younger than her. And you thought it was only Priyanka who married a man who’s decade younger?
4. Juhi Chawla And Jay Mehta
When Juhi married Jay Mehta, an industrialist, she was at the peak of her career. Both had kept their wedding a secret for really long. Juhi stuck to the words “good friends” all throughout whenever she was questioned about Jay and her. It was only when Juhi was expecting their first child that they broke the news to the world. Even to this day, nobody really knows their wedding date. All that the media could gather their hands on was the information that they probably tied the knot somewhere in December in 1997.
5. Preity Zinta And Gene Goodenough
The most adored dimple beauty of the tinsel town for decades, Preity Zinta was going steady with Indian businessman Ness Wadia, it got everybody around thinking that wedding bells were around the corner for them. But they broke up and all the speculations went kaput.
After a couple of years, in 2016, rumors of her dating an American financial analyst, Gene Goodenough made its way to the media. Soon enough Priety’s spokesperson confirmed the news and added to it that she was going to walk down the aisle with Gene very soon. She married him on the 29th of February, 2016 in Los Angeles. She spoke about her wedding in the most adorable way on Instagram with a post that read:
“I was holding onto the ‘Miss Tag’ rather seriously till now until I met someone ‘Goodenough’ to give it up for. So now I join the married club, folks. Thank you all for your good wishes and for all your love. Love you all. Ting! Let the Goodenough jokes begin.”
6. Sridevi And Boney Kapoor
Boney was the husband of Mona Kapoor and the father of Anshula and Arjun when the charming Sridevi came into his life. He fell for the actress and casted her in his movie Mr. India. Boney had earlier said in an interview regarding the casting, “when she asked for Rs10 lakh, I offered her Rs11 lakh because I wanted to be close to Sridevi. Her mother was completely impressed with me.” The news of Sridevi getting pregnant even before the couple’s wedding, spread like a wildfire in the media. And in 1996, the duo tied the knot at a simple temple ceremony.
The above-mentioned celebs sure do teach us how to keep our personal lives private, don’t they? And that too in a world where everybody wants to update everything on their social media accounts. Which Bollywood celeb marriage has surprised you the most till date? Let us know in the comments section below.
