Sonakshi Sinha addresses religious beliefs in her marriage with Zaheer Iqbal: "He as a Muslim man remained....

Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal’s interfaith marriage became a topic of discussion when they tied the knot last year. However, Sonakshi has now spoken about their bond, making it clear that religion was never an issue between them. In a conversation with Hauterrfly the Heeramandi actress shared that neither of them ever asked the other to convert.

We were not looking at religion. We are two people in love who wanted to get married, and that’s exactly what we did. He is not enforcing his religion on me, and I am not enforcing mine on him. We never even discussed religion. We don’t sit and talk about it. Instead, we appreciate and understand each other’s cultures. They have certain traditions in their home, and I have mine. I respect them and their culture, just as they respect me and my family. That’s how it should be.

- Sonakshi Sinha

She also spoke about their decision to marry under the Special Marriage Act, which allows people from different faiths to wed without religious conversion. Sonakshi explained, “The best way for us to get married was under the Special Marriage Act, where I, as a Hindu woman, did not need to change my religion, and he, as a Muslim man, remained the same. Two people in love, coming together in marriage—that was all that mattered. There was never a question of conversion. We love each other, and that was enough.”

Sonakshi and Zaheer had been together for seven years before officially getting married on June 23, 2023. This date held special significance for them, as they started dating on the same day in 2017. They celebrated their wedding with a grand party, attended by close friends and family.

On the work front, Sonakshi was last seen in Kakuda, alongside Riteish Deshmukh and Saqib Saleem, which premiered on ZEE5. Up next, she will be seen in Nikita Roy and The Book of Darkness, co-starring Paresh Rawal and Suhail Nayyar.