Originally posted by: RaniPreityAish
Thank you for explaining all that lol. Very confusing especially when you add in Soni Razdan because I was also confused about why people say Alia is British and not Indian. The part about Mahesh and Soni converting to Islam is what is on her Wiki page. How they had to convert for him to marry again and how Soni took the name Sakina as her Muslim name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soni_Razdan
It is interesting though that both his first two kids (Pooja and Rahul) have Hindu names but his daughters with Soni both have Muslim names (Alia and Shaheen). Maybe they felt the need to honor how their marriage came to be.
I never watched Zakhm but I've heard good things about it. I'm sure it explains a lot about his background.
Yes, good point that Kiara also has the name Alia. It's always interesting how blended Muslim and Hindu cultures are for so many of these celebs. They rarely ever identify as just one thing, a true depiction of a secular country. Kareena and Saif's kids must be the most blended since they have Hindu, Muslim, and Christian backgrounds and upbringings.
I had no idea about his mother. And I only recently learned that Supriya Pathak is his stepmother. And that her sister, Ratna Patak Shah, is married to Naseeruddin Shah, so it shows what a small world Bollywood is. Learning that Shahid's mother is a Muslim explains why his brother, Ishaan, also has a Muslim name.
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