Marriage to previously married men no longer taboo

On October 16, Kareena Kapoor wed Saif Ali Khan, who was earlier married to Amrita Singh. And on December 14 this year, actress Vidya Balan wed twice-married producer Siddharth Roy Kapur.

Both couples are currently on their respective honeymoons and oblivious to everything said and pronounced. A few years ago whenKareena started dating Saif, her father Randhir Kapoor had reservations. But he backed off when he realised that the two were madly in love, especially when he saw that during their five-year-long courtship, Saif made Bebo happier than she ever was in her entire life. Ditto the case with Vidya, who blossomed and came into her own personally and professionally after a certain SRK became her constant companion.


Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt who has been married twice says, "We are in the second decade of the 21st century. And it is high time you realise that the reference and wisdom of our ancestors is withering and falling off the tree of life naturally. Something that happens to all societies has happened to us too. We have evolved. A married man need not be a person who is disqualified because he has had a previous marriage. The human heart doesn't adhere to social constructs. It follows its own dictates. If love happens between a single girl and a once-married man, that means there are larger designs of the universe which is compelling you to walk in that direction.''

Bhatt says, "I bet all these people, who are in a situation where the girl is attracted to a once-married man, must have gone through the initial process of hiding this natural attraction towards each other. It is not possible that they must have jumped into it like you would jump into a relationship with a person who is unattached. They must also have had an endless number of people giving them advice on how they should ideally avoid such a situation. But if they choose to still follow the dictates of their heart, then there must be something there. Our idea of love needs to be revised in the second decade of the 21st century. Kareena and Vidya are two very brave women and they have done that. I say more power to them.''

Bhatt jokes, "On a lighter note, let them live with uncertainties; as if people who get married the first time around don't live with uncertainties.''

Actresses who chose married men
Hema Malini ' film actor Dharmendra
Helen Richardson ' screen writer-actor Salim Khan
Shabana Azmi ' poet-lyricist-director Javed Akhtar
Smita Patil ' film actor-politician Raj Babbar
Sarika ' actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan
Jayaprada ' producer Srikanth Nahata
Soni Razdan ' filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt
Sridevi ' producer Boney Kapoor
Sangeeta Bijlani ' cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin
Juhi Chawla ' businessman Jai Mehta
Karisma Kapoor ' businessman Sanjay Kapur
Raveena Tandon ' distributor Anil Thadani
Mahima Chaudhary ' businessman Bobby Mukherjee
Maanayata ' film actor Sanjay Dutt
Amrita Arora ' businessman Shakeel Ladak
Shilpa Shetty ' businessman Raj Kundra
Lara Dutta ' tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi
Kalki Koechlin ' filmmaker Anurag Kashyap

But its definitely not right when you break someone else's home and marry a that guy for example Sridevi🤢

Yes, Saifeena, the new age fairytale

No really, broke all religious, age, conventional barriers. Now that's a love story!

Did you know, I read somewhere a long time ago, that apparently Babita has nicknamed em Salim and Anarkali lovingly 😆