5 Bollywood actors who shocked the world and re-married without getting divorced

Bollywood celebrities’ romantic escapades have always been viewed and discussed with relish by their fans. In fact, not only their love tales but even their marriages & on and off affairs, have also been a matter of interest for a lot of people.

Here we bring to you a few relationships totally different from the rest. That is of Bollywood celebrities re-marrying without divorcing their wife. Yes, there are quite a few actors who have re-married when they were still very much in a marital relationship.

We bring to you some of these scandalous marriages that may have caused a lot of pain to their better halves as they tied the knot with someone else, disregarding the presence of a certain someone in their life. Surprised? So, let us see who those celebrities are.

Dharmendra

Dharmendra met Hema Malini on the sets of ‘Tum Haseen Main Jawan’. The much-married man known to carry his heart on his sleeve fell for her like a ton of bricks. From then on he pursued the Dream Girl relentlessly. Dharmendra even converted to Islam to marry Hema Malini. While he did not divorce his first wife Prakash with whom he has sons Bobby and Sunny Deol. Hema and Dharmendra have two daughters, Esha and Ahana. But Dharmendra continues to live with his first wife Prakash.

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Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar was married to Nadira when he met Smita Patil. Raj Babbar and Smita Patil have worked together in many movies. Love blossomed between the dusky beauty and the actor. Raj left his wife to marry Smita. But he had not divorced Nadira. Raj Babbar and Smita Patil had a son Prateik Babbar. However, Smita died at the age of 31 due to childbirth complications. After her demise, Raj Babbar went back to first wife Nadira with whom he has two kids, Juhi and Arya Babbar.

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Salim Khan

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s father Salim Khan is a very famous scriptwriter of Bollywood. Salim Khan married his first wife Salma after a courtship of five years. They have a huge family, comprising of sons Salman, Arbaaz, Sohail Khan and daughters Arpita and Alvira. But Salim Khan later married actress Helen too. The two knew each other much before Salim’s marriage to Salma. Salim explained to his children that such emotional accidents do happen in life. Later Salim Khan and Helen adopted daughter Arpita. Today the Khan-daan lives together as one big happy clan.

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Sanjay Khan

Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan married Zarine Khan after a long romance. The couple had a son actor Zayed Khan and daughters, Farah Ali Khan and Sussanne Khan.

Then the much-married Sanjay fell in love with Bollywood beauty Zeenat Aman, love blossomed between the couple during the shoot of ‘Abdullah’ and soon they tied the knot. Sanjay had not divorced Zarine Khan when he married Zeenat Aman. Zeenat and Sanjay’s tumultuous relationship ended within a year. It was said that Sanjay’s wife Zarine Khan allegedly gave her husband an ultimatum. Zeenat moved on and married Mazhar Khan.

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Udit Narayan

Singer Udit Narayan was caught in a scandal when a woman called Ranjana Narayan alleged that she was the famous singer’s first wife. She made the revelation in front of the media, proving to all that the singer had married her in 1984. She even claimed that Udit Narayan’s second wife Deepa is not his legal wife as he had not divorced her. The matter seems to be resolved now, the singer was quoted saying that he had agreed to pay a monthly stipend to Ranjana.

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