India meets Pakistan... this will probably be the name of a movie if a movie is made on the real lives of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and Paki cricketer Shoaib Malik. But their nikaah has already faced a lot of heat owing to the groom's first wife Ayesha Siddiqui. Things are now probably settling down after Ayesha has been promised an alimony of Rs 15 crore by Shoaib. But just the way Ayesha rose from the dark, many star couple has such a past let us take a look into all those first wives and husbands who had been hidden in a secret closet for the smooth sailing of the second marriage.
Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu had a historical wedding. Dilip Kumar was all of 44 and Saira Banu just 22 when they spelled "Kabool Hai". In the 1980's, however, the basic foundation of their union was shaken when Dilip Kumar's clandestine wedding to a lady named Asma came to the fore. Saira was shaken. Dilip Kumar then divorced Asma to be with Saira. Today, there marriage has stood the test of time, and Dilip and Saira remain a couple very much in love.
Dharmendra too had a wife when he married dream girl Hema Malini. But since he did not divorce his first wife Prakash Kaur, he converted to Islam to marry the second time. Though his marriage the second time did not really turn on the heat this couple is believed to one of the best looking couples in Bollywood till date.
Rekha is a lady whose marriages have been contoversial. In 1990 she was married to Delhi-based businessman Mukesh Aggarwal, who committed suicide in 1991. She was rumored to have been married to actor Vinod Mehra in 1973, but in a 2004 television interview with Simi Garewal she denied being married to him referring to him as a "well-wisher".
Another man who has had his fill of marriages is the singing legend Kishore Kumar. he was married four times ~ Ruma Guha Thakurta, Madhubala, Yogita Bali and Leena Chandravarkar. Some people know about his first marriage and some are totally unaware of it. Kishore Kumar had given us a variety in music and the same variety is reflected in the women in his life.
Udit Narayan’s ‘first wife’ Ranjana Jha of Bihar created a furore in 2006. Udit Narayan first rejected her claims, but when Ranjana provided photographs and documents as proof, there was little he could say. He reached a settlement with his first wife, and now leads a peaceful wife with his second!
In 2007, Ismail Darbar also washed his linen in public when his first wife Farzana said she was unaware of his second marriage to Ayesha, who was formerly called Priti Sinha. However, Ismail’s family said they were kept in the loop of his second marriage all along. Complaints were filed, fights were fought but eventually everything seems to have been sorted out.
this was an interesting read cause I personally didnt know about most of the cases