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Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor to Shilpa Shetty: Bollywood actresses who married divorced men and found lasting love

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| ETimes.in | Last updated on - Oct 31, 2025, 21:00 IST
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Bollywood actresses

These Bollywood actresses have illustrated that love exists beyond previous commitments and cultural constraints. In choosing their hearts, these women married men who had been previously married because they understood the essence of real happiness resided in selecting the right partner regardless of prior commitments.

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Kareena Kapoor Khan

The love story of Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan is not alien in the industry. After being married for 13 years to Amrita Singh, Saif created a union with Kareena in 2012, and they had two lovely children together, Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan. The couple accepted one another with open heartedness, despite Saif having been married before and a significant age gap between them. They are now hosts of two fluid boys, Taimur and Jeh. Kareena has mentioned on numerous occasions that their love afforded them the right amount of respect towards just one another and unqiue unity.

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Bipasha Basu

Bipasha Basu fell in love with Karan Singh Grover. Karan had been married to Shraddha Nigam, then married actress Jennifer Winget prior to meeting Bipasha. Bipasha and Karan met each other while working on the film 'Alone', eventually transitioning to a personal, offscreen relationship. In 2016, they were married, and have now traversed the important milestone of experience parenthood with their daughter, Devi.

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Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty discovered her life partner in businessman Raj Kundra, who had been married to Kavita Kundra. The speculation about their relationship began because Raj located the braveness to leave his previous marriage prior to marrying Shilpa in 2009. Shilpa and Raj went on to build an incredible life together through challenging times and adversity, eventually welcoming a son, Viaan, and a daughter, Samisha. Shilpa has shared many times that the foundation of their marriage is love and trust.

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Kalki Koechlin

Kalki Koechlin, formerly married to film director Anurag Kashyap, also divorced. She is married now to her long-time Israeli boyfriend Hershberg after dating for many years. The actress gave birth to their daughter Sappho in February 2019, born out of wedlock. She shared the news while speaking with Hautterfly, when she also discussed her past romantic relationships.

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Lara Dutta

Lara Dutta, who was Miss Universe, fell in love with Mahesh Bhupathi, formerly married to model Shvetha Jaishankar. They dipped into their relationship quickly thereafter and were married in 2011. Lara and Mahesh have a daughter, Saira, and have a professional and romantic partnership. According to her, Mahesh contributed significantly to her successful career.

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Rani Mukerji

Rani Mukerji fell in love with Aditya Chopra, while he was still married to Payal Khanna. Aditya and Payal divorced several years later, and then Rani and Aditya maintained a private relationship until they married in a simple ceremony. Now, Rani and Aditya have a child together, a daughter, Adira, and Rani provides Adira with continuous love, as well as supporting Aditya in all aspects of life.

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