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From Dipika Kakar-Shoaib Ibrahim to Vivian Dsena and Nouran Aly: TV celebs who had an interfaith marriage

ETimes.in | Last updated on - Jun 24, 2023, 16:00 IST
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From Dipika Kakar-Shoaib Ibrahim to Vivian Dsena-Nouran Aly: TV celebs who had an interfaith marriage

Love marriages have been the most-talked-about topic, especially in the TV industry. Usually, there are many twists and turns, restrictions and questions when it comes to love marriage but these TV celebs chose to break those barriers and go for their love irrespective of age, religion and lifestyle. From Shoaib and Dipika to Mohit Sehgal and Sanaya Irani, take a look at these adorable duos who went against all the odds for their love.

Here are some of the other actors who had interfaith marriages:

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Dipika Kakar-Shoaib Ibrahim

Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim are the television industry power couple. While shooting for the TV show Sasural Simar Ka, the two fell in love and decided to get married. Dipika and Shoaib married in 2018, and the actress embraced Islam to marry Shoaib. And now the couple is blessed with a baby boy, Dipika had a premature delivery.

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Vivian Dsena-Nouran Aly

Vivian Dsena had a hush-hush wedding with his Egyptian girlfriend Nouran Aly. The Madhubala star is blessed with a daughter, he named her Layan. In an exclusive interview with BT, he discussed his inter-religious marriage and his conversion to Islam. Vivian added, “Nothing much has changed, I was born a Christian and I now follow Islam.”

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Chhavi Mittal-Mohit Hussein

Mohit Hussein and Chhavi Mittal have a fantastic love story. The duo had a testing phase due to their separate faiths, however, they overcame all hurdles and now, they have been happily married for almost 15 years and have two children, a daughter and a son.

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Kishwer Merchantt-Suyyash Rai

Kishwer and Suyyash also met in a TV show and fell in love. They met on the set of the TV show Pyaar Ki Ek Kahani and hit it off right away. After four years of dating, the couple got hitched in 2016. Suyyash is a Hindu Punjabi, while Kishwer is Muslim. They didn't let religion or even age stand in the way of their love story. If you didn't know, the duo has an age gap of 8 years.

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Aamna Sharif-Atul Kapoor

Aamna and Atul were married in 2013 after dating for a long time. They didn't let religion stand in the way of their romance. Aamna and Atul follow rituals and festivals from both religions. The couple has an 8-year-old son Arain Kapoor.

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Mohit Sehgal -Sanaya Irani

Sanaya met her handsome hubby Mohit Sehgal on the sets of their show Miley Jab Hum Tum. They started out as friends and soon began dating. The duo dated for seven long years and later tied the knot on January 25, 2016.


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Aashka Goradia and Brent Goble

Brent Goble and Aashka Goradia are the picture-perfect couples that everyone wishes to be. The duo met in 2016 and after a brief courtship period, they decided to get hitched in 2018. Aashka and Brent are expecting their first child, they announced the good news on their social media handles.

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Iqbal Khan- Sneha Chhabra

Iqbal Khan and Sneha Chhabra met for the first time in Hyderabad when Sneha was only 16. The sparks of love didn't leave the couple and they got married in an intimate ceremony on January 15, 2007. Talking about their interfaith wedding, Iqbal is Muslim and Sneha is Punjabi but this couldn't be a barrier for them. Sneha and Iqbal have two beautiful daughters Ammara and Ifza.

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1070 days ago
What type of these interfaith marriages where hindus whethe boy or girl convert to muslim. No muslim boy or girl converted to hindu for interfaith marriages. Shame on such one side- one religion Love jihad.
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