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GHAR WAPSIđź§µ Popular cases of Muslim women who converted to Hinduism and married Hindu men:

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Zubieda Begum (leading actress of Bollywood's first talkie film, Alma Ara) married Maharaj Narsingir Dhanrajgir of Hyderabad in 1930s after converting to Hinduism.

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Shamshad Begum, popular singer in 1940s (notably 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar') converted and married lawyer Ganpat Lal Battoo, 20 years her senior.

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Nazim Ali, 40s actress, became Nirmala Devi and married actor Arun Kumar Ahuja. Their son is 90s superstar Govinda.

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Rising star of early 50s, actress Zubieda put an end to her acting career after marrying Maharaja Hanuwant Singh of Jodhpur. Their wedding was conducted according to Arya Samaj rites.

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Roshan Ara Khan became Annapurna Devi and married music composer Ravi Shankar.

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Nargis, the most famous Bollywood actress of her time, converted to Hinduism in 1958 and married actor Sunil Dutt. Her post marriage name was Nirmala Dutt, though she is now better remembered as Nargis Dutt.

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Zahida who played a few supporting characters in 1960s films, became Madhur and married musician Brij Bhushan. (With her son in first image.) Her elder sister was 50s star Madhubala/Mumtaz Jehan, the second wife of singer Kishore Kumar (second image).

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Naqi Jehan, Eve's Weekly Miss India 1967, became Nandini Kamdar after marrying businessman Vikram Kamdar.

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Nayyara Mirza, Femina's Miss India 1967, became Nalini Patel post marriage and settled in USA.

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60s star Asha Parekh's mother, Sudha Parekh, was born as Salma Bohra. She converted and married Bachubhai Parekh.

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Actress Sayeeda Khan married director Brij Sadanah and turned into Seema Sadanah. Their son Kamal Sadanah (second image, with Kajol) did a few successful films in early 90s.

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Ranjeet Bedi, known for playing villainous roles in 70s, is married to Aaloka Bedi, who was previously known as Nazneen.

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Jackie Shroff's mother was a Tajikistani Muslim, Hoorunissa, who became Rita Shroff after marrying his Hindu father.

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Director Subhash Ghai ('Khalnayak') married Rehana Farooqui. She is Mukta Ghai now.

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80s actress Bakhtawar Murad, better known as Sonam, is married to director Rajiv Rai.

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Prabhu Deva's first wife was Ramlath, a Muslim woman who converted upon marriage.

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Mana Qadri married actor Suniel Shetty and converted to Hinduism. Now known as Mana Shetty. Her sister, Isha Qadri, has married a Hindu too.

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Actress Khusboo Sundar was born as Nakhat Khan. She is married to director Sundar C.

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Politician Ranee Narah was born as Jahan Ara Chaudhary. She is married to Bharat Narah.

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Actress Jyothika was born to a Hindu father and a Muslim–turned–Hindu mother, Seema Sadanah. Seema's pre marital name was Shama Qazi.

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Actress Lakshmi Priya, wife of P. Jayesh. She was born as Sabina Abdul Lateef.

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Politician Arun Gawli's wife was Zubeida Mujawar, who has become Asha Gawli now. They have 5 kids together.

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Sons of singers Asha Bhonsle and Anuradha Pondwal are married to Mslm women. Hemant Bhonsle's wife is Rama (neè Sajidah). Aditya Pondwal's wife was Kavita (neè Ambreen Akhoon).

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A Malaysian woman Fatima converted to Hinduism, became Revathi, and married Suresh Veerappan in early 2000s. Her marriage gained media attention in 2007 since Malaysian law disallows conversion out of Islam.

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TV actress Tasneem Sheikh became Tanisha Nerurkar and married Sameer Nerurkar. Shabnam Syed became Surbhi and married Saurabh Vanzara.

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Indonesian star Happy Salma is an ex–Muslim convert to Hinduism, married to a royal Balinese Hindu prince.

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TV actress Aamna Sharif became Hindu for her husband Amit Kapoor.

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Mandana Karimi, Iranian actress, was initially known as Manizeh Karimi before marrying TV celebrity Gaurav Gupta.

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Actress Alisha khan converted and married director Luv Kapoor according to Arya Samaj rites.

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Rehana Fatima, activist and model, became Suryagaytri Sreedhar and married Manoj K. Sreedhar.

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@itsme_ijk Correction* reverted back not converted !there is no concept of conversion in sanatan.

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