Meet famous bollywood celebs who converted to Islam!

Converting to Christianity or Islam or to any other religion is no more a rarity. Today, people are free to practice any religion they wish to without being judged. Some of our Bollywood stars too decided to convert to Islam and are proudly following it. Here are popular Bollywood celebs who converted to Islam for some reason or the other.

1. Dipika Kakar

Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim finally ties the knot in a Nikaah ceremony on February 22 in the presence of their close friends and family. According to a source, the TV actress has converted to Islam for marrying beau Shoaib Ibrahim and is now called Faiza. The copy of their wedding card-which was distributed in the village, clearly refers to the bride and the groom as Faiza and Shoaib respectively.

2. Dharmendra

Dharamendra was born as Dharam Singh Deol. He had reportedly convert to Islam in 1979 to get married to Hema Malini. He was already married to Prakash Kaur when he fell for Hema Malini. He didn’t wan’t to divorce his first wife but could not marry again as per Hindu marriage act. So, he converted to Islam and married Hema.

3. Amrita Singh

Amrita Singh belonged to the Sikh religion and was at crossroads when she and Saif Ali Khan fell in love. In order to get married to Saif Ali Khan, Amrita converted to Islam. She faced stiff opposition from Saif Ali Khan’s parents, who did not approve of Amrita. Her marriage with Saif Ali Khan lasted for 13 long years, after which the two divorced.

4. Ayesha Takia

Ayesha was born to a Hindu father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Ayesha Takia got married to her boyfriend Farhan Azmi, restaurateur. The marriage ceremony was a typical Islamic one, a Nikkah ceremony was also held. Ayesha never came out publicly to express her conversion to Islam, however various media outlets have claimed that she converted to marry Farhan.

5. Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore, the successful dimpled actress of yesteryears married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi and former captain of the Indian cricket team. Sharmila converted to Islam and she is also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana post her conversion.

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6. Mamta Kulkarni

Mamta Kulkarni had converted to Islam and married her boyfriend Vicky Goswami, who was serving a long prison term in the United Arab Emirates, in order to help secure him a November 2012 release.

7. Mahesh Bhatt

The famous director, producer and screenwriter Mahesh Bhatt had converted to Islam to marry Soni Razdan without divorcing his first wife Kiran Bhatt. If reports are to be believed, he practices Islam now.

8. Divya Bharti

One of the most beautiful actresses Bollywood has ever had is Divya Bharti. Unfortunately, she left us too soon. Divya is said to have converted to Islam to marry Sajid Nadiadwala but she passed away just a couple of years post her marriage.

9. AR Rahman

Music composer, singer-songwriter and music producer, AR Rahman was born a Hindu and named AS Dileep Kumar. However, he converted to Islam later. The musician was introduced to Qadiri Islam when his younger sister was severely ill. He was enchanted by the ideals and values of the religion.

10. Hema Malini

Hema too had to convert to Islam in order to get married to Dharmendra. Though the couple embraced Islam for love sake, they never turned away from Hinduism.