7 Bollywood Divas Who Converted Religion

When love is strong between two people they can do anything for each other. Even the change of religion is not a big deal for them. Even the most notable of Bollywood actresses have left their religion, mostly for love and marriages. Here are a few famous Bollywood divas who willingly changed their religion for love.

Ayesha Takia Azmi

Ayesha Takia converted to Islam and married Farhan Azmi who is a restaurateur in Mumbai and son of Samajwadi Leader Abu Azmi.

Mamta Kulkarni

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

Amrita Singh

The Ex-wife of Saif Ali Khan was Sikh by origin. She accepted Islam as her religion in order to marry Saif but after 13 years the couple got separated.

Nagma

She was a South Indiana actress who became a Christian and hailed Jesus Christ as the only `superstar of her life`. Nagma went public about her change of faith in 2008.

Hema Malini

Hema Malini married Dharmendra in 1980. Before getting married, they both converted to Islam. Dharmendra was married to Prakash Kaur who refused to divorce him.

Sharmila Tagore

This Bengali beauty changed her religion and converted to Islam before getting married to the late Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. Sharmila changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana during conversion.

Nargis Dutt

Nargis Dutt was one of the most popular actresses of her time. She was a Muslim who fell in love with her colleague and popular actor Sunil Dutt. In order to get married to Sunil Dutt, Nargis changed her religion and did it quite fearlessly. Nargis had also adopted a new name upon accepting her Hindu religion and that was Nirmala Dutt.