When couples of two different religions marry among themselves, that marriage is called inter-religious marriage. India is the tenth of many religions. Here Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, Adivasis, etc., people of many different religions live and work together. People of all religions come close to each other while living together in society. Nowadays, despite being from different religions, many boys and girls fall in love with each other and later get married. Many such examples are also seen in India’s major film industry Bollywood, where boys of two different religions fall in love with each other and then get married.
Here is a list of Bollywood married couples who belong to different religions.
- Shahrukh Khan (Muslim Husband), Gauri (Hindu Wife)
- Saif Ali Khan (Muslim Husband), Kareena Kapoor (Hindu Wife)
- Aditya Pancholi (Hindu Husband), Zarina Wahab (Muslim Wife)
- Nick Jonas (Christian Husband), Priyanka Chopra (Hindu Wife)
- Riteish Deshmukh (Hindu Husband), Genelia D’Souza (Christian Wife)
- John Abraham (Christian Husband), Priya Runchal (Hindu Wife)
- Anupam Kher (Hindu Husband), Kirron (Sikh Wife)
- Mohsin Akhtar Mir (Muslim Husband), Urmila Matondkar (Hindu Wife)
- Nawab Shah (Muslim Husband), Pooja Batra (Hindu Wife)
- Sumeet Saigal (Sikh Husband), Farha Naaz (Muslim Wife)
- Fardeen Khan (Muslim Husband), Natasha Madhwani (Hindu Wife)
- Zayed Khan (Muslim Husband), Malaika Parekh (Hindu Wife)
- Kunal Khemu (Hindu Husband), Soha Ali Khan (Muslim Wife)
- Kabir Bedi (Sikh Husband), Parveen Dusanj (Hindu Wife)
- Gene Goodenough (Christian Husband), Preity Zinta (Hindu Wife)
- Mohammad Azharuddin (Muslim Husband), Sangeeta Bijlani (Hindu Wife)
- Vijay (Christian Husband), Sangeeta Sornalingam (Hindu Wife)
- Andrei Koscheev (Christian Husband), Shriya Saran (Hindu Wife)
- Benedict Taylor (Christian Husband), Radhika Apte (Hindu Wife)
- Vindu Dara Sing (Sikh Husband), Dina Umarova (Christian Wife)
- Yuvraj Singh (Sikh Husband), Hazel Keech (Christian Wife)
- Arshad Warsi (Muslim Husband), Maria Goretti (Christian Wife)
- Johnny Lever (Christian Husband), Sujata (Hindu Wife)
- Arif Zakaria (Muslim Husband), Namrata Sharma (Hindu Wife)
- Gajendra Chauhan (Hindu Husband), Habiba Rehman (Muslim Wife)
- Sanjay Dutt (Hindu Husband), Dilnawaz Shikh Alias Maanyataa Dutt (Muslim Wife)
- Kumud Mishra (Hindu Husband), Ayesha Raza (Muslim Wife)
- Raj Babbar (Hindu Husband), Nadira Zaheer (Muslim Wife)
- Manoj Bajpayee (Hindu Husband), Shabana Raza Alias Neha (Muslim Wife)
- Adil Hussain (Muslim Husband), Kristen Jain (Half Cristian & Half Jain Wife)
- Dia Mirza (Muslim Wife), Vaibhav Rekhi (Hindu Husband)
- Zaheer Iqbal (Muslim Husband), Sonakshi Sinha (Hindu Wife)
- Atul Agnihotri (Hindu Husband) , Alvira Khan (Muslim Wife)
- Ali Fazal (Muslim Husband), Richa Chadha (Hindu Wife)
It can be understood from the above examples that India has now adopted the modern ideology by abandoning the orthodox ideologies, where religion can no longer be an obstacle in any marriage. This is a picture of a new India, where love is the strongest religion.