Top Bollywood Celebrities Who Changed Their Religion

1. Sharmila Tagore Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who later sh >> Read More...

The Bengali actress changed her religion at the apex of her career to be married to the Nawab of Pataudi, " Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi 'Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi', the famous cri >> Read More... ". There was an opposition between their families, but she became a Muslim and took the name Begum Ayesha Sultana.

2. Hema Malini Hema Malini is perhaps the only dream girl of the >> Read More...

Dream Girl decided to convert to Islam to be married to Dharmendra Dharmendra Singh Deol was born on 8th December 193 >> Read More... , who also converted to the same religion, as Prakash Kaur Prakash Kaur, a personality that attracted the emo >> Read More... his wife at the time refused to grant him a divorce. The duo was married in 1979. The famous actress took these risky steps despite proposals of marriage from renowned actors like Jeetendra Jeetendra was born as Ravi Kapoor in a Business fa >> Read More... and Sanjeev Kumar Sanjeev Kumar was born on July 9th, 1938 in Mumbai >> Read More... .

3. Amrita Singh Amrita Singh is an Indian film and TV actress. She >> Read More...

She converted to Islam from her original faith of Sikhism to be married to Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan is a film celebrity born to actress  >> Read More... and they were married inspite of the disapproval of Saif’s parents. After their separation 13 years later, it is unclear whether she reconverted or not. However, Saif’s current wife Kareena Kapoor Khan Kareena Kapoor is a super hit actress working in I >> Read More... did not convert from Hinduism.

4. Ayesha Takia Ayesha is a Bollywood film actress, born on 10th A >> Read More...

She was born a Hindu with her father being Hindu and her mother being Anglo-Indian. However, she was married to her husband Farhan Azmi, a restaurateur, in a traditional Islamic Nikah ceremony on March 1, 2009. The media reported that she had converted to Islam before the event, but the actress has not personally commented on the matter yet.

5. Nagma Nagma is an Indian actress with versatile credenti >> Read More...

She was one of the first actresses to break the fold and change her religion not for wedding reasons but for her love and respect for another one. She was extremely inspired and impressed by Christianity and came out in the open regarding her change of faith in 2008. She said that she wanted to be able to tell about the Bible and preach the work of Jesus, her ‘superstar,’ in every part of India.

6. Kushboo Sundar

She was born as Nakhat Khan but converted to Hinduism. She is married to Sundar and lives and follows the Indian traditions and customs.

7. Monica

Not much has come to the spotlight related to the sudden and unexpected change of religion of the Hindu actress to Islam. She intimated the media with an interview about it while appearing in the full traditional dress of Muslim women, replete with a burqa and hijab.

8. Nayantara

When she had decided to convert to Hinduism from Christianity, the preparations for her betrothal to superstar Prabhu Deva Prabhu Deva is one among the populous cinema perso >> Read More... were in full swing. However, the arrangement fell through, but the actress persisted with her newly adopted religion. She has also paid a visit to several Hindu shrines after her conversion.

9. A.R. Rahman

The Mozart of Madras grew up as an atheist and had no religious affiliations in the least. His father was a Hindu, and his mother belonged to the religion of Islam, but he resorted to neither during his childhood. However, in 1989, he chose Islam and became officially converted to the faith. During the same time, he adopted his present name with which he would be identified worldwide for his achievements in the field of music.