Around ages ago, Inter-caste marriages were really a tough affair to get accepted in Indian society. Yet, our celebrities managed to do so, and many of such couples became an inspiration. I personally think whether the wedding is inter-religion or intra-religion, it doesn’t matter, you should go for the person you want to be with. And that is what our celebrities’ have done.

As we see in most of the Bollywood movies, the hero strives and finally gets his true love in the end and then they live ‘happily ever after.' They have to cross many hurdles like opposition from parents, face villain who too wants a heroine, and many such other problems. As we are used to seeing happy endings, our B-town keeps providing us a lot of it on a frequent basis. But a movie is not all; our celebs have shown us many live examples too of strong commitment and true love. Our tinsel town has many dilwale’s, who have taken their dulhaniya’s, inspite of many challenges like different religious backgrounds.  

Here is a list of top 10 most powerful and famous celebrity couples that went for an inter-religion wedding. Have a close look at it.

1. Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Chhibba

Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Chhibba Khan top my list. When we talk about First Rank, it has to be Shahrukh and Gauri. They first met in the year 1984 at a party, at that time Shahrukh was just 18! Indian cinema’s king of romance was no less romantic in real life. Immediately they fell in love. And, then what all the family drama began when they decided to tie the knot. As Gauri belonged to Hindu family, a family who only had pure vegetarian food and who had a temple in their house whereas, SRK was a Muslim. Gauri’s father not only had religious issues, but he also had an issue about Shahrukh’s unsettled life and doubtful career. Even after all these huge hurdles, they both managed to get united. SRK and Gauri got married on 25^th October 1991. Now they have three children AbRam, Aryan, and Suhana. They have spent a long time of their marriage and still they are known as the perfect couple and are an inspiration to many couples.

2. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor

Kareena Kapoor aka Bebo was born in a traditional, well-known Punjabi family whereas, Saif Ali Khan is the son of famous Nawab Mansoor Ali Khan Patudi and evergreen Bengali beauty Sharmila Tagore. Kareena was not able to convince her mother to accept her and Saif’s relationship as Saif was of another caste and moreover, was married and divorced earlier. Karishma Kapoor Kareena’s elder sister then convinced their mother. Finally, their entire family member accepted their relation and they got married on 16^th October 2014, after dating for almost 7 years as they were dating each other from October 2007. And, this is how Kareena Kapoor became the ‘Beigum’ of ‘Chote Nawab’. Their wedding was one of the most talked about wedding of Bollywood. Many people expected that Bebo might change her religion after the wedding, but likewise, her mother-in-law Sharmila Tagore, Kareena too chose to stay Hindu even after her marriage.

3. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao

Aamir Khan known as ‘Mr. Perfectionist’ of Bollywood, fell in love with Kiran Rao, a Brahmin from Banglore. They got married in 2005. He was earlier married to Rina Dutta and divorced her in 2002. Later he met Kiran Roa during the shooting of movie Lagaan, where Kiran was an assistant director. They had not only set an example of inter-caste marriage but were also an inspiration for lots of couples as they announced their child, Azad’s birth in 2011, who came in their life with the help of IVF surrogacy.

4. Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan

The hazel green eye actor Hrithik Roshan got engaged on 20^th December 2000. As we all know the cool dude and his beautiful wife was in love since their childhood. India’s superstar belongs to a well-known ethnic Punjabi family, whereas Sussanne was from a Muslim background. But do you think this religious gap would end a childhood love story? Nope! Never! They got married. The lovely couple has two sons Hrehaan and Hridaan. Unfortunately, a huge controversy took place all over the world, when Hrithik declared in 2013, that he wants to end their relationship and separate from his wife. They officially got divorced on 1^st November 2014 in Bandra Court. Yet, we can say that once the couple has given us an example of true love and commitment. There are rumors that the main reason behind their split was Arjun Rampal.

5. Arbaaz Khan and Mallaika Arora

As we all know, Arbaaz Khan is from a well-known Khan family. His family is known as a family with vast diversity in it. Khan family has a very good reputation and is a very powerful family in Tinsel town. Just like his brother Sohail Khan, Arbaaz too fell in love with a non-Muslim girl. But, he married his lady love only after taking permission from her mother and had a Christian wedding. We all know Mallaika as the ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya girl.' She belongs to a Hindu family, while Arbaaz is from a Muslim family. Yet,they got married, and the duo has a son, Arhaan, who was born in 2002. They are happily married since 1998. Mallaika Arora Khan feels blessed to have such a lovely family.

6. Farhan Akhtar and Adhuna Bhabani

Farhan Akhtar and Adhuna Bhabani fell in love during the shoot of ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and dated each other for around three years. Adhuna is 6 years elder to Farhan. They got married in the year 2000. As we all know, Farhan Akhtar is the son of famous lyricist Jawed Akhtar. Akhtar too believes in atheism and same with his wife, as she is the daughter of a Bengali doctor who had married an English woman. The duo is enthralling in their own professions and still has made themselves one of the famous couple. Adhuna is a hair stylist; and she got her carrer inspiration from her mother. Farhan and Adhuna have two daughters Shakya and Akira.

7. Arjun Rampal and Mehr Jesia

Arjun Rampal is a renowned Bollywood artist, and Mehr Jesia is a Model (Winner of Femina Miss India Universe 1986), by profession. The duo got married in 1998, and now they have two daughters Myra and Mahikaa. Mehr belongs to a Parsi family, whereas Arjun is a Hindu Sikh. Unfortunately, the couple decided to separate and applied for divorce in 2015.

8. Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D’souza

Ritesh Deshmukh son of famous politician Vilasrao Deshmukh tied the knot with the cutest and bubbly actress Genelia D’souza on, 3^rd February 2012. Here, Ritesh is a Maharashtrian and Genelia is a Manglorian Catholic. All their wedding ceremonies were done as per Marathi as well as Christian tradition. Next day the couple again got married in Church. This super cute couple gave birth to her first child that is a Baby Boy in 2012 and is expecting again. We wish you all the best for a healthy child! They have laid a beautiful example of the inter-faith wedding.

9. Shirish Kunder and Farah Khan

Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder, the Hindu-Muslim couple met on the movie set for the first time, and instantly they fell in love and later got married. They tied the knot on 9^th December 2004 and now have triplets, which is two daughters and one son. They met on the movie set of ‘Main Hoon Na’, where Farah was the director and Shirish was the editor. Surprising fact of their love story is they not only faced different religion hurdle but in their case, Farah was 8 years elder to Shirish as well. However, as we say nothing can stop the lovers, the two fought all problems and got married.  

10. Shakeel Ladak and Amrita Arora

Amrita too followed the footstep of her sister Mallaika and got married to a Muslim guy. The duo got married in 2009. They performed the wedding rituals according to Muslim, Punjabi as well as Christian style. Shakeel is a traditional Muslim, and on the other hand, Amrita is from a mix Punjabi Catholic background, where her mother is Catholic and dad is Punjabi. Rumors were that they decided to get married as soon as they came to know about Amrita’s pregnancy that is, she got pregnant before their wedding. They have two children’s Rayaan and Azaan.