Secondly, it introduced a hazel-eyed beauty who could not only portray the angst but could also sing it in plaintive notes. It was the first time that a film tackled the sensitive ‘ talaq’ (divorce) syndrome with an empathy hitherto not shown towards women. In 2008, Neena Gupta married Delhi-based Chartered Accountant Vivek Mehra.BR Chopra’s Muslim social Nikaah in 1982 broke new grounds in more ways than one. Her marriage with Richards is still doubtful as Vivian denied leaving her wife.
After her divorce from Amlan, Neena was in a relationship with Vivian Richards, together they had a daughter Masaba Gupta. The couple ended the marriage as Ghose’s parents were against the marriage. In 2021, her autobiography 'Sach Kahun Toh' was published in which she made revelations about her first marriage with Amlan Kumar Ghose, an IIT student, which didn’t even last a year. Her other important Bollywood movies are - Teree Sang (2009), Veer (2010), Alone (2015), Veere Di Wedding (2018), Shubh Mangal Zyada Savdhaan (2020), and Sardar Ka Grandson (2021). She won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for her role.
She slowly disappeared from films because of the lack of good roles, however, made a comeback with the Bollywood movie Badhaai Ho in 2018. She has acted in many international films and is a recipient of the National film award. Neena Gupta, the famous Bollywood actress, and television director also reportedly got married thrice. Neena Gupta - (Amlan Kumar Ghose, Vivian Richards, Vivek Mehra) Devi’s fourth and final marriage was to Pratap Barot, with whom she had a son – Ranjit Barot who is a composer in Bollywood.Ĩ. This marriage too was short and childless. Asif, who was also the first cousin of her second husband. Her third marriage was to the famous film director K. They had a huge age difference of sixteen years and as they belonged to different religions, Sitara Devi being Hindu and Khan being Muslim, she converted to Islam.
Her second marriage was to Nazir Ahmed Khan, Bollywood's famous film director, and actor, who migrated to Pakistan post-partition and also the father-in-law of Nasir Khan (Dilip Kumar’s brother). Sitara Devi, an Indian actress and recipient of several awards appeared in Bollywood movies like Devdas (1935), Holi (1940), Aaj Ka Hindustan (1940), Roti (1942), Phool (1945), and Nagina (1951). About her second marriage, she said that it might have lasted if things wouldn’t have happened the way they happened.Ģ. Once in an interview, Neelima said that the first time she ever experienced grief, sorrow, rejection, and fear of the unknown and a whole lot of anxiety was when her first marriage ended. After finally ending her second marriage with Rajesh Khattar, she found love in her childhood friend Ustad Raza Ali Khan, but this marriage lasted only five years. Later, she married actor Rajesh Khattar and had a son – Ishaan Khattar. In the year 1979, Neelima married actor Pankaj Kapoor and had a son – Shahid Kapoor. Neelima Azeem appeared in Bollywood movies like Sadak (1991), Karm Yodha (1992), Sooryavansham (1999), Ishq Vishk (2003), Dehraadun Diaries (2013), and Lootcase (2020). Talk about Bollywood actress's marriage life and often we get to read of Neelima Azeem, the Indian actress, and mother to actors Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khattar.