Being in a relationship is a wonderful feeling, when you have someone to lean on, to look forward to at the end of your day. But Marriage is a big commitment, and sometimes one can know a person only after living with them, and taking a step further. Here are 26 Bollywood Live-in Couples who broke the Society stereotypes :
1. Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha
Ali Fazal and Richa Chadha are one of the most recent Bollywood couples to move-in together. The couple is all set to tie the knot, but due to pandemic, their wedding got a push ahead. And reports has it that Ali and Richa have shifted to their own sea-facing apartment which is away from the city-lights. And according to sources, they will tie the knot next year if the situation becomes better.
2. Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan
When Saif and Kareena’s relationship became public, it was quite surprising and it became a frenzy affair in the Bollywood. They grew closer on the sets of Tashan. And their decision to live together before tying the knot was to explore more about each other. After being in a five-year long Live-in relationship, the couple tied the knot in 2012.
3. Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu
Kunal and Soha have always been very vocal and public about their relationship. So when the couple decided to start living together, it wasn’t a secret. Furthermore the couple admitted that the decision to live-in together changed their relationship in a positive way; that helped them build a stronger bond and formalise their relationship.
4. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao
Aamir and Kiran took their time to find their way around their relationship as Aamir had recently come out of a 16 year long marriage with his first wife Reena Dutta. It didn’t take long for both Aamir and Kiran to realise that they have something special together; but things started getting serious when they moved in together. And after a year and a half of living together, the couple tied the knot, and living happily ever since.
5. Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma
Ranvir and Konkona lived together before they tied the knot. And as rumours have it, Konkana got pregnant before they could get married. And they have challenged societal norms on a number of occasions. Like opting for a simple wedding in her own apartment, and to being open about her separation and divorce to deciding co-parenting their son together, this couple has done it all.
6. Rahul Dev and Mugdha Godse
Rahul Dev made his debut in Bollywood with the movie Champion (2000), was married but he lost his wife of 11 years, Rina to cancer in 2009. Currently he is in a relationship with model and actress, Mugdha Godse. And they have been together for quite sometime now. And reportedly this power couple is in a live-in relationship. Both Rahul and Mugdha prefer to keep their private life on a low profile. The couple is under no pressure to tie the knot, and there are no reports regarding their marriage so far.
7. Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande
Late actor Sushant was in a live-in relationship with his ex-girlfriend Ankita for over 6 years. And fans were eager to see them tie the knot but apparently the duo started facing issues in their relationship. And they called it quits. Once, while talking about his live-in relationship, Sushant was saying, “Yes, I am in a live-in relationship with Ankita and both our parents are okay with our decision as well. I never felt the need to hide my live-in relation.”
8. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
Reportedly, before tying the knot in 2017, the beautiful couple was in a live-in relationship. And Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma made everything crystal clear about their relationship to the world, when during a match Virat blew a flying kiss to Anushka after achieving a milestone.
9. Abhay Deol and Preeti Desai
Abhay Deol is one of the rare actors who has broken the stereotypical bounds in his career, as well as in his personal life. He confessed about his live-in relationship with Preeti Desai, a former Miss Great Britain on a talk show. Although the couple are no longer together, Abhay says that he might never marry. He thinks marriage is a cultural thing, and it’s his personal opinion that nature doesn’t tell someone to get married. He says, “I may or may not get married but I will settle down in a live-in.”
10. Tulip Joshi and Captain Vinod Nair
Actor Tulip Joshi fell in love with Captain Vinod Nair, a life coach and etiquette expert. Although Nair was married for a brief time before he met Tulip, but the couple has been together for the past ten years. They haven’t tied the knot, and on this Tulip confessed, “I feel commitment is more from the heart, a certificate does not count.”
11. John Abraham and Bipasha Basu
John Abraham and Bipasha Basu were couple goals, and were together for a decade, and living together for 9 years. Their breakup came as a shock and it created a lot of buzz in the B-Town. Very few couples in Bollywood openly talked about their live-in relationships, and Bipasha and John were one of those few. Both of them are now happily married to their respective spouses.
12. Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor
Fans were hoping that this beautiful couple would soon tie the knot when they found out that Ranbir and Katrina have moved-in together. But many hearts broke when to everyone’s shock, the couple called quits to their six-year long relationship and parted ways. Although they have moved on in their respective lives, Ranbir is dating Alia Bhatt currently and the duo are in rumours to soon tie the knot.
13. Rajesh Khanna and Anita Advani
Late Legendary actor Rajesh Khanna was in a live-in relationship with Anita Advani. And it is only after his death in 2012, Anita revealed about her alleged relationship with Rajesh Khanna and confirmed her live-in relationship with him. Furthermore Anita revealed that Rajesh wasn’t attached to his wife, Dimple Kapadia or their children Twinkle and Rinkie Khanna. It was only after May 2012, when he fell ill, and Twinkle and Akshay started coming between regular intervals.
14. Sridevi- Boney Kapoor
Late actress Sridevi was accused to be a home-wrecker when she had an affair with the Boney Kapoor, who was already married to Mona Shourie. Sridevi was living with Mona and Boney in their house, and no one had any idea about the affair. It was only after Sridevi got pregnant before marriage, that their relationship came out in the open. Soon after which Boney divorced his first wife to marry Sridevi. And before they tied the knot, Sridevi and Boney were in a live-in relationship.
15. Kalki Koechlin and Anurag Kashyap
Kalki and Anurag Kashyap was yet another couple to who were in a live-in relationship, in the late 2000s. They married in 2011 but soon after, in 2013 they went their separate ways. Anurag admits that losing Kalki was a big loss for him, and the reason behind their separation was his own shortcomings in the relationship.
16. Dev Patel and Freida Pinto
Dev Patel and Freida Pinto looked quite close during the promotions of their film, Slumdog Millionaireand soon after the news of them moving in together started making rounds. This couple gave our country the much-awaited Oscars with their film, and also major relationship goals. After sharing the same roof for over six years, unfortunately the couple parted their ways.
17. Manoj Bajpai and Neha
It is very lesser known fact that Manoj was married when he first came into Bollywood. But he got a divorce later and went on to marry Neha, aka Shabana Raza. They both kept a low profile about their relationship, and according to reports, they lived in together before tying the knot. Bollywood Live-in Couples who broke the Society stereotypes.
18. Kelly Dorja and Lara Dutta
Although the duo never got married, but they were in a Live-in relationship for quite sometime. And Lara is currently married to Mahesh Bhupathi. Bollywood Live-in Couples who broke the Society stereotypes.
19. Vikram Bhatt and Ameesha Patel
Who knew that Ameesha Patel was in a relationship with much older Vikram Bhatt? Not many. The duo broke up due to personal indifferences, but never made the actual reason behind their break up public. They lived together for sometime before calling it quits.
20. Saif Ali Khan and Rosa
After a troubled marriage with Amrita Singh and an ugly divorce in 2004, Saif soon started dating model Rosa, who was new to India. Their relationship was well and fine in the initial stage; but soon things turned bitter when Rosa started feeling that Saif wasn’t ready to put in efforts. And he would get irritated easily and she couldn’t handle his mood swings anymore. The duo separated after being in a live-in relationship for sometime.
21. Kamal Hassan and Sarika
Sarika is the second wife of Kamal Hassan, and the duo started dating whilst Kamal was already married. After the divorce, he started living with Sarika and she gave birth to two daughters before tying the knot. But Kamal and Sarika are not together anymore, and have gotten a divorce. Bollywood Live-in Couples who broke the Society stereotypes.
22. Parmeet Sethi and Archana Puran Singh
The couple got married in 1992, and have been in love throughout. They both say that they know each other inside out and they were in a live-in relationship before getting married.
23. Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh
Although their marriage ended after a 13 year long of togetherness, their marriage faced a lot of issues even before they got married due to their age difference. But they didn’t mind the society and went on to marry. And reports has it that they both lived together before tying the knot.
24. Dharmendra and Hema Malini
Dharmendra was already married when he fell in love with the Bollywood’s “Dreamgirl” Hema Malini. The two were so in love that to tie the knot, Dharmendra wanted a divorce from his wife but she didn’t agree. So the Bollywood couple started living together and later went through religion conversion, Islam to tie the knot of marriage.
25. Raj Babbar and Smita Patil
Raj Babbar was married to Nadeera when he was smitten by Smita Patil. They started living together, and Raj married Smita without divorcing Nadeera, which raised a lot of eyebrows. But later on Smita died due to childbirth complications, and Raj went back to Nadeera after her death. Bollywood Live-in Couples who broke the Society stereotypes.
26. Vikram Bhatt and Sushmita Sen
Vikram Bhatt and Sushmita Sen were in an extra-marital affair that everyone knew about. The two started living together before Vikram divorced his wife, but later he did get a divorce. Furthermore Sushmita and Vikram also separated due to personal differences, on which Vikram says that they were ‘immature’. Currently Sushmita is dating Rohman Shawl, who is a model.
27. Sushmita Sen and Rohman Shawl
Sushmita made her relationship with Rohman Shawl official in 2018. The couple are happy together and living together as well. Rohman says that both her daughters are like his daughters, and he deeply cares for them. They may tie the knot of marriage soon.
28. Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar
After Farhan’s divorce with his wife Adhuna Bhabani, he started dating Shibani Dandekar, who’s a singer and dancer in Bollywood. Although the two are in a live-in relation, no updates on their marriage exists so far.
29. Rajkumar Rao and Patralekha
The talented actor Rajkumar Rao is in a live-in relationship with Patralekha for almost 8 years now. The two don’t talk about tying the knot anytime soon, but hopefully we may get the updates soon. 29 Bollywood Live-in Couples who broke the Society stereotypes.
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