From Helen Luke to Shraddha Nigam: The Low-Key First Wives of Bollywood’s Popular Actors
Bollywood’s Ex-wives: Many actors have tied the knot more than once in their pursuit of finding eternal love. From the likes of Dharmendra to Aamir Khan, Bollywood actors have been vocal about their separations, and maintain cordial ties with their separated partners.
Still, some broken marriages of popular superstars waved away their first wives into oblivion post divorces. Helen Luke, late ex-wife of Mithun Chakraborty to Shraddha Nigam, first wife of Karan Singh Grover was among the few who remained unsung in the media limelight once they opted for a low-key domestication.
Helen Luke
Mithun Chakraborty’s first wife Helen Luke recently passed away in the US. Despite being a popular Hindi film actress best known for her role in Amitabh Bachchan’s Mard, she lived a low-key life in the US. She has been suffering from an unknown illness as per reports, and also consulted doctors for the same.
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— Punjabi Mania (@punjabi_mania) November 4, 2024
Helen and Mithun married in 1979 when she was just 21 but the marriage did not last more than four months, after which the two decided to part ways.
After quitting Bollywood, Helen worked as an Air Hostess for Delta Airlines.
Meghna Narayana
Siddharth recently got married to Aditi Rai Hydari. Previously, he had married her sweetheart neighbor from Delhi in the same year of his Tamil debut in 2003. The growing proximity between Siddharth and Soha Ali Khan during the shooting of ‘Rang De Basanti’ seeded a rift in their relationship, and finally, the marriage came to an end in 2007.
Meghna then opted to live a private life.
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Richa Sharma
Sanjay Dutt’s infamous romantic affairs with more than 300 women became public knowledge after his biopic Sanju. Dutt also married thrice. His first wife Richa Sharma Dutt has worked in seven Bollywood movies and her debut ‘Hum Naujawan’ was alongside superstar Dev Anand in 1985.
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In what was love at first sight, Dutt and Sharma tied the knot in 1987, and had a daughter Trishla the next year. The happy days ended soon for them too when cracks emerged in their marriage.
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Sharma succumbed to brain cancer on 10 December 1996. He then married Rhea Pillai in 1998 with the marriage lasting till 2008. He is currently married to Maanyata Dutt.
Shraddha Nigam
Karan Singh Grover’s first wife Shraddha Nigam is an Indian actress who majorly worked in Hindi television. The two got married in 2008 but separated only after 8 years of marriage.
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In 2012, Grover married Jennifer Winget but their marriage did not last either
Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover made headlines when the two exchanged vows on 30 April 2016.
