Wednesday 2 April 2014

Fool's paradise: When Bollywood stars tried to fool fans

Fool's paradise: When Bollywood stars tried to fool fans
Sridevi, Juhi and Rekha tried to conceal the news of their marriage
On April Fools' Day, we chuckle as we recollect a few incidents when stars tried pulling a fast one on the world and even succeeded only till we got smarter.

Married? Never

It is said that veteran actress Shyama fell in love and married her director Fali Mistry in 1953. But Shyama was so worried about her career getting affected because of her marital status, that she hid her marriage for hold your breath - 10 full years! It was only when she got pregnant with her first son Farooq, was she forced to tell the world about her marriage.

Juhi Chawla

Juhi Chawla used the same trick in 1997 when she secretly married businessman Jai Mehta. However, she continued denying any relationship and is said to have even referred to her husband as "just a good friend". It was only when she got pregnant with her daughter did she reluctantly talk about being married to the man. Later, Juhi confessed that she did it to save her career as she was sure that offers would start dwindling after marriage. After her, Mahima Chaudhury and a few others tried hiding their marriage unsuccessfully.

Sridevi

For Sridevi, career was not the only issue. Her 'husband' Boney Kapoor was still married to Mona. So Sri went on denying the relationship till her baby bump started showing. She is said to have later tried covering up the deceit by saying she herself was not aware of being pregnant. Eventually the couple had no choice but to admit to the relationship. Now deceased Mona had then confessed that the fact that the news of Sri carrying her husband's child had come as a bolt from the blue for her. At that point, she had said, "There was nothing left in the relationship to give it a chance because Sridevi was already with a child."

Rekha

While these actresses later confessed about their deceit, actress Rekha is still hanging on to her version of the story that she was never married to actor Vinod Mehra.

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