From Hema Malini to AR Rehman, Indian celebs who accepted Islam

Mumbai : Islam is indeed a beautiful religion and it has inspired a number of people all over the world to study and even to convert to it. Even many celebrities have converted from other faiths to Islam. While some did for marrying a certain person, some genuinely did it because of attraction towards the religion.
We all look up to our favourite celebrities and often wonder how strong and impeccable they are. But, we often fail to realise that they have certain interests and choices that they had to forego to reach where they are right now. Some get the desired love of their life easily, and some have to fight for it. There are various instances when our stars have fought frivolous for life, love, and stardom. Some even had to sacrifice their religion and adopt some other religion.
In this article, we have bought you a list of few Indian celebrities who accepted Islam and information on when, where and why they did that.
1. Hema Malini and Dharmendra Bollywood couple, Dharmendra and Hema Malini, converted to Islam in 1979 to be able to get married. Dharmendra was already married to Parkash Kaur when he fell in love with Malini during the shooting of Sholay. Since the Hindu regulations did not allow second marriage, Dharmendra and Hema Malini both converted to Islam and changed their names to Aisha Bi R. Chakravarty and Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishn.
2. Sharmila Tagore The gorgeous actress and the Padma Bhushan awardee Sharmila Tagore, has also converted to Islam. She fell in love with the late cricketer, Mansoor Ali Pataudi, and converted to Islam before marrying him in 1969. She was born a Hindu, but converted her name to Ayesha Begum after her marriage. The couple was blessed with three children – actor Saif Ali Khan , jewellery designer Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan.
3. Amrita Singh Actress Amrita Singh was born in a Sikh-Muslim family.  Amrita, who followed the Sikh religion since birth, converted to Islam just before her marriage to actor Saif Ali Khan who was Muslim by birth. After thirteen years of marriage, they divorced in 2004.