What has greater clout than a single Bollywood celebrity? A wasta-filled partnership between two people. Our world has been influenced and is indeed still being influenced in many ways that some of us may admit by these superstars gods and goddesses of the silver screen. So, from long-standing couples to fresh loves, we've compiled a list of the ten most powerful couples in Indian cinema.
1. Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan
Many Bollywood marriages fail to last the test of time, but not Shah Rukh and Gauri's: they've been married since 1991 (they met in 1984) and, despite the odd claim that they live different lives, they look to be going strong.
He is undoubtedly the most famous Bollywood star of all time, while she is a key interior designer in Mumbai high society. They're also an interfaith couple (he's Muslim and she's Hindu), and they met before any of them became famous, so theirs appears to be a genuine love match. The couple has three children together, and their offspring are supposed to be the next big thing, according to all accounts.
2. Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor
This couple is formidable when they work together, but they are also Bollywood royalty in their own right. Kareena's family is known as "Bollywood's first family," with her great-grandfather Prithvi Raj Kapoor being a well-known actor in the 1930s and 1970s. On his part, Saif descends from a royal family (his famous cricketer father, Mansoor Ali Khan, was the Nawab of Pataudi) and his mother, Sharmila Tagore of Aradhana fame.
Saif and Kareena have been together in several high-profile films and advertisements, but their own love story took a long time to develop. After a five-year romance, Saif, 48, married Amrita Singh, 60, in 2012.
3. Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone
Ranveer and Deepika have kept their romance private, but they look to have been dating for roughly five years. While both performers are well-known in their own right, they truly shine in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's historical epics. Some of Bollywood's most recent hits are Ram-Leela (2013), Baijrao Mastani (2015), and Padmaavat this year.
4. Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
What else does India adore like Bollywood? Cricket. Because he is the captain of the Indian cricket team and she is recognized for taking on gritty and realistic roles, Virat and Anushka are ranked fourth in our rankings.
The couple met in 2013 while filming a commercial for Head and Shoulders and married in 2017. They also support one another: when India loses a cricket match and Anushka is in the crowd, the public generally blames her. Virat, on the other hand, is always by her side, defending her irrational theory.
5. Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna
Akshay Kumar has been engaged several times, but only with Twinkle, an actress turned novelist and interior designer, has he made it all the way. The couple is parents to two children and keeps their personal lives discreet. Twinkle's father, Rajesh Khanna, is one of Bollywood's most well-known performers, and her mother, Dimple Kapadia, is an A-list actress who still acts to this very day.
6. Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai
They may not be the most well-known Bollywood power couple in India, but they are perhaps the most well-known internationally, having walked the Cannes red carpet together and driven around with Oprah Winfrey during her visit to India. In addition, Aishwarya has a global following after winning Miss World in 1994 and being dubbed "the world's most beautiful lady." With his father, the still-prolific Amitabh Bachchan, and his mother, the renowned Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan's family is pure Bollywood royalty.
7. Kajol and Ajay Devgn
This couple has been together since 1994 and married in 1999, making them one of the more well-known couples on this list. His father is a well-known action director, and her mother is an actress, with her grandmother being the well-known Shobhna. They've worked on some projects together, some of which were successes and others which were failures, and they're notorious for keeping their personal lives private and never 'airing their dirty laundry.'
8. Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao
Before the announcement of their divorce earlier this year; Amir Khan and Kiran Rao were considered as one of the most cerebral couples in Bollywood and Indian Society. The couple who met in 2001, on the set of the Oscar-nominated film Lagaan, are both vegetarians who are also political activists. Azad Rao Khan, who was born in 2011, is their only child together.
9. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt
Although he dated Deepika Padukone and Katrina Kaif, this is Ranbir's first high-profile romance. Deepika had his initials tattooed on her neck as well (which she has since lasered off).
While they are both new to the industry, Ranbir and Alia are the most in-demand actors in Mumbai right now.
10. Shahid Kapoor and Mira Kapoor
Mira is Shahid's 13-year-younger than he is, and the two met through their shared faith, Radha Soami Satsang Beas. Their families orchestrated their wedding, which is uncommon in Bollywood. They already have two children together, and she is from a prominent New Delhi business family, whereas his parents and step-parents are all well-known performers. Mira isn't an actor yet, but she's rumoured to be making her Bollywood debut soon.
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