NB In List | Parineeti Chopra, Raghav Chadha gets engaged; 4 actors who married politician

Actor Parineeti Chopra got engaged to Aam Adami Party leader Raghav Chadha in Delhi on Saturday. Parineeti posted several pictures on Instagram to announce the news. This is the first time that either Parineeti or Raghav has acknowledged the relationship. “Everything I prayed for .. I said yes! 💍,” she wrote in the caption. Both Parineeti and Raghav wore white, and the last picture in her post was a close-up of their hands, intertwined.

 

 

 

 

Their engagement ceremony was attended by Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Priyanka Chopra, Manish Malhotra, Derek O’Brien, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and many others from the world of entertainment and politics.

 

The couple sparked dating rumors after they were photographed outside a few restaurants in Mumbai. While they did not make any statements about their relationship, they were clicked in Mohali while attending an IPL match which confirmed the rumours about their relationship. Parineeti and Raghav were both seen blushing, as they waved to their fans.

 

 

While most actresses in India, tend to tie the knot with fellow actors or directors/producers, some drift to people from other occupations such as cricketers and businessman, etc. It is unlikely where actors marry politicians because in India, most mainstream actresses tend to shy away from publicly affiliating themselves with any political party to avoid controveries that erupts frequently when ypu are a poltician.

 

However, top actors have wed politicians over the years. Here we have compiled a list of actors who married politician:

 

 

 

 

The actress, known for films such as ‘Dor’, ‘Socha Na Tha’ and ‘Wanted’ got hitched to her longtime boyfriend Farhan Azmi in 2009, at the age of 23. Farhan is the son of a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, Abu Asim Azmi. He later joined the youth wing of the Samajwadi Party.

 

 

 

 

Remember the couple involved in the Hanuman Chalisa contraversy happened in Maharashtra? Navneet Kaur, a popular face in the Telugu film industry, took a break from acting, before tying the knot with MLA Ravi Rana at a mass marriage ceremony in 2011. The couple has two children.

 

 

 

Radhika Kumaraswamy, (also known as Kutty Radhika in Tollywood) marriage with HD Kumaraswamy, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, in 2006 had sent shockwaves in the Kannada film industry. They have a daughter named Shamika. After her marriage, she has been away from the acting.

 

 

The so-called actress and more of a liberal announced her marriage to Fahad Ahmad on February 16, on her social media handles. Ahmad is a political "activist" and the State President of the Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, the youth wing of the Samajwadi Party.