21 Real Life Controversial Love Triangles In Bollywood

Love triangle in Bollywood has always created havoc in many relationships. Even the best of the best have been involved in such cases. The tinsel town has always been in limelight for its controversies, patch-ups and breakups are part and parcel of celebrities life. While some of the stars have been able to find their love of life, there are others whose relationships ended on a bad side.

Looking at all the years gone, we bring you the 21 real life love triangle stories in Bollywood:

1. Rekha – Amitabh Bachchan – Jaya Bhaduri

Everyone is  aware of Amitabh and Rekha’s Love story. They seemed to fall in love with each other on the sets of Do Anjaane and were heard to part their ways until Silsila. Even after Amitabh Jaya got married to each other, it was a rumour that Amitabh and Rekha married each other secretly as she was seen wearing Sindoor & Mangalsutra at Rishi-Neetu Kapoor’s wedding.

2. Katrina Kaif – Ranbir Kapoor – Deepika Padukone

Ranbir and Deepika were the most talked about topic of the industry. It was a heart-breaking news, when it came out that they are not together. Deepika claimed that Ranbir cheated on her by dating Katrina. On the contrary, Ranbir claimed that she had done the same. Deepika is currently dating Ranveer Singh as of now.

3. Shahid Kapoor – Kareena Kapoor – Saif Ali Khan

Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor were almost going to fall together, but their relationship came to an end. Kareena was found to spend more and more time with Saif, and later married him. Shahid is also happy with Meera Rajput.

4. Harman Baweja – Priyanka Chopra – Shahid Kapoor

Harman Baweja and Priyanka fell for each other on the sets of Love Story 2050, soon the film released, and with the downfall of the film their relationship also had a fall. She was later rumoured to date Shahid on the sets of Kaminey, which also ended soon.

5. Sussanne Khan – Hrithik Roshan – Barbara Mori

Hritik and Sussanne always seemed to be too much in love. They knew each other since childhood and hence everybody was not shocked as they married each other in 2000. Later it came under the lights, that Hritik came very close to Barbara Mori on the sets of Kites. The couple also put the rumours to rest at that time. But Hritik and Sussanne relationship could not sustain and they got divorced in 2014 after a 17 year of married life.

6. Abhishek Bachchan – Karisma Kapoor – Sunjay Kapur

Abhishek and Karisma got engaged to each other. Their marriage would have been a grand festival in Bollywood, but sourness entered in heir relationship, and they broke their engagement under mysterious circumstances. Later Karisma married industrialist Sunjay Kapur with whom she has two children. However, Sunjay and Karisma are also not together now.

7. Salman Khan – Aishwarya Rai – Vivek Oberoi

Aishwarya and Salman have been the most talked about couple of ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ days, but their relationship ended in a brutal way when Salman was accused by Aishwarya for physically and mentally abusing her. After that incident Aishwarya had resorted to Vivek Oberoi’s sympathy during the shoot of ‘Kyun? Ho Gaya Na’ but their relationship did not lasted long.

8. Zarina Wahab – Aditya Pancholi – Kangana Ranaut

Aditya Pancholi was already married to Zarina Wahab when Kangana fell in love with him. Kangana was struggling actor then. Even after Aditya being a father he could not stop himself falling for Kangana. However, then the news of physical abuse broke out and their relationship didn’t survived and both parted their ways.

9. Dino Morea – Bipasha Basu – John Abraham

It is always said that Bipasha has always kept her relationship transparent and taken care of. She was in relationship with Dino for a long time. But later they broke up and she started dating her ‘Jism’ co-star John with whom also she couldn’t take it forward and married Karan Singh Grover recently. Dino & Bipasha still seem to be good friends.

10. Shilpa Shetty – Akshay Kumar – Twinkle Khanna

Shilpa fell for Akshay Kumari on the shoots of ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’, soon rumours were that both of them have started dating each her.Then it was in news that Akshay was also with Shilpa and her long time best friend Twinkle Khanna. This ended in Shilpa breaking up with Akshay and he ended up marrying Twinkle Khanna.

11. Zarine Katrak – Sanjay Khan – Zeenat Aman

Zarine and Sanjay had a beautiful beginning of their love story. Zarine gave up her modeling career to be with Sanjay. Later when Zarine was expecting her third child rumours started pouring in that Sanjay was having an affair with his Abdullah co-star, Zeenat Aman. It is believed they even had a secret nikaah. Later everything ended between Sanjay and Zeenat.

12. Salman Khan – Katrina Kaif – Ranbir Kapoor

It is said that Salman was a very big reason behine Katina Kaif’s success in Bollywood. At that time Katrina was dating Salman. Later on the sets of Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani, Ranbir and Katrina’s romance kindled. There were talks that, the two broke up with their respective partners and started dating each other officially. However nobody knows the current status of their relationships.

 

13. Vani Ganpathy – Kamal Haasan – Sarika

Kamaal Haasan is known to be involved with 5 actresses. He has been liberal with his relationships and never has hidden anything from the media. His first marriage was with the South Indian classical dancer Vani Ganpathy. They broke their marriage after being ten years in a relationship, reason with Kamaal’s romantic interest in Sarika. Before getting married with Kamaal, Sarika gave birth to two daughters, later on due to societal pressure they got married to each other. After 16 years they decided to part their ways, as Kamaal got involved with another young actress Simran.

14. Nadeera Zahir – Raj Babbar – Smita Patil

Being in the same National School of Drama, Raj & Nadeers after dating for a short period got married to each other. They were also blessed with kids. Raj and Smita met on the sets of Satish Misra’s film Bheegi Palken, and their relationship built from thereon, even though he was married with kids at that point. He divorced Nadeera to marry Smita. When Smita passed away in 1986 due to childbirth-related complications, Raj went back to his wife Nadeera.

15. Yogita Bali – Mithun Chakraborty – Sridevi

It was gossip of the 1980s that Sridevi and Mithun had secretly tied the knot. At that time Mithun was already married to actress, Yogita Bali. But, when Sridevi realised that Mithun would never leave his wife and publicly accept her, she decided to move on. Later Sridevi married Boney Kapoor.

 

16. Mona Shourie – Boney Kapoor – Sridevi

Mona and Boney lived very happily together, they were blessed with two kids Arjun & Anshula. Mona gave shelter to Sridevi in her house, but she was unaware of Boney and Sridevi’s brewing relationship. Media came to know about them when Sridevi was pregnant with her first child. Later Boney Kapoor left Mona to live with Sridevi.

17. Poonam Chandiramani – Shatrughan Sinha – Reena Roy

Shatrughan Sinha and Reena Roy were the most talked about couple of their time. They were a super hit both on-screen & off-screen. They grew fond of each other, even after knowing that Sharughan was married to Poonam, Reena wanted to get involved with him, to which Sharughan denied and Reena moved on , as no option was left with her.

18. Geeta Roy – Guru Dutt – Waheeda Rehman

Everything was fine in Guru Dutt and Geeta Roy’s marriage until the actor met Waheeda Rehman and launched her Hindi film career with CID. The growing coziness with the actress brought tensions in his marital life. As a result, Guru Dutt and Geeta Roy eventually separated.

19. Prakash Kaur – Dharmendra –Hema Malini

The “He-Man” of Bollywood Dharmendra fell deeply in love with Dram Girl Hema Malini on the sets of Tum Haseen Main Jawaan. Even though he was married to Prakash Kaur at that time and they had two sons. Later when Hema Malini finally said yes to his proposal and married him. Both actors converted to Islam before marrying each other, since Dharmendra’s first wife refused to divorce him.

20. Krishna Kapoor – Raj Kapoor – Nargis

The Charlie Chaplin of Indian Cinema Raj Kapoor was married to Krishna Kapoor when he fell in love with Nargis on the Sets Of Andaz in 1949. But, their romance soon bit the dust when the actor refused to leave his wife for Nargis. The heart-broken Nargis then left him, and later married Sunil Dutt.

21. Honey Irani – Javed Akhtar – Shabana Azmi

Shabana entered in Javed Akhtar’s life when he was married to Honey Irani and had two kids. Javed went on to divorce Honey Irani and marry Shabana. Although, Shabana’s parents were against their marriage, they went ahead and tied the knot to carry forward their love.