Celebrities marriage for publicity

Marriage is considered to be an important part of life. Thus, while making wedding decisions, people think twice. However, things are a little different in the entertainment industry.

Celebrities hide a lot of secrets, especially about their relationship status. Some announce their engagement, but not wedding date, few surprise their fans with their wedding news and few of them even announce their relationship status or get get married just to gain public attention.

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Here is the list of TV stars who faked their relationship for publicity, have a look:

1. Anoop Jalota and Jasleen Matharu

Recently, some pictures of Bhajan and Ghazal Samrat Anoop Jalota went viral in which he was seen married to Jasleen Matharu. It became the talk of the town with people claiming that both the stars have taken wedding vows. Later, Anoop himself clarified that the pictures were from his upcoming film.

This is known to all that Anoop and Jasleen raised eyebrows during their stint at Bigg Boss house. They entered the house as a couple and later stated that it was merely a publicity stunt. Anoop went on to say that Jasleen is just his disciple.

Anoop Jalota and Jasleen Matharu
Jasleen Matharu/Instagram

2. Neha Kakkar

Singer Neha Kakkar is reportedly getting married to Rohanpreet Singh in the coming days. However, nothing is confirmed as of now.

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Neha Kakkar/Instagram

Last year, Aditya Narayan son of legendary singer Udit Narayan and Neha’s affair was making headlines. It was also being said that they were planning to get married. But, this was the plan of Indian Idol makers to get good TRP ratings for the show. In fact, parents of both the stars also graced the show Later, Udit Narayan confirmed that it was just for the publicity.

neha kakkar and aditya narayan
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3. Rakhi Sawant Swayamvar

Rakhi had a Swayamvar and the reality show Rakhi Ka Swayamwar was aired in the year 2009 on the TV channel NDTV Imagine. She chose NRI businessman Elesh Parujanwala as her life partner and got engaged to him. Later, she broke the engagement few months after the show ended.

Rakhi Sawant Elesh Swayamvar Parujanwala
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4. Ali Merchant and Sara Khan

We all know that most of the things in Bigg Boss happen to get good TRP. In the fourth season, Ali Merchant and Sara Khan took wedding vows inside the house. They broke up within a month after coming out of the house. Reports stated that both the stars got 50 lakh rupees to get married on the show and thus, it was just to get into the limelight.

Ali Merchant and Sara Khan Bigg Boss
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5. Ratan Rajput Swayamvar

Swayamvar Season 3, introduced as Ratan Ka Rishta on Imagine TV. Ratan Rajput had to choose her life partner between 15 contestants and she finally got engaged to Abhinav Sharma, who hails from Uttranchal and professionally is a Software Engineer. After a few months, it was said that she did this just for the publicity.

ratan rajput abhinav sharma Swayamvar
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Anuradha Shrivastava has done Post Graduation in Mass Communication and Journalism from a prestigious university. With over 8 years of experience in content writing, she has worked with some of the top media organisations of the country. She likes to keep herself up-to-date with all that's happening in the world of Entertainment, which is why she started covering entertainment news. When she is not working, you'll probably catch her watching movies.