Bollywood meets Sports

Sports  have instant connect with  the Bollywood since the very beginning. Apart from sports or sports element forming the integral part of  storyline  of Bollywood’s script, Hindi film Industry has been abuzz with rumor of love affairs between  Bollywood star and  Sports persons. Our very controversial Indian Premier League ( IPL) also has Bollywood connections with Hindi film stars such as Preity Zinta, Shilpa Shetty and Shahrukh Khan  associated with Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knightriders respectively.


A very recent entry in this bollywood meets sports connection is that of Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi who recently got engaged in New York after a courtship of 6 months.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Lara-Mahesh-Bhupathi-engaged/articleshow/6583854.cms


Here are some more examples of how Glamour attracts Glamour-

• Bollywood actress Reena Roy married former Pakistani Test batsman Mohsin Khan, now the national chief selector, in the 1980s. The two later divorced. 

• Former Pakistani captain Imran Khan was linked with Bollywood bombshell Zeenat Aman.

• According to reports cricketer Ravi Shastri was engaged to actress Amrita Singh but the situation changed drastically and the two parted ways forever. 

• One of the greatest all-rounders in cricket Garfield "Gary" Sobers was briefly engaged to actress Anju Mahendru. The actress was then in a relationship with Rajesh Khanna. 

• Actress Amrita Arora dated cricketer Usman Afzal for almost four years but decided to part ways after undergoing a period full of strain. 

• The Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra linkup is being much taled about and the buzz is that the two might soon take their relationship to the next level.

• Former Indian captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was smitten by the charms of Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore and the two married in 1969. 

• Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin married model-turned actress Sangeeta Bijlani. Sangeeta was earlier dating Salman Khan.

• Indian tennis ace Leander Paes had a long relationship with actress Mahima Choudhary, but then things didn't end well. Following his breakup with Mahima, Leander married Rhea Pillai, who was earlier married to Sanjay Dutt.

• Cricketing legend Vivian Richards had a brief affair with actress Neena Gupta, with whom he has a daughter Masaba.

These are only some of the examples.There are many more instances where Bollywood has established a connection with sports. What is intriguing is that these two are the most ardently followed religions of our country and have a tremendous fan following, especially cricket in sports. What is even more interesting is that not even 90% of these relationships have had a happy ending.

A classic case of  "All that glitters is not gold"...don't you think so????


P.S- My best wishes are with Lara and Mahesh Bhupathi  for their marriage and hope they have a successful and happy life together!!!