10 Bollywood Actors Who Have Redefined Conventions While Becoming a Parent

From adoption to single parenthood, these Bollywood celebs have challenged norms in the best ways possible.

Jun 5, 2019
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Arjun Rampal recently announced his girlfriend Gabriella's pregnancy on Instagram with the message, "Blessed to have you and start all over again.Thank you baby for this baby." By announcing a baby out of wedlock, Arjun has taken a bold step to transform societal taboos and bring about a change in conventional thinking.
Neha and Angad tied the knot in an intimate ceremony last year while Neha was already pregnant. The couple's daughter Mehr is as cute as a button and they seem to be over the moon with happiness.
Sushmita has adopted not one but two beautiful baby girls, and is raising them a single parent. We applaud her for having the courage to go against convention and become inspiration for many other single women.
Neena's affair with Vivian Richards did not end up in marriage as the cricketer choose to stay with his first wife. The actor gave birth to their daughter Masaba Gupta, who is now a leading designer, and raised her as a single parent. She did all this in 1989, a time when such things were not accepted easily in Indian society.
Amrita got married to her boyfriend Shakeel Ladak out of the blue, and it was rumoured that she was already pregnant. They had a baby soon after, and alls well that ends well for the couple who is still happily married and now has two kids.
Konkana gave birth to their baby boy just a few months after the couple got married in 2011. Though she and Ranveer are now divorced, they have shared custody of their son are still the best of friends.
One of the biggest controversies to hit Bollywood, Sridevi was 7 months preggers with Janhvi when Boney Kapoor divorced his wife and married her in 1996. Sridevi openly admitted she was dating a married man and that she was pregnant before marriage, something that was unheard of in that time.
Sarika and Kamal Hassan had a live in relationship, and their first daughter Shruti was born in 1986 when they were still unmarried. They went on to tie the knot, and Sarika gave birth to their second daughter Akshara soon after.
Her marriage to Bobby Mukherjee was a private affair in the year 2006, and sources believe it was a move to support an unplanned pregnancy.
Sunny Leone and her husband Daniel Weber adopted a baby girl Nisha in 2017, and went on to have two children Noah and Asher via surrogacy in 2018.
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