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From Karisma Kapoor to Rekha: Actresses who stayed single after separation

TOI Entertainment Desk
| ETimes.in | Last updated on - Aug 30, 2025, 15:00 IST
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Amrita Singh

In 1991 Amrita married Saif Ali Khan and divorced him in 2004. Amrita did not remarry instead she focused all of her time on raising and nurturing her children, Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan (and returning to acting from time to time).

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Chitrangda Singh

Chitrangda married golfer Jyoti Randhawa in 2001 but separated in 2014. Chitrangda has kept busy with films and at the same time been a mother, but has yet to remarry.

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Karisma Kapoor

Simplicity and great fortune have given us one of the most delightful artists of the 90s with Karisma Kapoor. Married to businessman Sunjay Kapur in 2003, Karisma had a rocky relationship and separated from Sunjay in 2016. Since the divorce she is not married and has focused on her two kids: Samaira and Kiaan, and acted in selective Bollywood, OTT projects.

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Mahima Chaudhry

Most remembered for her debut in 'Pardes', Mahima married architect Bobby Mukherjee in 2006. After separating, Mahima decided to stay single and raised her daughter, Ariana, as a single mother while making a return to acting.

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Manisha Koirala

Manisha is another actress who had an acclaimed career along with many personal crises. She was married to Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal in 2010, divorced in 2012. Manisha has been a single woman since divorce and in that time has thought deeply about her health, completed a few writing projects, involved herself in motivational speaking engagements, all this after battling cancer.

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Pooja Bhatt

Pooja married VJ and restaurant owner Manish Makhija in 2003, but two decided to separate amicably in 2014. Since then, she has not remarried and has remained focused on her filmmaking and acting while being a vocal advocate for women's empowerment.

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Rekha

The eternal diva, married businessman Mukesh Aggarwal who was based in Delhi, in 1990. Tragically, Aggarwal died from suicide in 1991. Since then, Rekha has never remarried and remains an enigmatic, eternal figure in Indian cinema.

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