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How true is the allegation of love jihad against Aamir Khan?
Samira Vishwas | July 13, 2026 3:24 PM CST

After Aamir Khan’s third marriage, he has been continuously accused of love jihad. He is being trolled on social media. Maharashtra government minister Nitish Rane had also made controversial remarks regarding Aamir Khan’s third marriage. He had raised the question whether this marriage should be seen as an example of ‘Love Jihad’. However, he also said that it is not his matter who attends someone’s wedding, but the Hindu society, especially the youth, must think about who they are considering as their role models.

During a conversation with the media, Nitish Rane had said that celebrities are not limited to the world of entertainment only, but their personal decisions also impact the society. According to him, Hindu youth should consider which celebrities they are taking inspiration from and how much support they should give them. Meanwhile, Rane had described Aamir Khan as the “brand ambassador” of ‘Love Jihad’ and said that the Hindu youth watching his films should take a careful decision before supporting such people.

Why are questions being raised on Aamir Khan?

Actually, Aamir Khan has married a total of three times. His first marriage was with Reena Dutta in 1986. Their relationship went well and they got divorced in 2002. ‘

After this, Kiran Rao came into his life and both of them got married in 2005, but this relationship ended in 2021. Both of them divorced each other with mutual consent.

Who is Gauri Spratt?

Now Gauri Spratt has entered Aamir Khan’s life. Since then, many people have been continuously accusing him of love jihad. Let us tell such people that Gauri Spratt is a Christian. Gauri’s father’s name is Robert Spratt who was British and mother Rita Spratt who is Punjabi Irish and runs a salon in Bangalore. Gauri Spratt is 47 years old and is a successful businesswoman, and has been married before and is the mother of a child.

The special thing is that Aamir Khan never pressurized neither Kiran nor Reena Dutta to change their religion. Both use their own names. Aamir has clearly said this in many interviews. In such a situation, how correct is it to accuse him of love jihad? Now he is also married to Gauri Spratt through Special Marriage Act.

Did Aamir Khan’s daughter and sisters marry a Hindu?

Aamir Khan’s daughter Ayra Khan has married Hindu youth Nupur Shikhare. He says that this marriage was a registered marriage under the Special Marriage Act and there was no religious conversion in it. Aamir Khan’s sister Nikhat is married to Santosh Hegde and his other sister Farhat is married to Rajeev Dutta, who is a Hindu.

Have other actors in Bollywood married many times?

Many other Bollywood actors have married three or more. Kishore Kumar had married four times, Sanjay Dutt had married three and Dharmendra had also married two.

How many examples of interfaith marriage in Bollywood?

Apart from this, Shahrukh Khan is married to Gauri Khan and Gauri still follows her religion. Along with this, there are examples of interfaith marriages in Bollywood like Sunil Dutt-Nargis, Sharmila Tagore-Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Kishore Kumar-Madhubala.

What questions were raised about Aamir Khan’s children?

Aamir Khan is also often trolled on the names of his children. In an old interview, Aamir Khan had told that the name of his daughter Ira was taken by his first wife Reena Dutta from Maneka Gandhi’s book ‘The Penguin Book of Hindu Names’. It was also said in the video that the name Ira was said to be to ‘Iravati’, a name of Mother Saraswati. Along with this, her son Junaid was named by Reena herself, Aamir Khan had no interference in this.

Azad Rao Khan is his second daughter from Kiran. He was named in honor of India’s great freedom fighter Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Azad was also to Aamir Khan’s family and was his great-grandfather’s brother (great-grand uncle). The son was named ‘Azad’ remembering his contribution to the Indian independence movement.


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