Sonakshi
Sinha
and
Zaheer
Iqbal
on
their
wedding
day.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Sonakshi
Sinha/Instagram
When
Sonakshi
Sinha
got
married
to
Zaheer
Iqbal
on
June
23,
2024,
eyebrows
were
raised
as
her
brothers,
Luv
and
Kush
Sinha,
did
not
attend.
Her
parents,
Shatrughan
and
Poonam
Sinha
and
Poonam,
were
there
though,
with
her
proud
daddy
promising
his
unwavering
support.
Sonakshi’s
intercaste
marriage
elicited
all
kinds
of
reactions,
including
rumours
that
the
actor
had
changed
her
religion.
In
an
interview
with Hauterrfly recently,
Sonakshi
clears
the
air.
Sonakshi
says
religion
has
never
been
issue
for
her
or
her
longtime
boyfriend,
Zaheer.
‘Zaheer
and
I
weren’t
really
paying
attention
to
religion.
We
were
two
people
who
loved
each
other
and
wanted
to
get
married
to
each
other. He
is
not
enforcing
his
religion
on
me
and
I
am
not
enforcing
my
religion
on
him.
This
wasn’t
even
a
discussion,’
Sonakshi
said
in
the
interview.
‘We
appreciate
and
understand
each
other’s
cultures.
They
follow
certain
traditions
at
their
house;
I
follow
certain
traditions
at
my
house.
He
participates
in
my
Diwali
puja and
I
participate
in
his
niyaaz
(food
offering
given
to
devotees
after
prayer). I
respect
them
(her
husband
and
his
family)
and
their
culture
and
they
respect
me
and
my
culture.
‘Under
the
circumstances,
the
best
way
to
get
married
was
the
Special
Marriage
Act,
where
I,
as
a
Hindu
woman,
do
not
need
to
change
my
religion,
and
he,
as
a
Muslim
man,
can
remain
a
Muslim
man.
And
two
people
share
a
beautiful
bond
of
marriage.
It’s
as
simple
as
that.
‘I
was
never
asked,
‘Are
you
going
to
convert?’
We
love
each
other
and
we’re
getting
married,’
she
adds.
