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Monalisa Bhosle, who changeable to nationwide fame aft her quality astatine the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, connected Thursday (March 12, 2026) defended her interfaith matrimony to histrion Farman Khan. The Indore autochthonal besides dismissed allegations of ‘love jihad’ and asserted that neither of them had converted their religion.
Addressing the media successful Thiruvananthapuram, Ms. Bhosle said the determination to wed Mr. Khan was wholly her ain and that she had insisted connected the matrimony contempt archetypal hesitation from him. “My parents wanted maine to wed my ain aunt’s son, but I did not similar that match. I chose to wed him (Mr. Khan),” she said.
She added that her begetter had travelled with her to Kerala, but did not be the ceremonial and was inactive upset astir the decision. “He came present with me, but helium is simply a small aggravated now. We volition effort to person him later,” she said.
Rejects reports of being underage
Mr. Khan, who hails from Baghpat territory successful Uttar Pradesh, rejected claims that circulated successful sections of the media, peculiarly successful bluish India media outlets, that the matrimony progressive spiritual conversion oregon that the bride was underage. “Neither of america has changed our religion. She remains Hindu and I stay Muslim. In love, conversion is not necessary,” helium said.
The mates said the wedding was conducted according to Hindu rituals successful a temple astatine Ms. Bhosle’s request. “I agreed to travel the rituals the mode Monalisa wanted due to the fact that I privation her happiness,” Mr. Khan said, adding that they “respect each religions equally.”
He besides produced documents, including Ms. Bhosle’s Aadhaar paper and commencement certificate, to refute claims that she was a minor. “She is an big and the matrimony was legally registered done the Kerala government’s K-SMART app,” helium said.
According to the couple, the registration process took astir an hr and they besides received certificates from the section temple and the Poovar panchayat.
They said they archetypal met astir six months agone during the ‘muhurat’ ceremonial of a Malayalam movie titled Nagamma, directed by P. Binu Varghese, successful which Mr. Khan plays the pb antagonist portion Ms. Bhosle was formed arsenic the heroine.
‘Overwhelmed by enactment successful Kerala’
The mates said they were overwhelmed by the enactment they received successful Kerala and whitethorn see settling successful the State. “Kerala is precise bully and the radical present are precise supportive. If Monalisa likes it here, we whitethorn proceed to stay,” Mr. Khan said.
They besides thanked respective governmental leaders and guests who attended the wedding, including Kerala General Education Minister V. Sivankutty, CPI(M) State caput M.V. Govindan and CPI(M) territory caput A.A. Rahim, MP, for their beingness and blessings astatine the ceremony.
