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Age Is Just A Number: Celebs Who Married Younger Men

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men

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Is the 13 year age gap between Shahid Kapoor and his wife Mira really a talking point? It’s time to free your mind, because here are celebs who chose to marry men much younger to them.

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Nargis - Sunil Dutt

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Sunil Dutt & Nargis Dutt with son Sanjay Dutt (Photo: Twitter/@Babageema)

This is a romance to remember. Nargis played Sunil Dutt’s mother in Mother India and their started a love story began after Dutt rescued the actress from a fire which broke out on the sets of the film. Nargis was reportedly a year older to Sunil Dutt, which was a big deal back in the 1950s.

Aishwarya Rai - Abhishek Bachchan

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Abhishek & Aishwarya at Tirupati right after their wedding on 20th April 2007 (Photo: Reuters)

She is one of the most beautiful women in the world and he belongs to Bollywood royalty - a match made in heaven. Though not many may think so going by the “men should marry women younger than them” paradigm. Aishwarya Rai is 2 years older than Bachchan junior.

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Adhuna - Farhan Akhtar

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Farhan Akhtar with wife Adhuna Akhtar (Photo: Twitter/@FarOutAkhtar)

Does she look even a day older to him? Well, Adhuna is actually 6 years older to Farhan. The still very much together and in love Adhuna and Farhan Akhtar met much before Dil Chahta Hai happened and after dating for 3 years the two got married in 2000.

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Farah Khan - Shirish Kunder

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Shirish Kunder and wife Farah Khan (Photo: Twitter/@ShirishKunder)

She directs, he edits or he directs, she choreographs - the Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder jodi is total filmi. Their passion for cinema got them together. Farah and Shirish didn’t make a big deal about their religious or age difference (she is 8 years older to him).

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Mehr Jesia - Arjun Rampal

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Arjun Rampal and wife Mehr Jesia (Photo: Twitter/@rampalarjun)

They are one of the hottest couples in B-town. Both these supermodels turned lovers and then got married in 1998. Arjun Rampal is two years younger than his wife Mehr Jesia.

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Archana Puran Singh - Parmeet Sethi

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Parmeet Sethi with wife Archana Puran Singh (Photo: Twitter/@parmeetsethi)

Archana had been out of a bad marriage before she met Parmeet, but sparks flew and the couple lived in for 4 years before finally getting married in 1992. The fact that she was 6 years senior to him never came in the way.

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Amrita Singh - Saif Ali Khan

You think the age gap between Shahid Kapoor & Mira is an issue? Take a look at these celebs who married younger men
Saif with his kids and Amrita Singh in a still from her film

Amrita was already a big star when she got married to Saif Ali Khan who was still trying to make his mark in the industry. Saif was 12 years Amrita’s junior when the two tied the knot in October 1991. After 13 years and two kids the couple divorced in 2004.

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