‘Kaliya! He looks like a…’; Meet actor who met his lover on a train, his mother-in-law called him a…, her mother rejected his proposal, he is…
The film industry has seen many couples getting married after a tough negotiation with their parents. We have seen several cases where a mother refuses to give their daughter to an actor. Today, we’re going to tell you about a superstar who fell in love with Miss India while traveling on a train. On the other hand, the daughter’s mother was not willing to marry her daughter to this actor. She called him ‘Kaliya’ (black-skinned) and compared his standards with her beautiful daughter.
The love story of Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Sinha
Today, we are going to tell you about the love story of Bollywood’s finest actor, Shatrughan Sinha, and his wife, Poonam Sinha. For the past 45 years, Shatrughan has been married to his wife Poonam. In a recent conversation with Curly Tails, the veteran actor turned politician revealed how Poonam’s mother didn’t agree to their marriage and called him ‘Kaliya and a rowdy boy.’

How did Shatrughan Sinha meet his wife Poonam?
You’d be surprised to know, Shatrughan Sinha’s love story is nothing less than the chemistry in a film. While travelling from Patna to Pune, Shatrughan Sinha first saw Poonam in a train with his friends. During that time, Shatrughan Sinha was heading to Pune for the first time to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). The two were in the same compartment, struck by her beauty, Shatrughan Sinha defended Poonam while his friends teased her.
When Poonam’s mother was not ready to marry her daughter to Shatrughan Sinha
In the same conversation, Sinha revealed that Poonam’s family initially refused to marry her daughter to Shatrughan. However, Sinha’s family never gave up on the fight. After several years of hard work, Poonam’s family agreed to the marriage.
In an anecdote, Shatrughan Sinha revealed how his elder brother, Ram Sinha, who was a scientist in the United States, first approached Poonam’s family for the matrimony. However, Poonam’s mother, in no time rejected the proposal, and said, “Have you seen your brother’s face? Kaliya! He looks like a fool as well as a street rowdy at the same time. Look at my daughter… she looks like she bathes in milk. Poonam Chandiramani is Miss India. If you were to click a colour photograph of the two of them together, it would still look like black and white. Their pair does not make sense.” Later, Sinha said, “Fortunately, however, they eventually agreed to our union.”
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