When Saif Ali Khan revealed Sharmila Tagore was hurt upon learning about his first marriage to Amrita Singh: ‘A big tear fell out…’ |

Bollywood’s beloved Nawab, Saif Ali Khan stays in the headlines not only for his movies but also for his personal life. In 1991, Saif Ali Khan married Amrita Singh, a beautiful actress who was older than him. If you think the age gap between spouses becomes a topic of gossip instantly today, imagine how it would have been back in the late 90s. However, what the world says never mattered to Saif. Nevertheless, the news of his first marriage surprised all, including his mother, the veteran actress Sharmila Tagore.
During an appearance on Karan Johar’s famous talk show, Saif Ali Khan and Sharmila Tagore revealed how the latter reacted as she got the news of the ‘Devra’ actor’s marriage to Amrita Singh.
“He said, ‘I have something to tell you,’ and then he told me. I don’t know what I was doing, but I was quiet, and he says, ‘Amma, your colour is changing, you are looking different.’ I said, ‘Well okay, we will talk about it later, not now’. After he left, I rang Tiger and told him. There was also a long silence there. We left it at that and then I said, ‘I would like to meet her,’” narrated Sharmila Tagore.
Weighing in on her story, Saif Ali Khan shared, “She was supportive when I did it. She told me, ‘I believe you are living with someone and you are doing some things’. I said yes. And she said, ‘Just don’t get married’. And I said, ‘I got married yesterday’, and a big tear fell out of her eye and she started crying and I felt I really hurt her. And she said, ‘You really hurt me, why didn’t you tell me?’ That’s actually what happened.”
To this Sharmila Tagore said “We had tea or something, we chatted, I liked her, but still, quite shocked,”
Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh parted ways in 2004; they have two children – Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan. Years later, Saif found love in Kareena Kapoor, and the two tied the knot. Saif and Kareena have two boys – Jeh and Tamiur.