Sachin- Shilpa relationship speculations
Sachin- Shilpa relationship speculations
Notedly, Bollywood and cricket have often intersected headlining and speculations alike. One such speculation pertains to a supposed romance Sachin Tendulkar and Shilpa Shirodkar. But, both firmly deny it.
Over the years, Bollywood’s long-standing fascination with cricket has generated numerous headlines, including cricket players getting married to Bollywood actresses and highly publicised romances that ended in divorce.
The frequently cited rumour that cricket great Sachin Tendulkar was once romantically involved with actress Shilpa Shirodkar from the 1990s is one of the more bizarre stories.
While, the story has occasionally cropped up again, both sides have been explicit in their responses to the rumours. Now, Shilpa is married to UK-based banker Aparesh Ranjit in 2000, while Sachin later married Anjali Tendulkar, with whom he has two children.
In an earlier interview Shilpa Shirodkar threw light on how her name figured as being associated with Sachin Tendulkar. The actress recalled first meeting the cricket icon amidst the making of her 1991 film “Hum”.
Their introduction came through a family connect— her cousin and Sachin played cricket together in Bandra East. She shared that Sachin was already in a bond with Anjali at that time around something their circle of friends was aware of, though it was not to public knowledge.
In Shilpa’s own words, “When she was doing Hum, she had met Sachin for the first time, because her cousin brother was residing in the same area where Sachin was residing.
Sachin and her cousin brother used to play cricket together in Bandra East. So, that’s how she caught up with met Sachin. And Sachin was already seeing Anjali at that time, which was not revealed to anybody. They all knew because they were friends. Because an actress is meeting a cricketer and he was Sachin Tendulkar, it became easy for people to say, aree….
Sachin, on his part, also publicly dismissed the rumours. In an old interview when asked about the “stupidest” thing he had ever heard about himself, he pointed directly to the supposed affair with Shilpa Shirodkar. He firmly denied knowing her personally, let alone being in a relationship.
He said, that Shilpa Shirodkar and he (Sachin) were having an affair. Because we don’t even know each other at all.
Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali Tendulkar on 24 May 1995. Regardless a
six-year age gap, their bond has remained rock-solid. The couple first met at Mumbai airport, and it was Anjali who managed to get Sachin’s number afterwards.
They soon began dating, with both describing their meeting as love at first sight. Anjali, who initially knew little about cricket, later made the effort to learn about the game to better understand her husband’s world. The couple share two children — daughter Sara and son Arjun Tendulkar.
Shilpa Shirodkar’s love story took its own swift turn. She married Aparesh Ranjit in 2000, and the couple welcomed their daughter, Anoushka Ranjit, soon after. Over a candid conversation Shilpa revealed that she agreed to marry Aparesh just one and a half days after meeting him, captivated by his honesty regardless knowing his career would take him abroad.
Shilpa further that she never wanted to leave Mumbai as she was very close to her parents, but then met husband and within one and a half day, said yes to him knowing that he is not going to be in India, but will be going to go abroad to pursue studies. So the bottom line was that she would also be leaving India. She just liked his honesty so much that never even thought what she was doing.
Ultimately, what began as idle gossip between the world of cricket and cinema turned out to be nothing more than a misunderstood encounter — with both Sachin Tendulkar and Shilpa Shirodkar finding their own happy endings elsewhere.
News Edit KV Raman
