Photographs Of Geeta Dutt, Collection of photographs of Geeta Dutt Options

[bchatterjee]

I thought we could all have a separate section for the photographs of Geeta Dutt.....Rarely (at least I do not know of any) any Indian playback singer is considered beautiful. Geeta Dutt according to me was the only one!! (Her brother also agreed that indeed his 'Ranga di' was not only a talented singer but a truly gorgeous and a beautiful lady)!

Bappa

[maheshks]

Geeta Dutt & Kishore kumar (Born as Abhash Kumar Ganguly, converted to Islam before marrying Madhubala (Mumtaz Khan) as her father, Ataullah Khan would not give her daughter to a non-Muslim, and assumed the name Abdul Karim!!

I read on yahoogroup that this story of Kishore converting to islam is a rumor and not true. please confirm
this photo is of Guru Dutta and not kishoreda !!!
dinesh

Who so ever has written in the yahoo group is misinformed. Not only kishor kumar but all gentlemen( ) including Dharmender, Raj Babbar and others embraced Islam before committing second marriage. The reason being that a Hindu cannot marry twice so long as his first wife is alive and is normal. Bigamy is punishable under Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the maximum punishment is 10 years. Therefore, to circumvent the law they all took the shield of Islamic personal laws.

But later on the Supreme Court of India came down very heavily on such marriages and directed the government to make use of Article 44 of the Indian constitution for framing Uniform Civil Code. This was the case of Sarla Mudgal v. Union of India. In this case, the question was whether a Hindu husband, married under the Hindu law, by embracing Islam, can solemnise second marriage The Court held that a Hindu marriage solemnised under the Hindu law can only be dissolved on any of the grounds specified under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. Conversion to Islam and Marrying again would not, by itself, dissolve the Hindu marriage under the Act. And, thus, a second marriage solemnised after converting to Islam would be an offence under Section 494 of the Indian Penal Code.

Hope this will clear the minds of all of us why they all embraced Islam before getting married second time.