Mumbai: Reena Roy was just 19-year-old when she gave her first Bollywood hit opposite Shatrughan Sinha with the movie, Kaalicharan.
Despite being a part of many hits, Reena Roy is remembered more for her love life than her work. Let’s throw some light on the beautiful actress’ personal life.
Born to a Hindu father and Bengali mother, Reena started her journey as a model in 1970 but soon Bollywood attracted her. She worked in various low budget films before she got her big break in 1976 opposite Shatrughan Sinha. Their movie, Kaalicharan, marked the beginning of Reena’s successful Bollywood career.
The hit Jodi did another movie together, Vishwanathan, which was another hit. Soon after their closeness became the talk of the town.
While everyone was hoping that the lovebirds will tie the knot, the news of Shatrughan’s wedding with Poonam whom he met on a flight and fell in love instantly. Shatrughan married Poonam eventually but he never stopped talking to Reena.
Shatrughan was married, not to Reena but to Poonam. Shatrughan behaved as if nothing has changed and continued his relationship with Reena. The actor was bold and blunt about his ways and never tried to hide his extramarital affair with Reena. Soon Poonam realised that his husband was not completely loyal and she took a dig at Reena. Neither did she deny her husband’s infidelity nor did she accept it. She kept on passing insulting remarks on the couple.
Reena had it enough playing Shatrughan’s second choice. She knew that her dreams of marrying Shatrughan will never turn into reality. So, she decided to take the back door and left Shatrughan for good.
Soon after breaking up with Shatrughan, Reena announced her marriage with Pakistani cricketer, Mohsin Khan. Both the bride and the groom were at the peak of their respective careers when they tied the knot. The nuptials took place in Karachi, Pakistan.
Marrying Bollywood’s superstar automatically launched Mohsin in the film industry. He did pretty well for himself. Reena continued working after getting married but she decided to take a break to look after Jannat.
Everything was going well when things started to crumble. Mohsin wanted to settle in London with a British citizenship but Reena found it difficult to adjust to that flamboyant lifestyle.
She tried to bridge the gap but that wasn’t happening. In the early 1990s, Reena and Moshin got divorced. Mohsin got Jannat’s custody and took her to Karachi with himself. Reena fought hard for their daughter’s custody.
Mohsin gave up Jannat’s charge only after his third marriage. The daughter finally, came to live with her mother in Mumbai. Reena changed her name from Jannat to Sanam.
Agencies