The Corona pandemic left the entire world and Bollywood devastated as theaters continued to remain closed until as late as August 2021. Apart from that, many other things and incidences like deaths, divorces and some shocking revelations rocked the B-town.
Here’s an overview of what left the Bollywood fans shocked in 2021:
Sidharth Shukla, Raj Kaushal’s Death Shocked Bollywood
Thespian Dilip Kumar breathed his last this year and the Indian film industry lost its biggest actor ever. But what shocked the fans was the sudden death of Raj Kaushal, film director and husband of Mandira Bedi, and Sidharth Shukla. Both lost their lives to cardiac arrest. Not only their family members or near ones but even fans were stunned by their deaths.
Other’s who died this year include popular film actor Bikramjeet Kanwarpal, Shravan Rathod of Nadeem Sharvan music composer duo, and Vaastav fame Kishore Nandlaskar.
Celeb Couples Who Separated in 2021
The first Bollywood couple that shocked everyone by announcing separation in 2021 was Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao. The two mutually decided to go separate ways even though both of them continue to travel together and co-parent their son Azad Rao Khan.Other big couples who went separate ways include Shikhar Dhawan and Aesha Mukerji, Honey Singh and Shalini Singh, and television stars Nisha Rawal and Karan Mehra.
Big Revelations, Shocking Incidences
From Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan getting trolled for naming their son Jehangir Ali Khan to the war of words between Kangana Ranaut and Diljit Dosanjh, lots of controversies and revelations rocked Bollywood this year. The topmost controversy was the arrest of Aryan Khan in a drug case and NCB interrogating Ananya Panday in connection with this case.
It even overshadowed the euphoria that was created when Raj Kundra was arrested this year for his alleged involvement in a case related to pornography. Web Series like The Family Man Season 2 and Tandav also triggered controversies with their content while Kartik Aaryan’s fallout with Karan Johar and leaving Dostana 2 and IT Raid on Taapsee Pannu also hogged a lot of limelight.
From Aishwarya Rai and Nora Fatehi to Jacqueline Fernandez, these top celebrities had to face Enforcement Directorate's summons this year. While Aishwarya was summoned in connection with the Panama Paper leak case, Nora and Jacqueline were summoned for their alleged links in a money laundering case.