Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani, a cute couple in Bollywood, have decided to end their 11-year marriage. Let’s closely examine the story of their relationship over the years. They used to share their love on social media, and people admired them for being a great couple. It surprised many when Esha, the daughter of Dharmendra and Hema Malini, shared that they were separating. Now, let’s explore the timeline of their relationship that lasted more than a decade.
Entire timeline of Esha Deol-Bharat Takhtani’s relationship
Who is Bharat Takhtani?
Bharat Takhtani is an Indian businessman from Mumbai. His family is Sindhi, and his mom and dad are Pooja and Vijay Takhtani. Bharat has a brother named Devesh Takhtani. He went to Learner’s Academy in Bandra for school and graduated from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics.
After school, Bharat joined his family’s business. He currently works as the director of Zar Jewels Private Limited; a company started in 1950. He also manages another company called R.G. Bangles Pvt Ltd.
How did Esha Deol and Bharat Takhtani meet?
Esha Deol shared a story about how she first met Bharat in an interview with India Today. She said it happened during a competition between schools. Esha was studying at Jamnabai Narsee School, and Bharat was at Learner’s Academy in Bandra.
According to Esha, they met at a competition called Cascade, hosted by her school. She found Bharat to be one of the good-looking boys from Learner’s Academy. During the event, she wrote her phone number on a piece of tissue and gave it to him. At that time, Esha had braces on her teeth. She always mentions how Bharat loved her even when she had braces.
Rekindling romance a decade later
By chance, Esha and Bharat bumped into each other ten years after they finished school. They became good friends and began dating. In a chat with Filmfare, Bharat shared that even though he had lost contact with Esha, he stayed friends with her younger sister, Ahana Deol. He admitted that he still felt for Esha because she was his “first love.”
Marriage and kids
On June 29, 2012, Esha and Bharat got married in a simple ceremony at a temple in Mumbai called ISKON. Many famous people from Bollywood, like Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Bipasha Basu, Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Lara Dutta, Mahesh Bhupathi, John Abraham, Raveena Tandon, Riteish Deshmukh, Vidya Balan, and Shilpa Shetty, attended the wedding.
They had their first daughter, Radhya, in October 2017. On June 10, 2019, Esha gave birth to their second daughter, Miraya.