10 Talented actresses who quit Bollywood post their marriage

9. Sonali Bendre Behl

The actress is an Indian film actress and model who predominantly worked in Hindi films. She has also appeared in Telugu, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada films. She married film director Goldie Behl on 12 November 2002. On 11 August 2005, she gave birth to her son, Ranveer. In an interview, she mentioned that her son's favourite language is Tamil. She was invited to Mumbai and received training from a variety of top actors and performers of the Indian film industry. Her first role was in ‘Aag’ opposite Govinda. She got two awards for Filmfare Award for New Face of the for Most Promising Newcomer, she was eventually given critical acclaim for her performances in ‘Diljale’ in 1996, followed by ‘Bhai’, ‘Sarfarosh’, ‘Zakhm’, ‘Duplicate’, ‘Kadhalar Dhinam’ (Tamil film), ‘Hum Saath-Saath Hain: We Stand United’, ‘Tera Mera Saath Rahen’ and ‘Anahat’ among others. She is also known for being one of the few actresses who acted opposite all four Khans Salman, Aamir, Shahrukh and Saif. She has also starred opposite Bollywood actors such as Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, and Ajay Devgn. She also starred opposite Telugu matinee idol Chiranjeevi in films such as ‘Indra’ and ‘Shankar Dada M.B.B.S.’ She had also welcomed Michael Jackson on his arrival in India in a traditional Maharashtrian nauvari sari and she performed aarti for Jackson on November 1, 1996.

10. Gayatri Joshi

She is a model turned Bollywood actress, her first film was 2004's ‘Swades’. While she was studying in college the actress did a lot of modeling. She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant. ‘Swades’ received strong acclaim from Indian film critics and Joshi received several citations as Best Female Newcomer in film awards for 2004. On 27 August 2005, she married Vikas Oberoi, Promoter of Oberoi Construction and now has two sons with him.