Soap operas in India saw a boom in the early 2000s thanks to Ekta Kapoor. Soap operas became a daily routine in many homes. And many such actors started ruling the hearts of the people. Among them is the TV actress who changed her religion for love, and now her name is included among the top TV actresses. Read on to find more details.
Today we are talking about TV actress Dipika Kakar entered the entertainment industry late. After working as an air hostess for three years, she got her TV break at the age of 24 with the show ‘Neer Bhare Tere Naina Devi’. But she gained overnight fame with ‘Sasural Simar Ka’ the following year.
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She played the lead role in the popular show for six years and eventually became one of the highest-paid TV actresses. According to reports, Deepika charged up to Rs 70,000 per episode during her peak.
Deepika got married to Raunak Samson in 2011, but the marriage ended in divorce after four years. In 2018, when Deepika was at her peak, the actress decided to step away from acting to marry her co-actor Shoaib Ibrahim.
Dipika and Shoaib got married in a grand ceremony in Bhopal in February 2018. The actress converted to Islam for the marriage and changed her name to Faiza. After her marriage, Dipika appeared in Bigg Boss 12 the same year. In 2019, she returned to fiction with the show Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum but the show did not last long.
The show was shut down after just nine months. Since then, Dipika disappeared from the screen for four years. In 2023, Dipika and Shoaib welcomed their first child – a boy.
According to the celebrity profiling website, Deepika rose to fame with ‘Sasural Simar Ka’ and her total net worth is around 40 – 41 crores. The actress has a YouTube channel Dipika Ki Duniya and also earns money from her vlogs.
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