It seems that love and secret marriage in Bollywood have a long history. The most recent such type of marriage is that of actress Celina Jaitley and businessman Peter Hagg.
Here are top five secret love marriages in Bollywood.
Celina Jaitley and Peter Haag
Celina married Dubai-based hotelier Peter Hagg at a thousand year old monastery in Australia on July 23, 2011.
However, the 30-year-old actress kept the news under wrap for around one month and latter on August she tweeted.
"Beloved tweeple. ..With great pleasure I would like to announce my wedding with @peterhaag n the 23rd of last month at a thousand year old monastery in Austria," she tweeted announcing her marriage with Peter.
"We seek your blessings and good wishes, and apologize for the delayed announcement due to a family tragedy ..." she said.
She is now living in Dubai and very recently she gave birth to twins named Winston and Viraaj on March 24.
Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh
He is married to actor Amrita Singh, who is 12 years older than him. When Saif expressed his desire to marry her, his parent strongly opposed it.
They decided to go ahead with the marriage without even the approval from their parents and they tied the knot on Oct. 1991. The marriage was attended by only few friends.
After 13 years of marriage, the couple got divorce in 2004. They have two children - son Ibrahim Ali Khan and daughter Sara Ali Khan.
After they got divorced, Saif dated with a Swiss model, Rosa Caralano. However, they broke up after Rosa came to know about Saif's earlier marriage.
The 41-year-old actor is currently dating with actress Kareena Kapoor.
Dharmendra and Hema Malini
Dharmendra is one such person in Bollywood who maintained two relationships at the same time.
At the age of 19, Dharmendra married Prakash Kaur. He again got hitched to actress Hema Malini.
It is believed that they fell in love on the sets of their hit film "Sholay". They secretly ran away to Maharashtra's hill station Khandala and get married in 1980.
Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali
It's believed that Shammimet Geeta Bali during the shooting of the film "Rangeen Raaten" in 1955 and they fell in love.
However, the problem cropped up as Geeta was a well-established actress at the time while Shammi was not so known.
Adding woes to their love, Geeta was a year older than him and she had acted with his brother and actor Raj Kapoor and with his father Prihiviraj Kapoor in some films. So, they were skeptical about their marriage.
They waited outside Mumbai's Banganga temple and got married at midnight. It was in 1995.
The couple has a son and daughter - Aditya Raj Kapoor and Kanchan.
Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta
Aamir eloped with his childhood love Reena Dutta and kept the marital status secret until he became a star. They got married on April 18, 1986
However, they got divorced after 25-year of marriage.
They have two children, son Junaid and daughter Ira. Reena got the custody of the children.
Aamir married with director Kiran Rao on Dec. 2005 and they have a son Azad Rao Khan.