When Kareena Kapoor weds Saif Ali Khan at the Pataudi Palace in Pataudi village on October 16, she plans to retain her identity. She won’t convert to Islam unlike mom-in-law Sharmila.
Saif Ali Khan himself told to New Delhi’s famous newspaper Mail Today that, “I would never want her (Kareena) to change her religion. That is the trouble with religion really… it expects conversion. I don’t buy or believe that. I think it’s good that the government, too, has – unless I’m misinformed about the law amended to include it in the Special Marriage Act. If and when we do get married, no one has to change his or her religion.”
Saif’s mother Sharmila Tagore was converted to Islam and took the name of Ayesha Begum and his first wife Amrita Singh, too, converted and adopted a Muslim name.
Preparations for Saif Kareena wedding have already begun. Some portions of the Pataudi palace will be renovated and several rooms re-done.