**Former Actress of Bollywood Mamta Kulkarni has converted to Islam.
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Former Actress of Bollywood Mamta Kulkarni has converted to Islam. She is living in Kenya with her Husband “Vicky Goswami” who also recently converted to Islam. The couple got married on May 10, 2013 and some sources told that they are living in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1997, Mamta’s husband Vicky Goswami was arrested in UAE in drug smuggling case. He was sentenced for 25 years but she was released in November 2012. Some media reports said that his sentence was reduced due to model conduct. His conversion to Islam was also one of major reason of reduction.
Re: Former Bollywood Actress Mamta Kulkarni Converts to Islam
this is mentioned on wikipwdia.
she was/is queen of controversies…she posed topless on the cover of Stardust in 1993. she was charged with obscenity charges…she arrived in court in Burq’a wich infuriated local Muslims.
Personal life
Kulkarni married an NRI from USA.[SUP][12]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamta_Kulkarni#cite_note-12)[/SUP] But, now Mamta has shifted in with her boyfriend Vicky Goswami in Dubai, UAE.[SUP][13]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamta_Kulkarni#cite_note-13)[/SUP] She got married on 10 may 2013 with international drug kingpin Vicky Goswami. In 1997 Vicky was arrested for trafficking 11.5 tonnes of mandrax valued at $ 6 million and incarcerated in Dubai. She also has embraced Islam along with her husband Vicky.Now she is in Kenya with her husband.TOI has learnt that Vicky, now 52 years old, was released from the Dubai prison on November 15, 2012, after his life sentence was reduced on account of his model conduct. While in prison he had converted to Islam, and married Mamta, who had been managing his real estate business that includes a prominent hotel in Dubai, in his absence. Sources close to the couple say, Vicky is now in Nairobi, with his faithful wife by his side.
Vicky’s hush-hush release from prison has been reported in several news channels in South Africa, from where he managed his network. “A life sentence in Dubai is in effect 25 years, but prisoners can apply for early release on various grounds. Apart from good conduct, these include learning to recite passages from the Qu’ran or converting to Islam. To strengthen his clemency appeal, Goswami converted to Islam and was married according to Islamic rites while incarcerated,” says the article that appeared in the Mail & Guardian, which has been following the sensational case.
Though the opposition lawyers strongly opposed his clemency saying that he was an international criminal, the court pardoned him on grounds that he was a reformed criminal and a devout Muslim. The court also ordered that he be deported to his native country in India. Sources claim Vicky arrived in India during December 2012 and left for Kenya soon after. Since he did not have any specific criminal cases pending against him in India, it was easier for him to fly to Kenya.
Rashid Saeed, one of the most well-known event organisers in Dubai, said: “It was extremely difficult to get in touch with Mamta. She was very reticent and turned down all offers to perform at our shows. Late last year, we were told by common friends that she was married and she would never perform on stage again.”
