3 min readMumbaiApr 12, 2026 02:49 PM IST Ajit, best known for playing memorable antagonists like Lion in Subhash Ghai’s 1976 action thriller Kalicharan, had quite an eventful personal life. The actor, who breathed his last at the age of 76 in 1988, got married thrice. In fact, he remained committed to his second wife, who was also his cousin, and their children, even after marrying his third wife, Sarah, with whom he had two children. Also Read – Asha Bhosle dies at 92 LIVE Updates: PM Modi, Raveena Tandon and others pay tribute to ‘Asha tai’; funeral on Monday Shehzad Khan, Ajit’s elder son from his third marriage, has now opened up on his estranged yet extended family. He revealed that while Ajit had a love marriage with his first wife, Gwen, an Anglo-Indian, it fell apart because they couldn’t conceive kids. “How could the Pathan legacy move forward then? It was a huge deal back then. So, my grandfather got him married to his cousin, Shahida aunty,” said Shehzad. Shahida and Ajit went …