Overview
- Chawla married Mehta in 1995 and kept the union private until 2001, when her pregnancy with daughter Jahnavi made it public.
- She has said she concealed the marriage to protect a flourishing film career, calling secrecy a practical compromise at the time.
- Mehta chairs The Mehta Group, a multinational conglomerate reported at over $2.1 billion (about ₹17,555 crore) as of 2024.
- He co-owns IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders with Shah Rukh Khan, purchased in 2007, with media reports valuing KKR at about ₹9,139 crore in 2025.
- Before marrying Chawla, Mehta lost his first wife, Sujata Birla, in the 1990 Indian Airlines Flight 605 crash, a tragedy Chawla helped him navigate, and the couple now maintains a low-key life that includes a sea-facing Mumbai duplex and an ancestral home in Porbandar.