Rahul Mahajan: Unknown Facts About Indian Tv Personality!

Rahul Mahajan is a reality show contestant on Indian television. He is popularly known as the son of Late Pramod Mahajan, a former Union Minister. Before making his foray into the entertainment industry, Rahul worked as an airline pilot with Jet Airways.

In 2008, Rahul entered into miniscreen with the reality show ‘Bigg Boss 2’. Later, he went on to appear in several other shows such as Bigg Boss Halla Bol, Bigg Boss 14, and Smart Jodi.

Rahul is quite popular on social media platforms with 1,06,000 followers on Instagram and 12,000 followers on Facebook.

Physical Stats

Rahul Mahajan Family

Rahul was born on 25 July 1975 to the Late Pramod Mahajan and Rekha Hamine. Pramod was a politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

He later became the Central Minister of Communications and Information Technology under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.

Rahul’s mother Rekha used to work as a theatre artist in the past. He also has a sister Poonam Mahajan, who is a politician and currently serves as the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha.

Relationships

In 2006, Rahul got married to Shweta Singh who worked as a pilot with Jet Airways. However, their relationship did not last for long and the couple got divorced in 2008. In 2010, Rahul got married for the second time to Dimpy Ganguly whom he met on the sets of ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jaayega’, a matrimonial reality show.

After 5 years of marital life, the couple finally parted ways in 2015. In 2018, Rahul again entered into wedlock with Natalya Ilina, a model from Kazakhstan who is 18 years younger than him. 

In 2023, rumors surfaced that Rahul and Natalia have filed for divorce. However, Rahul later said in an interview that he would prefer to keep his personal life private.

Education

Rahul is a graduate by qualification. However, there are no other details available about his educational background in public sources.

Controversies

In 2006 June, Rahul was arrested on charges of consumption of drugs and destruction of evidence. This was in connection with the incident where Vivek Moitra, former secretary of Pramod Mahajan was found dead due to a drug overdose. Rahul was also present on the spot and police later confirmed that he had also consumed drugs on that night.

Rahul Mahajan Profession

In his younger days, Rahul was not quite interested in studies. However, he was passionate about flying and thus joined a flying school in Houston. With the turn of events, Rahul joined Jet Airways as an airline pilot. Later, he left that job and during that time rumours were rife that Rahul got that job because of his father’s connections. Subsequently, Rahul tried his hand at television programming and also set up a software company.

In 2008, Rahul joined the reality show Bigg Boss Season 2 as a contestant. He was selected as the Bada Dilwala of the show and was awarded a Chevrolet Aveo UVA car. Later, Rahul along with his Bigg Boss housemate Sambhavana Sheth participated in the show Bigg Boss Halla Bol. 

Rahul was next seen in ‘Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega’, a wedding reality show where he happened to meet his second wife Dimpy Ganguly. Rahul and Dimpy later appeared as a pair in the dance reality show ‘Nach Baliye season 5’.

In Bigg Boss’s Season 14, Rahul entered as a challenger on Day 66. However, he was evicted on the 93rd day by public vote. Later, Rahul, along with Natalia joined as a contestant in the show ‘Smart Jodi’ aired on Star Plus.

Rahul Mahajan Net worth

Rahul’s main source of income is from television reality shows. As per sources, his net worth stands at $1 million.

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