Valentine’s Day Special: Iconic love stories of Bollywood celebs

Sunil Dutt and Nargis had fallen in love in the filmiest fashion

Sunil Dutt had seen Nargis for the first time at a movie premiere when she was already an established star and he had just begun in Bollywood. It was love at first sight for the actor but he took his time to confess it to Nargis who was then dating Raj Kapoor. It was on the sets of ‘Mother India’ that the duo got closer. Sunil Dutt saved Nargis from a massive fire on the sets of the movie and himself suffered major burns. The time which Nargis spent taking care of him became the turning point of their lives. A heartbroken Nargis (after her breakup with Raj Kapoor) and the smitten Sunil Dutt started sharing their stories and decided to share a life as well. They got married in 1958 and were together since the day Nargis breathed her last 23 years later.

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Guru Dutt and Geeta Roy’s love story is a heartrending tale

Guru Dutt is known as one of the most iconic filmmakers of all the times. His take on love and life had been beautiful. And so was his real-life love story with singer Geeta Dutt. Guru Dutt had met Geeta Roy, who was a versatile singer, during the making of his directorial debut Baazi. Geeta’s melodious voice worked like magic on the young director’s heart and he decided to befriend her. With time, their companionship grew into love and despite several repercussions from their families, the duo tied the knot. But Guru Dutt’s attachment to work and his alleged affair with an actress left their paradise in distress. Geeta Dutt left the home with their three children leaving the director depressed. Guru Dutt committed suicide sometime later following which Geeta also slipped into depression and died a few years later due to excessive alcohol consumption.

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Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar’s story is a surreal tale of love and companionship

Saira Banu was a fan of Dilip Kumar, like the most of the women of her time were, since the age of 12. In fact, she had decided to get married to him the day she saw her on the big screen. Saira’s first encounter with Dilip Kumar could have been during the premiere of Mughal-e-Azam when she was sixteen years old. But Dilip skipped the show and Saira had to return home heartbroken. Yet, her faith in love remained intact. A year later Saira debuted in the industry and soon became a successful name. Her mother, Naseem Banu, who was also an actress, played cupid between Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu. She wanted Dilip Kumar to talk Saira out of her relationship with Rajendra Kumar and as the fate had it, the thespian himself fell in love with the beauty. While the world thought that an age difference of 22 years will soon leave the union in shambles, the couple proved everyone wrong and has been together for the past 51 years. Saira is standing by Dilip Kumar as a rock even during the time of his sickness.

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Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s love story is a fairy tale

Sharmila Tagore and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi challenged several norms to get married and stay together for eternity. A Bollywood actress belonging to a Bengali family, and a royal Nawab who was helming the Indian cricket team was not a conventional couple on any standards but the fate had written their story. Mansoor and Sharmila had met for the first time in Delhi. While the Nawab fell in love with her beautiful looks and mature outlook towards life, Sharmila was smitten with his sense of humour. But it took Mansoor Ali Khan a lot of time and several rose bouquets & letters to get Sharmila confess her love to him. Their families were initially against their match but the duo was determined to spend the rest of its days together. After their families finally caved in, Mansoor proposed Sharmila in Paris in the most romantic fashion. And rest as we say is one of the most romantic histories.

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Dharmendra and Hema Malini’s love story define passion

It was the year 1970, and Dharmendra and Hema Malini were shooting for Tum Haseen Main Jawan when the sparks flew between the two. Dharmendra was already married to Prakash Kaur and had two children and that left Hema apprehensive about the relationship but their love was too strong to fiddle away so soon. Once Dharmendra drove for 24 hours straight, from Bangalore to Nasik to tell Hema that he loves him and Hema knew that she has to spend the rest of her life with him. Hema and Dharmendra had to convert to Islam for getting married as his first wife did not want to divorce him. The couple has been going strong since then and setting couple goals for the following generations.

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Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan’s love story is what all teenage romances are made of

Shah Rukh Khan had seen Gauri for the first time when he was just 18 years old at a party in Delhi. He was smitten with the beautiful girl who was then dancing with another boy which was later revealed to him was Gauri’s brother. Shah Rukh Khan’s wit and sense of humour soon impressed Gauri as well and the duo started going out. But Shah Rukh’s possessive nature started bothering Gauri and one day, without telling him, she flew to Mumbai. Shah Rukh became restless, reached the city and spent an entire day searching for her. This was the moment when he had realized that he can’t live without Gauri. He later found her at a beach where he professed his love to her and promised to change his ways. They later got married and today make one of the most romantic couples of Bollywood.

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Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s love story is a goal for every couple

It was just two months back when the beautiful photos from the wedding of probably the most loved couple of the country--Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma--were doing the rounds of the internet giving away massive goals to all the lovebirds. Just like the perfect wedding, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma’s love story has also been pitch perfect. The actress and the star cricketer had met on the sets of a shampoo commercial in 2013 and had hit off instantly. Their several public appearances together made their love story and instant hit among their fans. The way Virat stood for Anushka when she was being trolled for his bad performance on field showed the world that the hunk is in it for the long run. The couple tied the knot in December 2017.

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