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Some of our Bollywood actors weren’t just stealing the hearts of fans but of their co-stars and industry mates as well!
5 Epic Real Life Bollywood Love Stories:
1. Dilip Kumar-Madhubala
Remembering the late legendary actress Madhubala on her birth anniversary today, we’re starting off with one of the saddest love stories in Bollywood. Late actors Madhubala and Dilip Kumar were reportedly in a relationship for nine years before parting ways rather tragically. The couple were also engaged but the union was broken off due to the Naya Daur movie case where Dilip Kumar insisted Madhubala’s father was ‘dictator and difficult’. The pair shot the iconic film Mughal-E-Azam in 1960 during which they had completely stopped speaking. Post the release, they never met again. During this period, Kumar wed actress Saira Banu while Madhubala got married to late singer Kishore Kumar. Madhubala breathed her last in 1969 and as per a report, she had expressed a desire to meet him a day before her passing away. That unfortunately had not been fulfilled.
2. Dilip Kumar-Saira Banu
Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu made for one of the most evergreen jodis in the Hindi film industry. Even the age difference of 22 years was no barrier to their timeless love story. On 11 October 1966, the duo tied the knot when the actor was 44 and Saira was merely 22 years old. They completed 54 years of marital bliss before Dilip saab passed away. At the tender age of 12, Saira was head over heels for Dilip Kumar at first sight!
When she finally met him at a later age, she had swooned at his compliment. “When he smiled at me and remarked that I was a pretty girl, I could feel my whole being taking wing and flying rapturously. I knew somewhere deep within me that I was going to be his wife,” she’d said.
Saira Banu’s mother Naseem Banu played cupid and brought the two together – which gave way to their marriage union. Though Saira worked after marriage, she decided to become a homemaker later on. In 1972, the couple got pregnant but due to complications, Saira suffered a miscarriage and couldn’t conceive again. Moreover, after 15 years of marriage, Dilip saab secretly got hitched to Asma Rehman, whom he met at a cricket match in Hyderabad, while still married to Saira. His marriage with Asma lasted only for 2 years; 1981–1983, after which he returned back to Saira. The couple’s relationship stood the test of time and Saira stayed devotedly at her husband’s side till his last breath. She used to lovingly refer to him as her ‘Kohinoor’.
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