10 Bollywood Marriages that Fate Didn’t Allow


Bollywood is famous for marriages, affairs, scandals and break-ups. But it is also well known for marriages that just didn’t happen. Here is a list of 10 such relationships, in which Fate the villain, didn’t allow the relationship to culminate in marriage. The reasons are several; the Hindu-Muslim factor, the presence of the ‘other’ lover, the family background, one of the partners being already married, ego, etc, etc.
 1.    Dilip Kumar-Madhubala: They were madly in love, engaged, and all set to marry but an incident changed all this. While shooting for BR Chopra’s Naya Daur (later on Vyjanthimala did the movie), Madhubala’s father refused to allow his daughter to shoot because the area where the shooting was taking place was infested with dacoits. He requested for the venue to be changed. BR Chopra refused and asked Dilip Kumar to intervene. Some argument happened between Dilip saab and Madhubala’s father. Dilip Kumar told Madhubala to leave films and marry him. She said he should apologize to her father first. Dilip Kumar never did that and the rest as they say is history.
2.    Dev Anand-Suraiya: The famous Hindu-Muslim card was played in this relationship. Suraiya’s family was strictly against her getting married to a Hindu man. They pressurized her so much that she finally succumbed, though she remained unmarried till the end.
3.    Raj Kapoor-Nargis: A love story straight out from a Bollywood movie. Raj was already a married man when he got involved with Nargis but at no time he was ready to divorce his first wife. Their marriage which seemed so likely, with the passing of days became more and more unlikely. And ultimately it didn’t happen.
4.    Jeetendra-Hema Malini: At the eleventh hour this marriage had to be called off. Dharam-ji was romancing Hema Malini but not willing to commit; frustrated Hema looked elsewhere and found Jeetendra who was already in love with her; though Jeetendra was supposed to convince her about Sanjeev Kumar’s love for her and instead fell for her. Confused! Well, don’t be, after seeing Hindi movies, one should be prepared for all kind of shocks. Sanjeev Kumar became an alcoholic, Hema Malini finally gave in to Dharam’s charms and Jeetendra married Shobha, his childhood sweetheart (kahani mein twist).
5.    Rajendra Kumar-Saira Banu: Despite Rajendra Kumar being much older and married, Saira Banu was ready to settle down with him. When Naseem Banu, Saira’s mother got whiff of their impending marriage, she exploited Saira’s crush on DK (everyone had a crush on Dilip Kumar during those times) and directed her attention towards him. Given a choice, any girl would have preferred Dilip over Rajendra and Saira also did the same.
6.    Shammi Kapoor-Mumtaz: Shammi Kapoor proposed to Mumtaz when she was 18 and at that age, she was more interested in making a career in Bollywood rather than settling down with a well-known actor. Shammi Kapoor wanted her to quit films; she didn’t.  and the marriage didn’t take place.
7.    Sanjeev Kumar-Sulakshana Pandit: Sulakshana Pandit was head over heels in love with Sanjeev Kumar but Sanjeev’s infatuation with Hema was so intense that he refused to marry Sulakshana Pandit even though his family members were ready to accept her.
8.    Shatrughan Sinha-Reena Roy: Reena Roy’s past life was instrumental in their marriage not taking place. Before joining films, she was a cabaret dancer and this fact played heavily on Bihari babu’s mind and hence he distanced himself away from Reena Roy when the talk of marriage began.
9.    Mitthun Chakraborty-Sridevi: Sridevi wanted Mitthun to divorce Yogita Bali but Mitthun-da refused. Sri didn’t want to be the second wife so they parted ways. Later on, though, she became the second wife of Boney Kapoor.
10.    Abhishek Bachchan-Karisma Kapoor: Battle of ego broke their engagement and one of the most high-profile marriages could not take place.
 -          NZ

28.10.2019
BN: 171

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