He was dashing. She was beautiful. He was getting success. She was successful. He loved her. She loved him. But they didn’t marry. One of the greatest romances in the cinema of this country faced a tragic end when Suraiya’s maternal grandmother, who was head of the house, rejected Dev Anand’s marriage proposal for Suraiya because he was a Hindu and she was a Muslim. In today’s India, the issue seems to be very trivial given the fact that we have many multi-faith couples in cine world. However, in late 40’s it was a big deal partly due to pre-colonial reservations and partly due to partition.
After rejecting Dev’s proposal, Suraiya stopped working with him. Dev established himself as a superstar while Suraiya saw the nadir. He films failed and she finally stopped working in films. Rustom Sohrab released in 1963 was her last film. She never married and died of cancer in 2004. She was 75. Dev Anand didn’t went over for her funeral. He didn’t wanted people to raise fingers on her and speculate some secret affair, a pain Dev willingly bore. Dev Anand made a successful on-screen pairing with Kalpana Karthik and later married her. They had a child, Suneil. Suraiya, he never forgot her.
Just like Nargis and Sunil Dutt famous love story, Dev Anand and Suraiya fell in love due to an accident. A freak accident took place during shooting of movie Vidya when a boat tipped over and like a real life hero, Dev saved Suraiya. Suraiya fell in love with her savior. A true romantic Dev gave her a costly diamond ring to Suraiya at the sets of movie Jeet. But fate had some reservations.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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