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When Dev Anand’s Love Story With Suraiya Met With A Tragic End(Photo Credit –X)

Dev Anand is hailed as one of the most memorable superstars of Indian cinema. However, along with his glorious contribution in the acting sphere, his love life also made some noise time and again. Especially, his timeless and tragic love story with yesteryear actress Suraiya was quite well-known.

The duo’s love story started like a fairytale and they experienced a passionate arc of that of forbidden lovers. However, like every good things come to an end, their relationship also had a resentful conclusion. According to OpIndia, Dev Anand’s biography, Romancing With Life, gave a glimpse of his fateful love story with Suriya in one of the chapters.

Dev Anand and Suraiya met on the set of the 1948 film Vidya and love soon blossomed between them. However, theirs was a classic star-crossed lovers scenario because of religious differences.

Dev Anand Was Once Mistaken As A Taxi Driver( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Dev Anand was a beloved actor who was considered one of the most significant and successful in the industry. He was a trendsetter and a risk-taker known for his charm and mannerisms. Actors often face weird situations because of their profession, and something similar happened with Dev as well. A foreigner mistook him for a taxi driver, and that person even asked the actor to take them to the red light area. Keep scrolling for more.

He worked in the industry for over six decades and in more than one hundred movies. Anand was honored with the Padma Bhushan and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Some of his best-known movies include Baazi, Taxi Driver, Cid, Guide, Jewel Thief, and more. His last film, Chargesheet, came out in 2011. He was also the director of that movie. The veteran actor passed...

One evening in Bombay in 1954, almost all the taxis in the city seemed parked outside a prominent cinema on a busy thoroughfare with their drivers, led by the chairman of their association, inside, watching a film, and according to its hero, a unit member “gleefully announced that there was no taxi available for any passengers that evening.”

The film was ‘Taxi Driver’, a lightly noirish urban romance featuring Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartika, and Sheila Ramani, and especially bittersweet for its hero both professionally and personally, beyond its commercial success. It was not the sole film to feature taxi drivers that year, with Dev Anand’s friend Guru Dutt also releasing his own ‘Aar Paar’, having a similar focus and largely the same storyline, but neither film overshadowed the other.

Dev Anand, in his autobiography ‘Romancing With Life’, reveals that the suggestion for the film came from an old friend he...

One evening in Bombay in 1954, almost all the taxis in the city seemed parked outside a prominent cinema on a busy thoroughfare with their drivers, led by the chairman of their association, inside, watching a film, and according to its hero, a unit member “gleefully announced that there was no taxi available for any passengers that evening.”

The film was ‘Taxi Driver’, a lightly noirish urban romance featuring Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartika, and Sheila Ramani, and especially bittersweet for its hero both professionally and personally, beyond its commercial success. It was not the sole film to feature taxi drivers that year, with Dev Anand’s friend Guru Dutt also releasing his own ‘Aar Paar’, having a similar focus and largely the same storyline, but neither film overshadowed the other.

Dev Anand, in his autobiography ‘Romancing With Life’, reveals that the suggestion for the film came from an old friend he...

Three-fourth of his 88-year-long life was spent in acting and of these, six and a half decades, over half, had Dev Anand playing the lead (romantic) role, even as his peers and even several of his leading ladies had moved on or out. In the process, Dev Anand ended up being paired against at least three generations of heroines, if not four, as he transitioned from his early days where his female co-lead was the bigger star to a time when most actresses were keen on working with him as he sauntered from success to success with that charming demeanour and the winning smile.

While most of his early heroines, say, Kamla Kotnis, who was cast against him in his debut “Hum Ek Hai” (1946), Kamini Kaushal, the heroine of his first hit “Ziddi” (1948), Khursheed Bano or Nimmi or Shakila will only be familiar to hardcore film buffs or movie historians,...

Three-fourth of his 88-year-long life was spent in acting and of these, six and a half decades, over half, had Dev Anand playing the lead (romantic) role, even as his peers and even several of his leading ladies had moved on or out. In the process, Dev Anand ended up being paired against at least three generations of heroines, if not four, as he transitioned from his early days where his female co-lead was the bigger star to a time when most actresses were keen on working with him as he sauntered from success to success with that charming demeanour and the winning smile.

While most of his early heroines, say, Kamla Kotnis, who was cast against him in his debut “Hum Ek Hai” (1946), Kamini Kaushal, the heroine of his first hit “Ziddi” (1948), Khursheed Bano or Nimmi or Shakila will only be familiar to hardcore film buffs or movie historians,...

In his youth, he had gone from his home in Gurdaspur to Amritsar to get medicines for his ailing mother. To quench his thirst, he ordered a glass of sugarcane juice from a stall near the Golden Temple. When the vendor took a closer look at him, he exclaimed that Dev Anand had the sun on his forehead, foretelling greatness.

The prediction did come true Dev Anand did become a star that burnt bright across an over six-decade-long career.

With his undeniable charm, fast diction, the slight lopsided gait, trademark nodding to add emphasis, the winning winsome smile, and the flamboyant sartorial style, Dev Anand sparkled in a career that began before Independence and lasted into the second decade of the 21st century.

Included in the pantheon of the top three heroes of Hindi cinema in the 1950s, he not only outpaced his peers Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, who did around 70-odd films each,...

In his youth, he had gone from his home in Gurdaspur to Amritsar to get medicines for his ailing mother. To quench his thirst, he ordered a glass of sugarcane juice from a stall near the Golden Temple. When the vendor took a closer look at him, he exclaimed that Dev Anand had the sun on his forehead, foretelling greatness.

The prediction did come true Dev Anand did become a star that burnt bright across an over six-decade-long career.

With his undeniable charm, fast diction, the slight lopsided gait, trademark nodding to add emphasis, the winning winsome smile, and the flamboyant sartorial style, Dev Anand sparkled in a career that began before Independence and lasted into the second decade of the 21st century.

Included in the pantheon of the top three heroes of Hindi cinema in the 1950s, he not only outpaced his peers Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, who did around 70-odd films each,...

The recent showdown between Om Puri and his wife Nandita has brought back the memories of Bollywood couple's whose relation went kaput. From famous couples like Aamir Khan and Reena, Sanjay Dutt and Rhea Pillai, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh to the golden era couples like Guru Dutt and Geeta Dutt, Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik none had a bitter climax as that of Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi. Read on their love story that turned sour! Few may know that Meena Kumar was actually d...

Last weekend saw the sad demise of the legendary Dev Anand. The actor-filmmaker's last rites will be performed on Saturday at Putney Vale, in London. As per the news reports, the cremation will begin at 11:40 am at the crematorium. Despite the Indian government's offer to late Dev's family to bring back his body to Mumbai for the last rites, his family decided to wait for his better half Kalpana Kartik, as well as their daughter to reach London. News also has it that a memorial service will take place immediately after the cremation at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan at Kensington in West London.

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Mumbai, Dec 6: Dev Anand's wife and daughter will be leaving for London Tuesday night but the funeral will take place only Dec 9 or 10, his close associate said.

'Dev saab died on Dec 3 and his body was taken to a morgue. There is a rule according to which the body is released after seven days. So most probably his funeral will take place on Dec 9 or Dec 10,' Mohan Churiwala, who had been with the legendary actor for two decades, told Ians.

Dev Anand died of cardiac arrest Dec 3 in London. He was 88. His son Suniel Anand was with him.

Dev Anand's wife Mona Anand (screen name Kalpana Kartik) and daughter Devina.

Dev Anand.s wife and daughter will be leaving for London Tuesday night but the funeral will take place only Dec 9 or 10, his close associate said..Dev saab died on Dec 3 and his body was taken to a morgue. There is a rule according to which the body is released after seven days. So most probably his funeral will take place on Dec 9 or Dec 10,. Mohan Churiwala, who had been with the legendary actor for two decades, told Ians.Dev Anand died of cardiac arrest Dec 3 in London. He was 88. His son Suniel Anand was with him.Dev Anand.s wife Mona Anand (screen name Kalpana Kartik) and daughter Devina are flying to London from Mumbai for the last rites. Devina.s daughter Gina is staying back in Mumbai..After the funeral, there will be a condolence meet here in Mumbai. It will be organised at the Mehboob Studio. It...

Popular Bollywood matinee idol, producer and film-maker

The Indian actor, producer and film-maker Dev Anand, who has died aged 88, was the first and longest serving matinee idol of Bollywood cinema. The pinnacle of his career came with Guide (1965), a film based on Rk Narayan's novel, in which Dev played the male lead opposite the classical Indian dancer turned actor Waheeda Rehman. Dev's talented younger brother Vijay directed it. During the golden age of Indian cinema, in the 1950s and 1960s, Dev, along with Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar, formed the trio of stars who dominated the silver screen. Dev's urbanity and quirky mannerisms made him especially popular among the young and women.

He was born in undivided India at Gurdaspur, in the Punjab region. His father, Pishorimal Anand, was a leading lawyer. After graduating from the prestigious Government College, in Lahore, Dev tried and failed to enter the Royal Indian Navy.

President Pratibha Patil, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and several other political leaders Sunday condoled the demise of veteran actor Dev Anand, saying the Indian film industry had lost one of its most endearing heroes who personified the spirit of graceful ageing with dignity.The president said Dev Anand was a legendary film artist as well as a producer, director and writer who adorned Hindi cinema with great distinction. .He delighted Hindi cinema fans with his vivacious acting and as a popular romantic hero of his times..Recalling his movies, Patil said: .He shall always be remembered by a generation of film watchers for his exemplified acting in the movies . .Taxi Driver., .Munimji., .Guide., .Johny Mera Naam., .Hare Rama Hare Krishna. and .Des Pardes....In his passing away, the film industry has lost a creative talent and a man who personified the spirit of graceful ageing with dignity,...