It’s well-known that Dev Anand was head over heels in love with Suraiya. He even purchased her a big diamond ring, which one account says her maternal grandmother threw in the sea, and different accounts say she herself flung it in the sea. He was heartbroken when she mentioned no, allegedly as a result of they belonged to totally different religions.
Some even say that she was the greater star than Dev Anand, and was the sole breadwinner of the household, therefore her household didn’t need the union. They apparently had one final assembly the place they each reportedly cried their hearts out. In accordance with an interview given by Dev Anand’s shut affiliate Mohan Churiwala, Suraiya’s mom requested Dev Anand to come back on their terrace at 10 pm and meet her one final time. Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt requested him to not go alone fearing bother. He took an inspector buddy alongside. With two torches and a loaded gun, the inspector sat on the parapet. He requested Dev Anand to flash his torch if he sensed bother. The anguish of the two lovers was voiced extra in tears than in precise phrases. Suraiya by no means married, although Dev Anand moved on.
It was Mona Singha, who was given the display screen title of Kalpana Kartik, who introduced out Dev Anand from the morass of grief he was feeling. Dev Anand’s elder brother Chetan Anand noticed the fairly woman in Shimla. The younger collegian, who was finding out at St Bede’s Faculty in Shimla had been topped Miss Shimla and was a minor superstar. Mona was a Punjabi Christian and her mother and father have been initially from Lahore and had settled in Shimla after the Partition. Chetan Anand was on the lookout for a new face and persuaded them to let her attempt her luck in movies. Her first break got here with Navketan Movie’s Baazi (1951). She performed a physician in the movie.
It was Navketan’s second manufacturing and was directed by Guru Dutt. Impressed by American noir movies, the movie turned a big hit. Her different movies — Aandhiyan (1952), Humsafar (1953), Taxi Driver (1954), Home No. 44 (1954) and Nau Do Gyarah (1957) have been additionally with Dev Anand.
It’s mentioned Dev Anand was enamoured by her during the making of Baazi itself. He didn’t wish to take any possibilities this time and determined to marry her as quickly as she mentioned sure. Belief Dev Anand to do one thing totally different. He really married her during a shooting break during the filming of Taxi Driver (1954).
That is what he mentioned during an interview with Simi Garewal about his courtship and marriage. “She was lovely, bubbly, naughty and educated. We fell in love with one another on the units of Baazi and determined to get married secretly. Why? As a result of is not marriage a very private affair? We had deliberate that we’ll get married and won’t inform anyone after which we’ll throw a reception.”
He states additional, “We have been shooting on the units of Taxi Driver. I had the ring in my pocket. We had requested the registrar to come back there. In between the breaks when the lighting was being achieved on the units, I signalled to her, we went into our departmental room, obtained married and got here again. However, the cameraman… as a result of she had that ring on her finger noticed the ring and mentioned that it’s breaking the continuity of the scene. He knew of my affair together with her and due to this fact he was so assured. I mentioned ‘shut up, do not discuss this… later, let’s take the shot first’. It was nice enjoyable.”
They turned mother and father in 1956 when Suneil Anand was born. They have been additionally blessed with a daughter named Devina.
Dev Anand was linked with many ladies afterwards however remained loyal to Mona during their five-decade-long marriage.
He died of a coronary heart assault on December 3, 2011. Kalpana Kartik gave up performing in movies after Nau Do Gyarah (1957) and slowly disassociated herself from showbiz, selecting to stay a recluse.