It is no surprising that actors and actress fall in love when on work. While some amongst them forged successful on screen pairing, most fizzled out when the affair became open. There is something about chemistry when it is unspoken. Also note how in old days it was parent(s) or relatives who played spoil sport while in new age it is always the fear of commitment or spent passion(or boredom). Uncoupling has become far more easier but its impact has become tedious. Reverse of how it happened in olden days.
Some of (not so) secret affairs-
Dev anand - Suraiya - by his own account, he loved standing beneath his lady love's window while her grand ma loved throwing Garbage and Gallis at him in each equal measure. Guess who won in this love.
Raj kapoor - nargis - raj kapoor was married. So maybe his wife. Though raj and nargis did make one hell of on screen pair.
Dilip kumar - madubala- her abba was a real life villain whom Dilip could never vanquish.
Dilip Kumar -vyajantimala - ego and passion sometime walk together. These two symbolized that kind of love.
Raj kapoor - vyajantimala - hell hath no fury as women scorned. This was her rebound love and his real mid life passion. Rumor has it even pritviraaj had given up.
Rajendra Kumar - Saira Banu - young love destroyed by her actress mom (legendary beauty Naseem Banu) who wanted her daughter to grow big in Bollywood.
Vinod Mehra - moushmi chaterjee - it is no secret that she loved her fil ( legend hemant Kumar) as daughter but was not so enamoured of her hubby. Vinod was the name that was bounced too often to be coincidence.
Dev anand - zeenat aman - he was vested in her till she realized RK was better for her career. I mean his movie satyam shivam sundaram
Rajesh khanna - Tina Munim - shared brushes and bed. These two lived together till they decided to mutually uncouple when there was no hope for divorce.
Sanjeev Kumar - sulakshana pandit - Sanjeev fell head over heels with dream girl hema enough to cause her discomfort even after her marriage to dharmendra. Unfortunately it was one sided. He is said to be culprit behind hema - jeetandra's aborted marriage plans. This heart break , his weak heart and his hearty drinking habits caused no amount of grief to sulakshana. There was talk on how she would wait in the corner while he flirted with every female in drunken haze, just she could take him back home from the party.
Shot gun - reena Roy - man on his account could not make up his man which gf to marry. Priceless man (not).
Mithun - sridevi -wife and children played spoil sport. There were few sucide threats thrown for good measure.
AB-Rekha - legendary on screen couple who have still kept people guessing. Are they or not.
Do you know about more such couples that fell in love but never married?
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