Number 5 : Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh are one of the most famous celebrity couples in the Bollywood film industry. Audience simply loved Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh's pair on the silver screen and they were the teenage romantic sensation of the seventies. Their love story was truly a fairy tale love story. They first acted in the film Khel Khel Mein (1975) as onscreen couples. It was then that Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh started seeing each other and the film was an instant hit. Later they also acted as onscreen lovers in Yash Chopra's blockbuster film Kabhi Kabhie. By then, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh had become the most adorable pair of Bollywood. Both of them acted in several films together, including hit movies of the seventies like, Rafoo Chakkar, Kabhi Kabhie and Amar Akbar Anthony. People found the bubbly and sweet Neetu and innocent looking Rishi to be a dream Pair.
They were both deeply in love with each other and marriage between the two was obvious. Their engagement and marriage took place in 1979 in Golf course in Chembur. The wedding reception took place in RK Studio which was a grand affair and the entire film industry was invited to the wedding.
Number 4: Raj Babbar and Smita Patil
Raj Babbar and Smita Patil stand to be one of the most famed real life couples of Bollywood. Smita Patil was emotionally attached with the actor Raj Babbar and their attachment ultimately resulted in their marriage and happy union. Marriage with Raj Babbar brought Smita Patil rave reviews and harsh criticism from all corners. Her fans and media thought that the marriage with Raj Babbar will ruin her career. However Smita Patil braved all the criticism with dignified silence. Within a short span of time when the storm of criticism died down Raj Babbar and Smita Patil got married and started living happily.
Raj Babbar was born on 23rd June, 1952 in Agra to Kaushal Kumar and Shobha Rani. After graduating from the National School of Drama in 1975 he started his professional career as an actor in Bollywood. Since then, he has performed in a good number of movies which bear the hallmark of his brilliance as an actor. He is blessed with immense acting talent which was displayed by him in both art and commercial films. Some of the films performed by Raj Babbar bear negative shades as well. Smita Patil was born on October 17th, 1955. She is considered to be one of the most brilliant actresses of Bollywood. She has worked both in Hindi and Marathi films. Smita Patil is still acclaimed for her outstanding performances in the films she has worked in. She is ranked with the stalwarts of the parallel cinema like Shabana Azmi and Suhasini Mulay. Some of the important films which bear the mark of her brilliant performances include: Smita Patil has acted in off-beat movies dealing with sensitive issues of humanism, violence and rebel. She has always being successful in portraying the role of a strong and rebel lady. Her powerful and fiery role as "Sanabai" in Mirch Masala has earned her many accolades from film critics and viewers. Smita Patil died on 13th December, 1986 after giving birth to son Prateik.
Number 3: Dharmendra and Hema Malini
She was the dream girl with the most innocent face and he was the He-Man with soulful eyes. She had Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar falling for her charms and vying for attention. And Dharmendra was married, had a wife and children to boot. She exemplified feminine grace and personified masculinity. Together they formed a hit pair and did 28 films together. The attraction between Hema and Dharmendra almost seemed fated. They fell in love and ran away to Khandala and had a quiet Iyengar wedding . . .
Number 2 : Sunil Dutt and Nargis
Very few Bolly-wood couples can match the grace and elegance that they possessed. The famed love story of Sunil Dutt and Nargis evolved out of a heroic deed which gave a fresh lease of life to Nargis. The two came from very different backgrounds but found them in the film industry by quirk of fate. Nargis and Sunil Dutt first met on the sets of Balraj Sahni's Do Bigha Zameen. During that time Sunil was a student and an aspiring actor while Nargis was already an established star. They got to know each other and developed a friendly relationship. With each passing day they got to know each other better. Sunil found in her a good human being and a woman of rare qualities. Her compassion and understanding touched him very much. And when she took care of his family members, like one would take care of their own, Sunil was moved to the core. Once, without bothering to obtain Sunil's consent Nargis took his ailing sister to the doctor and got her operated. He knew for sure that this person will make a better home for him. Though the seeds of love were sown it never quite blossomed into romance till a daring rescue act. While shooting for Mother India, Nargis was trapped in the midst of lit haystacks while filming a scene. As the flames engulfed her completely, Sunil Dutt who played her rebellious son Birju in the film ran through the fire scooped her and single-handedly rescued her. He was not deterred by the fire which was powerful enough to char him to death. To Nargis, commitment to her savior was far above anything else. The only way she could pay him back, if ever she could, was by acceding to his request. So when Sunil proposed to her she readily accepted to marry him. The much talked about romance of Bollywood finally culminated in marriage on March 11, 1958.
Number 1 : Shahrukh and Gauri Khan
Shahrukh’s personal story can never be complete if one were not to talk about his romance and subsequent marriage with Gauri Chhibber, the daughter of retired Major Ramesh Chhibber, who had been born a vegetarian, was a Hindu Brahmin, and even had a temple within his house. Shahrukh being a Muslim in India where religion plays a key role while deciding the destiny of marital alliances, his marrying Gauri whom he had met in 1984 and eventually married in 1991 was indeed a tough task to accomplish. The relationship between the two had been kept under wraps, and understandably so because Gauri’s parents would not have accepted it. Or, so it seemed for quite some time even while the twosome continued to meet up for six long years. The youngest in a Punjabi joint family with around 15 members, that Gauri would marry someone from her community was a foregone conclusion.As for Shahrukh, he was willing to do anything to get her in his life, and it is said that he had entered Gauri’s household by posing as Abhimanyu during the girl’s birthdayparty. Abhimanyu…. Who? Yes! The character that Shahrukh had just started to play in the television serial Fauji that was being directed by the retired Lieutenant Colonel Raj Kapoor. The serial based on life in the army had made Shahrukh’s character really popular, and people around even said that he looked quite a bit like Dilip Kumar when he attended the birthday party in Gauri’s house that day.
The story of Shahrukh and Gauri’s relationship continued to add a new chapter with every passing day, and not all of them were bliss-laden as is the case with all human relationships. He was tremendously, in fact uncomfortably possessive about his lady love, so much that he would pick up a quarrel with her even if she let her hair down… literally. Finally, Gauri lost her cool and realized that she wanted to get away from the emotional bedlam in 1989. Without informing Shahrukh, she came down to Mumbai with her pals just a day after the former had celebrated her birthday in his room by decorating it the best way he could have and giving her lots of presents. It was when Gauri had left for Mumbai that Cupid shot that one decisive arrow. Shahrukh just had gone to the city of dreams where his love had gone, and he ended up telling everything to his mother who was supportive and open-minded as always. Not only did she give her son Rs 10,000, she also advised him to go to Mumbai and get his love back. Shahrukh went there with his friends, and what followed sounds like a chapter straight out of fictional romantic folklore. In the huge city, he and his friends kept looking for Gauri, and especially around the beaches because of his awareness that she was attracted to them in a big way. On the last day of his stay in Mumbai, since he had run short of financial fuel obviously, a cab guy advised him to go to a place called the Aksa Beach. From there, they ferried across to a place called Gorai and, after searching frantically, managed to track her down when she was standing in the water! Once the duo saw each other, they embraced each other and started crying. That was the defining moment in their relationship, because it was clear to both of them that they need to be with each other all their lives.The problem the couple apprehended was because of Gauri’s set-up that consisted of simple people who were loyal to Indian social norms and did not question the tenets of tradition: which, in this case, implied that having a son-in-law who belonged to a different religion. This was a thought that would have never crossed their minds. But the time when the twosome had to marry had to surface some day or the other, and that did happen in 1991. The couple went ahead and put up a notice for a court marriage which, according to the Indian marital laws, meant that their names were displayed in front of the court in a notice for one long month. Shahrukh and Gauri had to hide the notice from their parents, so they did the most obvious thing. They gave an address and said it was their own. The poor fellow had to suffer the repercussions. The parochial among the Hindus made a group and shouted in front of his house, and so did their Muslim counterpart. During those 30 days, the life of his friend was absolutely miserable, but then both Shahrukh and Gauri did not have a choice because they were really concerned about the latter’s parents.Those 30 days proved to be critical for the young couple. They worked hard towards convincing Gauri’s parents, and eventually managed to make them see their point of view. That they would have a court marriage after the notice period got over was decided upon, and it was on August 26 that this ceremony was finally solemnized in the court. They also got married in keeping with Hindu and Muslim traditions separately. In fact, it was Gauri who insisted that they should have a Muslim wedding too, and the roots of a secular family set-up had been firmly established be them.
That was the time when Shahrukh was making his initial forays in Bollywood, and among his forthcoming films were Deewana and Raju Bangaya Gentleman while he was shooting for Dil Aashna Hai as well.
