September 26 is Dev Anand’s birth anniversary.
Dev Anand got his heart broken when he found out about the actress’ closeness with actor Raj Kapoor.
Dev Anand was one of the biggest superstars in the Hindi film industry. He was considered one of the greatest and most successful actors in Bollywood. Dev Anand had an illustrious career that spanned almost six decades. He featured in more than 100 films in Bollywood. Despite having the world going crazy after him, Dev Anand once got his heart broken by an actress. He reportedly fell in love with his co-star Zeenat Aman. According to reports, Dev Anand got his heart broken when he found out about her closeness with actor Raj Kapoor. On the iconic star’s 100th birth anniversary, let’s take an in-depth look at this incident. According to reports, Dev Anand was vacationing in Kathmandu, Nepal, and was looking for inspiration for his next film. It was then that he found a group of people partying, smoking marijuana, and carefreely dancing with each other. Among all the foreigners, he saw a brown woman. He was so impressed by her that he decided to meet her. After meeting her and hearing her story, he got inspired to make a film titled Hare Rama Hare Krishna. After returning to Mumbai, he started working on the film and cast himself as the lead. But nobody wanted to play the role of a hippie.
Dev Anand was looking for an actress who was smart, unapologetic and was inspired by the western culture. It was then that he found out about Zeenat Aman, and she agreed to do the film. Even though they played siblings on screen, their offscreen chemistry grew. Dev Anand was mesmerised by her beauty and fell in love with her.
Once the duo was supposed to attend a Bollywood party together. That’s when Dev Anand decided he would confess his love to Zeenat Aman. He urged her to go to the party together and told her that they’d have dinner after the party. At the party, he saw Raj Kapoor getting close to Zeenat Aman. He also found out that she had signed a film titled Satyam Shivam Sundaram, which will be directed by Raj Kapoor. He also saw Raj Kapoor kissing her and announcing the signing of the actress. It was then that Dev Anand left the party alone.
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