Dev Anand-Kalpana Kartik (married 1954)
Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik's marriage has survived 50 years, resting on a solid foundation. They got married in the most romantic manner.
While shooting 1954's Taxi Driver, during the lunch break, the two stars film slipped into the art director's room, where a magistrate had been called. Dev slipped a ring onto Kalpana's fingers and signed the papers. The besotted couple kept their marriage secret for a week thereafter!
Kalpana starred in House No 44 and Nau Do Gyarah after her marriage, the latter after the birth of their son Suneil. Kalpana, who starred in only six films (all opposite Dev), instantly retreated into domestic life.
In the 1970s, Anand's name was linked with several actresses, and the couple drifted into different preoccupations with Kalpana taking refuge in religion while Dev plunged deeper into filmmaking.
The couple still live under the same roof, and Kalpana remains the only Mrs Dev Anand.
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