Raj Kapoor was not just an actor but he himself was a whole era of the cinema in the Bollywood industry. The actor who ruled the industry for more than 3 decades changed the curve of the Bollywood industry and led the foundation of modern-day cinema. His charming looks and stellar acting performance made him the heart of his many female admirers. The actor was truly a women’s man and that’s his affairs in the Bollywood industry never failed to make headlines. One of the love connections of Raj Kapoor, that created chaos in the industry was with co-star Vijayanthimala.
The pioneer of the Bollywood industry, Raj Kapoor was married to Krishna Kapoor but that couldn’t stop him from losing his heart to his co-actresses.
After sharing a hush-hush relationship with Nargis, Raj Kapoor fell in love with his co-star Vijayanthimala.
Raj Kapoor and Vyjayanthimala first met back in 1959, when they started working on their first movie together titled Nazrana.
When the duo first interacted, Raj was already married to his wife Krishana and Vijyanathi was marking her steps in the industry. In no time, the couple fell in love with each other and started dating. But as we know Bollywood is really small and it doesn’t take long for the news to break out in public.
Soon, the couple became the talk of the town, and even the wife of the actor to know about their relationship. When Krishna got to know about their relationship, she decided to leave Raj’s house and went to a hotel.
As mentioned in Rishi Kapoor’s book Khullam Khulla, Krishna stayed in the Natraj hotel for about four and a half months and refused to go home if Raj didn’t agree with her conditions.
And finally, to win his wife back, Raj ended all his ties with Vyjayanthi, and even promised to never work with her again.
Meanwhile, Vyjayanthimala fell in love with a doctor and her love story was no less filmy with him too. Once the actress had fallen sick and Dr. Chamanlal Bali was treating her and that’s how he fell in love with the actress.
