There is no hesitation in saying that Bollywood gave us some really hopelessly romantic expectations and made us believe that made in heaven couples are not available in real life. But thanks to the most adorable and dreamy love story of Sunil Dutt and Nargis that love never fades away. The love story of a charming actor and gorgeous actress is nothing short fairy tale romance that we all manifest for. The story started at the set of Do Bigha Zamin, which would be part of the annals of Hindi cinema just as their films.
Sunil Dutt came into the life of Nargis when she was at her lowest and the thought of committing suicide was driving her crazy. Nargis was allegedly in a relationship with Raj Kapoor at the time, and though he was married to Krishna Kapoor, due to social pressure and industry gossips their relationship came to an end pretty soon.
Amidst all this chaos, a fire scene went awfully wrong on the sets of Mother India, Nargis got stuck in the middle of the fire ring, and just like a Bollywood hero Sunil barged in armed with nothing but a blanket to rescue her. This was the very moment when Nargis realized that Sunil is the man she want in her life.
As the result of Dutt’s heroic act, he suffered several burns on his face and chest. For thanking him for saying her life, Nargis nursed Dutt back to health for two weeks. In that time, the two got very close, and she even opened up about her past to him.
In no time the couple became really close and started dating. After dating each other for a while they decided to get married but they played mother and son on-screen in Mother India, and the news of their relationship would be disastrous for the film, so kept their relationship under the wrap for a while.
In 1958, they got married in a secret ceremony and didn't make the news public for nearly a year. Even after getting married, they stayed with their respective families.
In 1959, after making the news of their marriage public, they held a reception and moved in together. The couple then had three children -- Namrata, Priya, and Sanjay Dutt.
Life was a fairy tale until the health of Nargis started to deteriorate. She got jaundice, was later diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. To battle cancer, the actress got treatment from New York’s reputation hospital but nothing seems to work for her.
The same year, Sanjay Dutt was set to make his Bollywood debut with Rocky, and Nargis wanted to attend the premiere on May 7.
But, on May 1, her condition deteriorated and she slipped into a coma once again. On May 3, she breathed her last. While many believed that she died of cancer, her daughter, Namrata, recently clarified that she had fought cancer successfully and died of a urinary tract infection.
