Followers who love actors so passionately that their lives revolve round them is a phenomenon that isn’t new. Ever since cine stars attained ‘icon’ standing, now we have seen fandoms go greater and crazier. In India, whereas most agree that Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth and many others have had probably the most devoted followers, there have been just a few cine idols earlier than these superstars, who commanded loopy fan following. One such title was Dev Anand, the primary type icon of Hindi cinema. Story goes that the actions of 1 loopy fan of his nearly bought him banned from sporting sure garments.

Did a woman kill herself after seeing Dev Anand in black?
There’s a in style story, nearly an city legend, about how Dev Anand was so trendy and handsome that ladies would faint upon coming face-to-face with him. In reality, the story goes that one woman was so overwhelmed when she noticed Dev Anand in black that she jumped to her demise, from the Qutab Minar no much less. It’s stated that Dev Anand was then ‘banned’ by the court docket from sporting black. As spectacular and enjoyable because the story is, there may be little reality behind it. There isn’t a credible file of it ever occurring. There have been cases of Dev Anand followers fainting on assembly him and as soon as a woman did try to kill herself when she couldn’t meet the famous person on set the place he was taking pictures. However the remainder is probably exaggeration.

When Dev Anand was threatened by Suraiya’s household

Dev Anand was in a relationship with actress Suraiya, and the 2 had been Bollywod’s ‘it couple’ within the early 50s. Nevertheless, Suraiya’s household was towards this match as they didn’t need her to marry an actor. There was a time when Suraiya’s maternal uncle eve threatened to kill Dev Anand if they didn’t break off their relationship. Suraiya unwillingly gave in to her household’s calls for, and broke it off with Dev. The actor was reportedly devastated. He later married one other actress – Kalpana Kartik – in 1954 and the couple had two youngsters. Suraiya, alternatively, remained single until her demise in 2004.