Blast From The Past! When Raj Kapoor CRIED Every Night To Sleep After Nargis Married Sunil Dutt

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Raj Kapoor was rightfully touted as the greatest showman of Bollywood. Apart from being one of the biggest superstar Hindi cinema had seen, the veteran actor often also used to be in the news for his love life. However, he was most famously linked to veteran actress Nargis Dutt.

An affair that lasted for 9 years came to a sad end reportedly after Nargis began to feel that Raj Kapoor was not giving her enough priority in his life. It has also often been reported that Nargis was very keen on becoming Mrs. Kapoor. But when she realized that Raj Kapoor was not going to leave his wife Krishna Kapoor, she was heartbroken.

Soon, Nargis met Sunil Dutt and the duo came close to each other after the latter rescued her from a fire on the sets of Mother India. Eventually, they got hitched in 1958. It was said that though Raj Kapoor would not get married to Nargis, he was head over heels in love with her. So the news of her marriage left him shattered!

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