Love stories that didn't end well

he actor who earned the adulation of viewers as a romantic leading man was Dev Anand. He was unequalled in his domain as the handsome, sophisticated and debonair lover. He was at ease with all his heroines from Suraiya, to whom he lost his heart in the early years of his career, to Nutan to Madhubala, to Vyjayantimala to Mala Sinha. Being the never aging hero he worked with equal ease when teamed with a younger star like Asha Parekh, for instance, in Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai. His most admired pairing however was with Waheeda Rehman in Guide. Though Waheeda and Dev made waves as a pair in some hit films like CID, Solva Saal, Baat Ek Raat Ki and Kala Bazar, it was Guide that got them international attention. The pairing was so successful that he chose Waheeda to star opposite him when he debuted as a director with Prem Pujari.