THIS actress was only 20 years old when 48-year-old Dev Anand fell 'desperately in love with her,' but she had eyes for someone else

Remember the dialogue from Karan Johar’s ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ - “Ek tarfa pyaar ki taaqat hi kuch aur hoti hai. Aur rishton ki tarah yeh do logon mein nahin bant ti. (The power of one-sided love is different; unlike other relations, it isn’t divided between two people).” Perhaps, that was the kind of love Dev Anand felt when he saw a young, beautiful actress, who was more than 20 years younger than him. He gave her a big break in his movie, and the more time they spent together, the farther he fell ‘desperately in love with her.’However, fate had other plans for both these stars. On the one hand, where Dev Anand was already married at that time, this beauty had a soft corner allegedly for someone else.Back then, the 48-year-old Dev Anand was truly smitten by the charm and demure of this diva, who was only 20 years old. Confessing his feelings for her, Dev Anand in his autobiography mentioned, “Whenever and wherever she was talked about glowingly, I loved it; and whenever and wherever I was discussed in the same vein, she was jubilant. In the subconscious, we had become emotionally attached to each other.” As he continued to express that “suddenly, one day I felt I was desperately in love with…,” he shared how he wanted to propose to her, “To make an honest confession, at a very special, exclusive place meant for romance. I chose the Rendezvous at the Taj, on top of the city, where we had dined together once earlier." Reportedly, though Dev Anand felt very strongly for his actress, she never felt the same way. Once, at a party, he saw Raj Kapoor, in a drunken state, throwing himself at the same actress. Watching him flirt with the girl he lost his heart to, Dev felt furious. However, when he saw that the actress had no issues with the flirting and was even reciprocating the same, he decided to take a step back. This beauty who made Dev Anand’s heart flutter is none other than Zeenat Aman. She was only 20 years old when she featured with Dev Anand in ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ in 1971. In her defence, Zeenat never had any idea about Dev Anand’s feelings.Veteran star Zeenat Aman is currently one of the most relevant celebrities on social media. The 70s actress used social media to reinvent herself and was recently seen in ‘The Royals,’ and was highly appreciated for her work.