When Tina Munim turned down Anil Ambani

Anil and Tina Ambani set the perfect example of 'love conquers all'. While in an interview with Simi Garewal, Anil Ambani revealed that it was never love at first sight for him, his friends and Tina love to disagree. Anil had spotted Tina for the first time at a wedding. As per Anil, the thing that caught his attention was Tina's black saree as she was the only person present there who was wearing something black. The second time they met was when Anil Ambani was in Philadelphia. Anil was introduced to Tina and he instantly asked her out. Tina, however, had reportedly turned him down.

In 1986, Tina was again introduced to Anil Ambani by her nephew. In the interview, Tina said that she was not too keen on meeting guys at that stage in her life. This was the reason that she always kept postponing or cancelling their dates. But when they finally met, Tina was struck by his simplicity and genuineness. Tina thought that he was very different from the lot. And she instantly felt the connection as they were both born and brought up in the same manner.

On the other hand, Anil who was already struck by Tina's beauty found her to be very down-to-Earth and a beautiful person from within. Anil had known many people from the industry and he had certain notions about how Tina would be. But he said that she was not like any of them. Anil emphasised on the fact that he was really attracted to her only after they had met a couple of times.

Tina and Anil dated for a couple of months after this. During this period, Tina was also in the process of quitting Bollywood and was busy completing shoots. When Anil's family got to know about Tina, they weren't really excited about the match. They had certain notions about people from the film industry. Thus, the thought of someone from the film fraternity becoming a part of their family didn't excite them much.

It was family pressure that influenced Anil and Tina to stop seeing each other. Anil tried explaining things to Tina and she agreed to his decision without questioning him. But in the end, she was just a girl with a broken heart. After this incident, Anil and Tina did not speak to each other for about four years.

During this period, Tina quit Bollywood and went to America. She continued studying interior designing and was trying to forget everything. And time flew by. In the meanwhile, Anil was getting marriage proposals from good families, but he kept turning them down. Anil said in the interview, "It was a lot of pain, a feeling of great loss." But during this period, neither Tina nor Anil went out with anyone else.

During this period, they never interacted except for the one time when Anil called her up. In 1989, when Anil heard that there was a major earthquake in Los Angeles, he sourced Tina's number and called her up. Anil asked Tina if she was alright. While she was surprised and overwhelmed, Tina had assured him that she was indeed fine. But before she could continue the conversation or ask him something else, Anil disconnected the call.

During this period, Anil kept refusing all the marriage proposals and kept trying to persuade his parents that Tina was the girl he should be with. After much persuasion, when his family finally agreed, he called up Tina again and asked her as to when was she coming back. Tina replied that she was soon returning. Though Tina still had strong feelings for him, she knew there was no future for them and avoided the conversation.

After quitting Bollywood, Tina had no friends in the industry. She kept postponing her plans of coming back to India. Weeks passed by and one day Anil called her up again. He said, "You have been telling me you'll come back. I want to know when will you come back?" Tina said, "This was the moment I realised that I had to go back now. I could not have missed this."

After Tina came back, Anil told her about his plans and she met his family. Anil also went to Khar to meet Tina's family and informed them about his plans. Tina and Anil tied the knot in a spectacular ceremony six weeks later.