How a film reignited Ratan Tata’s ‘first true love’

Avijit GhoshTNN
Nov 3, 2024 | 15:15 IST
Ratan Tata and Carolyn Emmons. Credit: HarperCollins from the book "Ratan Tata: A Life"

Ratan Tata’s official biography reveals his long-lost romance with Carolyn Emmons, the daughter of a renowned American architect. A Hollywood film rekindled their bond decades later

Ratan Tata found his “first true love” in the teenage daughter of a famous architect in the United States in the early 1960s and the relationship was filled with possibilities but fate willed otherwise, reveals a farm-fresh official biography of the industrialist who passed away last month.

The association was revived in recent years; noted Hollywood director Wes Anderson’s 2007 film, The Darjeeling Limited, playing a key role in the rekindling.
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