Geeta Bali refused to marry Shammi Kapoor, then suggested they elope: ‘We were turned away from the temple, the priest said….’

Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali with different Kapoors. (Photo: Express Archive)

In an aged video interrogation with Rajshri Unplugged, Shammi Kapoor erstwhile shared however they had a batch successful common. “I fell successful emotion with her and she fell successful emotion with me. When we came backmost to Bombay, I projected to her. That was successful April of 1955 and she said ‘no, I don’t deliberation I tin wed you. I person truthful galore responsibilities and I person to fulfil them. But I emotion you.’ I said ‘alright, we’ll support it astatine that’.”

Shammi Kapoor with Geeta Bali. (Photo: Express Archive)

Shammi admitted that helium kept connected asking her connected each occasion, ‘let’s get married’, but she said ‘let’s hold and see’.

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Recalling the D-day, Shammi Kapoor shared, “In August 1955 eventually, determination came a moment, and I don’t cognize however she arrived astatine that, erstwhile she said ‘yes ok, let’s get married.’ I asked her ‘shall I pass your parents and my parents?’ She said, ‘no, let’s get joined close now, today.’”

The mates went to conscionable comedian Johnny Walker, who happened to beryllium a beloved person of the mates and had gotten joined conscionable a week earlier. Johnny Walker suggested that they get joined successful a temple and that’s what happened.

The mates drove down to a temple analyzable adjacent astatine Banganga. As they arrived precocious astatine night, the temple clergyman sent them distant saying that ‘the gods are asleep, travel successful the greeting astatine 4 am’. Shammi and Geeta drove backmost to Matunga and waited for sunrise. The mates were backmost astatine the temple astatine 4 am, conscionable similar the clergyman had asked of them, and were joined soon after.

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Remembering his one-of-a-kind wedding, Shammi Kapoor shared once, “The gods were waiting for us. The temple doors were unfastened and the pujari said ‘aayiye, hum aapki shaadi karva dete hain.’ Geeta did a fantastic thing, which I’ve ne'er forgotten. She took retired a lipstick from her purse, gave it to maine and said ‘yeh aap meri maang mein lipstick bhar do.’ Wonderful gesture, and that’s what I did. That’s however we got married.”

Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali got joined connected August 24, 1955.

Geeta Bali, who had started her vocation arsenic a kid creator with The Cobbler (1942) and had her archetypal occurrence with Sohag Raat (1948). After moving successful Badi Bahen (1949), Bali went onto found herself arsenic a starring woman of the 50s with films and did galore hits similar Bawre Nain (1950), Albela (1951), Baazi (1951), Jaal (1952), Anand Math (1952), Vachan (1955), Milap (1955), Faraar (1955), Jailor (1958) and Mr. India (1961).

Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali with their lad Aditya Raj Kapoor. (Photo: Express Archive)

Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali has 2 children including histrion Aditya Raj Kapoor. Bali died successful 1965 of tiny pox.