During the mid-1950, Mehboob Khan’s movie, Mother India becomes the pen and paper to write the best real-life love story in Indian cinema “Sunil Dutt and Nargis”. Sunil Dutt was a legendary actor known for his contribution to Indian cinema as an actor, producer, and much more. Nargis was a beautiful actress of her era who makes everyone fall for her. The Duo makes the best love story of Indian cinema, lived in the hearts of millions forever.

After the death of Sunil Dutt’s father, the family was struggling with their daily needs. Sunil Dutt was working in Radio Ceylon, he saw the gorgeous actress and his eternal love, Nargis, for the first time in real life, and he was mesmerized by her looks, elegance, and humbleness. It was the first time when Sunil Dutt meets Nargis, but he was not confessed his feeling to her due to their social status. At that time, Nargis was in a secret relationship with Raj Kapoor. They both were romanced with each other on camera in many films and developed the feeling of love. Raj Kapoor was already married during this period, and still, Nargis went ahead signing all the RK productions movies, as she was madly in love with him. Nargis was ready for the tag of the second wife, however, Raj Kapoor left her as he was not able to leave her wife and children and they were both broken Up.

Nargis was in depression, she was the lead actress of Mehboob’s big banner ‘Mother India’. It was the first time when Nargis and Sunil were working together. On the set of Mother India, an unexpected accident happened which leads them together. The scene required Nargis to run between burning haystacks. The fire was under control up till a gust of wind set every piece of prop on the set ablaze, engulfing Nargis in a ring of fire. She was stuck in the fire; however, no one knows what was the reason as she was depressed and wants to end her life or numb. Without wasting time, Sunil barged into the ring of the fire, armed only with a blanket, and wrapped Nargis with that blanket. They were both badly burnt. Sunil had burns on his face and chest, and she had burns on her hands.

After this, Nargis spends two weeks nursing Sunil Dutt during his injury and they both come close to each other. Sunil was already in love with her and Nargis is also looking for love and care after her break-up with Raj Kapoor. They both got married secretly in 1958 and lived with their family for almost one year. In the year 1959, they revealed their marriage in front of the media and fans.