Vijay Anand.
There are many names in the film world, which broke the walls of religion, caste for love. There were many such love stories in the film corridors, which crossed every difficulty and reached their point. But, there are some love stories that reached marriage, these couples stayed together for years and separated with death, but still surrounded in controversies. The love story of Dev Anand’s brother and veteran director Vijay Anand was also similar, he took a decision about his personal life, which created a stir in the country, not in the entire industry. However, Vijay Anand did not bother with his decision.
Dev Anand made superstar
Vijay Anand made his brother i.e. Dev Anand a superstar on the basis of his strong direction. In the 70-80s, she directed many magnificent films, many of which proved to be hits and some proved to be a Cult. But, in personal life he did something that surprised everyone. Actually, Vijay Anand married Sushma Kohli, who was his real niece in the relationship, this marriage was in a lot of controversy in those days.
Vijay Anand was also known as Goldie Anand
Vijay Anand, who gave superhit films like ‘Guide’, ‘Jewel Thef’, ‘Kora Paper’ and ‘Johnny Mera Naam’, is also called ‘Director with Golden Touch’. It is said that when Vijay Anand was younger, his hair was of golden color, so his father used to call him ‘Goldie Laks’ and people also know him by the name of Goldie Anand. When he was 7 years old, his mother died. After which Vijay Anand came to Mumbai with his siblings. He completed his studies from here. Because, he belonged to the film family, his trend towards films also started moving.
Lavalin was first married to Thadani
Vijay Anand had also started writing scripts during college days, because he knew somewhere that his future is also in films like his brothers. In those days Dev Anand and Chetan Anand used to run ‘Navketan Production House’ and Vijay Anand also joined his brothers’ production house. Vijay Anand married Lavalin Thadani, but wanted to work in Lavalin films and Vijay was against his decision. When Lavalin expressed his desire to work in films from Vijay, he got upset and later both got divorced.
Married to her niece in 1978
In 1978, a controversy over Vijay Anand arose when during the shooting of the film ‘Ram Balaram’, he got married to his elder sister’s daughter Sushma Kohli and got married to his elder sister’s daughter Sushma Kohli. When Vijay married Sushma, he was not divorced from the first wife Lavalin Thadani. Her family also got fiercely raised about her marriage to Sushma. Later there was a son from this marriage, which the couple named Vaibhav. Vaibhav is also associated with the film industry.
Vijay Anand was a person of calm nature
In an interview to Filmfare in 2018, Sushma Kohli spoke about her husband Vijay Anand and her nature and told that Vijay was very shy in real life. Sushma had said, ‘He was a very calm person. He could never get angry, but I used to sit sometimes angry. We got married in 1978 during the shooting of ‘Ram-Balaram’.
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