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== Personal life == Anand was in a relationship with actress [[Suraiya]] for four years from 1948 to 1951.<ref>{{cite news |last=John |first=Ali Peter |date=9 July 2018 |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/suraiya-dev-anands-first-love-never-forget/ |title=Suraiya: Dev Anand's first love whom he could never forget |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |access-date=22 July 2023 |archive-date=23 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230723060037/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/suraiya-dev-anands-first-love-never-forget/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |work=News18 |title=On actress Suraiya's 95th birth anniversary, take a look at her films with Dev Anand |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/on-actress-suraiyas-95th-birth-anniversary-take-a-look-at-her-films-with-dev-anand-8933472.html |date=15 June 2024 |accessdate=26 September 2024}}</ref> Anand nicknamed Suraiya "Nosey", while to Suraiya, Dev Anand was "Steve", a name chosen from a book Dev Anand had given her. Suraiya also called Anand "Devina" and he called her "Suraiyana", while faking an Italian accent.<ref name="Rediff love ended">{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-excerpts-from-dev-anands-/20111208.htm |title=How the Dev Anand-Suraiya love affair ended |date=9 December 2011 |work=Rediff.com |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810173300/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/slide-show-1-excerpts-from-dev-anands-/20111208.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> During the shooting of ''Jeet'' (1949), both Anand and Suraiya, had made plans for marriage and elopement, but were unsuccessful due to the opposition from Suraiya's maternal grandmother and maternal uncle.<ref name="pinkvilla.com">{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Khyati |title=Flashback Fridays: Truth behind Dev Anand and Suraiya's Tragic Love Story!! |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/discussion/348819/flashback-fridays-truth-behind-dev-anand-and-suraiyas-tragic-love |access-date=28 July 2023 |work=PINKVILLA |date=1 February 2016 |archive-date=28 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728110058/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/discussion/348819/flashback-fridays-truth-behind-dev-anand-and-suraiyas-tragic-love |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 'Star and Style' interview, Suraiya said that she gave in only when both her grandmother and her maternal uncle threatened to get Dev Anand killed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/cafe/suraiya-a-legend-and-a-lonely-soul |title=Suraiya: A legend and a lonely soul |newspaper=[[National Herald (India)|National Herald]] |date=31 January 2018 |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-date=24 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324102315/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/cafe/suraiya-a-legend-and-a-lonely-soul |url-status=live }}</ref> Suraiya and Anand were stopped from acting together after their last film in 1951 by her grandmother. In an interview with ''[[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust]]'', in June 1972, Suraiya revealed that she lacked the courage to resist her family and that Anand truly loved her. Anand wanted her to be bold and marry him in a civil court, but she refused.<ref name="tanqeed">{{cite web|url=https://tanqeed.com/blast-from-the-past-suraiyas-interview-about-dev-anand/|publisher=tanqeed.com|title=Blast from the Past: Suraiya's Interview about Dev Anand|date=16 June 2012|access-date=27 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=013104044332|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040703094335/http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=013104044332|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 July 2004|title=INDOlink β India Sports News: Yesteryear's Greatest Singing Star Of Bollywood Suraiya Is Dead|access-date=3 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="Bharatan">{{cite book|title=Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad|author=Bharatan, R.|date=2013|publisher=Hay House, Incorporated|isbn=9789381398630|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg09BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT158|pages=157β158}}</ref> Suraiya remained unmarried throughout her life till she died on 31 January 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sunday Tribune β Spectrum|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080309/spectrum/main7.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180310054259/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080309/spectrum/main7.htm|archive-date=10 March 2018|access-date=13 July 2017|publisher=Tribuneindia.com}}</ref> In his auto-biography, Anand said Suraiya was his "first true love". When Suraiya died in 2004, Anand hid from the media in his terrace, because he wanted to be away from the media.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bharatan, Raju |title=A Journey Down Melody Lane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnxABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT93|date= 2010|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-05-0|pages=93β}}</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150317211217/http://magnamags.com/society/sepia-memories/why-did-suraiya-break-dev-anand-s-heart/3620 Why did Suraiya break Dev Anand's heart?]}}. MagnaMags (20 March 2014). Retrieved on 9 November 2018.</ref> Dev Anand was broken after the relationship ended. In 1954, Anand married [[Kalpana Kartik]],<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/blast-from-the-past-dev-anand-weds-kalpana-kartik-during-a-shooting-break-41159.html |title=Blast from the past: Dev Anand weds Kalpana Kartik during a shooting break |magazine=Filmfare |access-date=26 September 2020 |archive-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622053639/https://www.filmfare.com/features/blast-from-the-past-dev-anand-weds-kalpana-kartik-during-a-shooting-break-41159.html |url-status=live}}</ref> an actress from [[Shimla]], in a private marriage during the shooting of the film ''Taxi Driver''.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 March 2016|title=Scandal Flashback 1950-the 1960s: Dev Anand and His Wo... β Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Kalpana Karthik β Masala! β Bollywood Gossip News, Indian Celebrities and Pictures|newspaper=Masala.com |url=http://www.masala.com/scandal-flashback-1950-1960s-dev-anand-and-his-women-214809.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704144447/http://www.masala.com/scandal-flashback-1950-1960s-dev-anand-and-his-women-214809.html|archive-date=4 July 2017|access-date=13 July 2017|publisher=Masala!}}</ref> They have two children, son [[Suneil Anand]], born 1956 and daughter Devina Anand.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gupta|first1=Ranjan Das|date=18 August 2015|title=Breaking her silence|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/kalpana-kartik-celebrates-84th-birthday-with-nostalgia/article7553729.ece|url-status=live|access-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718092947/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/kalpana-kartik-celebrates-84th-birthday-with-nostalgia/article7553729.ece|archive-date=18 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Dilip|date=10 December 2011|title=UNFORGETTABLE β Dev Kahan ho|newspaper=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/unforgettable-dev-kahan-ho/article2704510.ece|url-status=live|access-date=13 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725064336/https://www.thehindu.com/arts/unforgettable-dev-kahan-ho/article2704510.ece|archive-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>
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