One of the most popular couples of the country, Anil and Tina Ambani are a perfect example of 'love conquers all'. Though in an interview with Simi Garewal, Anil Ambani revealed that it was never love at first sight for him, his friends and Tina love to disagree over this. Anil spotted Tina for the first time unofficially at a wedding. As per Anil, the thing that caught his attention was Tina's black sarree as she was the only person in the entire wedding ceremony who wore something black. The second time they met was when Anil Ambani was in Philadelphia. Anil was introduced to Tina and he instantly asked her out. Coming from a place where everyone runs after beautiful actresses, Tina thought Anil was no different and turned him down reports The Times of India.

In 1986, Tina was again introduced to Anil Ambani by her nephew. In the interview, Tina said that she was not too keen on meeting guys at that stage in her life. This was the reason she kept postponing or cancelling their dates. But when they finally met Tina was struck by his simplicity and genuineness. Tina thought he was very different from the lot. And she instantly felt the connection as they were also born and brought up the same way.

On the other hand, Anil who was already struck by her beauty found her very down to earth and beautiful from within. Anil had known many people from the industry and he had certain notions about how Tina would be. But he said she was not like any of them. Anil stressed on the fact that he was really attracted to her only after they'd met a couple of times.

Tina and Anil dated for a couple of months after this. During this period Tina was also in the process of giving up Bollywood and was mostly busy with completing shoots. When Anil's family got to know of Tina, they weren't really excited about the match. They had certain notions about people from the film industry thus the thought of bringing someone from the fraternity into their lives and home did not go down too well with them.