V-Day Special : Bollywood's Most Loving Couples

V-Day Special : Bollywood's Most Loving Couples

Lasting relationships are a rare feat these days, considering this impatient generation switches partners so quickly.

On this day of love, we look at some of the best examples of love in Bollywood. Couples, who have weathered the test of time and are still going strong.

Saira Banu - Dilip Kumar

Years of Togetherness - 45

Even an age gap of 22 years could not fizzle out the love of this golden couple of Bollywood. Dilip Kumar, the legendary actor, was 44 when he married the love of his life extremely beautiful actress and beauty Queen Saira Bano, who was 22 then.

The couple has no children but their love is still as evident to the world.

Jaya Bhaduri - Amitabh Bachchan

Years of Togetherness - 39

They have faced the challenges of a relationship and emerged stronger out of it. When the whole world was abuzz with a very passionate extra marital affair of Amitabh Bachchan with Rekha, Jaya Bachchan stood her ground and refused to leave Big B, resulting in a happy and well-knit family that we see today.

They have two children Abhishek Bachchan and Shweta Nanda, both happily married.

Hema Malini - Dharmendra Deol

Years of Togetherness - 32

They dated for 5 years and are now married for 32 years, all this while Dharmendra was already married to Prakash Kaur. They had to change religions to solemnize a second wedding but their love still stands tall and this one is one of the most popular love stories of Bollywood.

Dharmendra has two daughters from this wedlock - Esha and Ahana Deol.

Neetu Singh - Rishi Kapoor

Years of Togetherness - 32

The cutest real life couple that Bollywood gave us - Rishi Kapoor who was the hearthrob of India fell in love with the bubbly Punjabi kudi Neetu Singh and despite initial objection by families, they married each other.

This relationship has seen quite a few ups and downs with things turning sour between the two due to Rishi's excessive drinking. But they seem to be over that phase and are much together and happily so.

Their beautiful children are Ranbir kapoor and Ridhima Sahani

Gauri Chhiba - Shah Rukh Khan

Years of Togetherness - 21

They dated secretly for 7 long years before tying the knot. Struggler Shah Rukh fell madly in love with a Hindu-Brahmin Gauri and she was the reason he went to Bombay, to pacify an annoyed Gauri. And the rest, as well know, is history that made him King Khan.

SRK takes pride in being called a henpecked husband and loves his family deeply. They have two kids - son Aryan and daughter Suhana.

Malaika Arora - Arbaaz Khan

Years of Togetherness - 14

There have been news of their apparent split but this much in love couple has proved all naysayers wrong. Their love blossomed as they met at a coffee ad shoot and since then there has been no looking back for this hottest babe and the actor-turned producer son of Salim Khan. They have a son named Arhaan.

Mehr Jessia - Arjun Rampal

Years of Togetherness - 14

Model Arjun Rampal and Miss India & a Super Model Mehr Jessia fell in love, and contrary to what people thought, it wasn't a fling.

This was a commitment of lifetime, they got married and have two daughters Mahikaa and Myraa. Arjun dotes on all three girls in his life.

Kajol Mukherjee - Ajay Devgn

Years of Togetherness - 13

The chirpy daughter of Tanuja who is also a brilliant actor, fell in love with the very talented yet very reserved Ajay Devgn. A typical case of opposites attracting each other.

They have a completely different set of friends and still share a great chemistry between them. Daughter Nysa and son Arjun complete their family.

Twinkle Khanna - Akshay Kumar

Years of Togetherness - 12

The lovely daughter of Dimple and Rajesh Khanna fell in love with industry's so-called Casanova Akshay Kumar. People thought this one would be another of Akki's passing relationships, but it was meant to be much more.

They dated for a while and to everyone's surprise, tied the knot in 2001. They have a son named Aryan and Akki is a one-woman man since then, barring a few link-ups here and there !

Suzannne Khan - Hrithik Roshan

Years of Togetherness - 12

They knew each other since childhood but it was on a traffic signal that Hrithik fell in love with this pretty girl. He married her at the very beginning of his career, just after the super success of 'Kaho Na Pyaar Hai'.

Since then, they are blissfully together and have two adorable sons - Hrehaan and Hridaan.