Shammi Kapoor is considered one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Bollywood. But as every story goes, if there is life there is drama. So come with us as we uncover some stories shared by his wife, Neila Devi.
Who is Neila Devi and how did she become the wife of India’s first rockstar?
Neila Devi is the princess of the Gholi Dynasty of Bhavnagar State. She comes from one of the aristocratic families of Gujrat. But that raises the question of how a princess found her way to the home and heart of an actor. According to an interview with Entertainment Times, Neila shared that, it was Raj Kapoor’s wife, Krishna who was very fond of her and had met her when she used to hang out with her daughter, Ritu Nanda.
