Amrita Pritam’s private life was tumultuous, nevertheless it was Imroz who introduced calm to her chaos. At 16, Amrita was married to Pritam Singh, one among her admirers, with whom she had a son named Navraj and a daughter named Kandlla. Nonetheless, their marriage did not final and it was her love for poet Sahir Ludhianvi which later turned her obsession. However, Sahir and Amrita’s relationship too was not meant to final. It was Imroz, who then turned her anchor and assist in life as years unfolded.
Put up India’s partition when Amrita moved from Lahore to Delhi, she took up a job on the All India Radio (AIR) as an announcer. Imroz, who was earlier named Inderjeet Singh, was born in undivided Punjab on January 26, 1927, and it was at AIR the place he met Amrita– who was 10 years older than him. Slowly however steadily, the duo fell in love with every other– a love that turned timeless and an inspiration to many.
At a time when live-in relationships in India had been unacceptable, Amrita and Imroz moved into their Hauz Khas dwelling in Delhi. Collectively, their love, companionship, and work flourished which was fairly public. The couple labored on the journal ‘Nagmani’, which Amrita edited and Imroz labored on as an illustrator and designer for over three many years.
Over time, many individuals questioned or contemplated over Amrita and Imroz’s relationship. How did Imroz love Amrita a lot, figuring out that she was married earlier and likewise deeply beloved Sahir Ludhianvi? “Once you love somebody and you’re certain of your love, you don’t rely the obstacles in the way in which,” Imroz as soon as mentioned, creator Uma Trilok wrote in her e-book ‘Amrita -Imroz: A Love Story’ which was revealed by Penguin in 2006.
Amrita and Imroz lived collectively as a pair with out getting married for 40 years. And their love didn’t finish even when Amrita handed away on October 31, 2005. In truth, in one among her final poems, she wrote for Imroz:
“मैं तैनू फ़िर मिलांगी
कित्थे ? किस तरह पता नई “
(‘I’ll meet you but once more, I do know not how and the place… however I’ll meet you for certain.’)
After Amrita died in 2005, Imroz turned a poet himself and wrote poems about Amrita and his timeless love for her. He at all times spoke of Amrita as if she was nonetheless alive and really a lot with him, as per reviews. Within the final days of his life, Imroz lived in Mumbai with Alka Kwatra, Amrita’s daughter-in-law as Amrita’s son Navraj additionally handed away.
Amrita and Imroz’s enduring love and companionship is a testomony that real love is supposed to final, it doesn’t matter what.
Uncommon love story of Amrita Pritam and Sahir Ludhiyanvi
