Golden Era of Bollywood: The Ring Given to Suraiya by Dev Anand is still lying in the Arabian Sea

Dev Anand was in love with Suraiya. He had four-year-long (1948-51) affair with Suraiya, He bought one of the costliest rings, that would adorn Suraiya's finger. The ring was bought from a leading Jewellery shop of Zaveri Bazar of Bombay in 1949. This ring is still lying somewhere in the Arabian Sea.
There was a story revolving for so many years that Suraiya's granny who was not in favour of their marriage once she saw the ring on Suriya's finger She snatched the engagement ring from her hand and threw it on the Arabian Sea. The real story revealed by Dev Anand in his autobiography" Romancing with Life" It was Suraiya herself who threw the ring far into the sea of Bombay only after the last meeting with Dev Anand.
Although the couple faced hatred from grandmother, Suraiya’s mother, Mumtaz Begum, supported the lovebirds but was often snubbed by others. In fact, it was Suraiya’s mother who arranged the last meeting between the couple. But Dev Anand was little apprehensive and suspected the meeting to be a trap but he still went ahead to meet his lady love. One of his police officer friends, Tara Chand, decided to accompany him with a pistol and a few torches in his pocket. He gave one torch to the actor to flash towards him in case he sensed any danger. The actor finally reached the terrace of Suraiya’s six-storey building where they met, hugged, cried and ended their four years long relationship and decided never to meet again.
Dev and Suriya were completely broken. The two did seven films together — Vidya (1948), Jeet (1949), Shair (1949), Afsar(1950), Nili (1950), Do Sitare (1951) and Sanam (1951). They never met after the last meeting and did not work together any more in spite of all of their films were hit
It was on the advice of his elder brother Chetan Anand that the actor decided to end his relationship with the actress and concentrate on his film career. While Dev eventually overcame the trauma of a broken relationship and moved on, Suraiya decided not to get married.