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When Hollywood star Gregory Peck visited Suraiya’s residence, posed for iconic photo: ‘I didn’t sleep that night’


It is not recently that Bollywood and also Hollywood celebrities have actually begun socializing. This is a decades-old sensation which commemorates the relationship and also common regard in between both flourishing movie sectors. As an example, did you recognize that Hollywood sweetheart Gregory Peck had when invested over a hr at yesteryear star and also vocalist Suraiya’s Mumbai house?

The Indian Express Archive additionally occurs to have an image in the safe of the occurrence when Peck fulfilled Suraiya. In the photo, both Suraiya and also Peck appear to be sharing an honest discussion whilst additionally recognizing a cam’s existence. It was reported back then that Suraiya had actually offered her signed picture to Hollywood supervisor Frank Capra at the initial International Movie Celebration of India in 1952, to provide to Peck.

Peck, it appears, obtained the picture. In India for a short see, he went to a celebration after a honors do. Suraiya, nevertheless, was not there and also he saw her house to satisfy her.

A record in a paper mentioned the conference in between Suraiya and also Gregory Peck. “There was a knock on the door at a little previous eleven of Tuesday evening, January 5, and also there, when it opened up, was Mr. Peck himself asking Suraiya’s extremely astonished mommy with a bow: “Where is Suraiya, Madam?” Easily. While she still waited, along came Suraiya from her bed, dewy-eyed with marvel, to invite her preferred celebrity that actioned in and also remained talking informally till well previous twelve o’clock at night, when he entrusted to capture the Colombo airplane which had actually quit below therefore an unanticipated turn of the weather condition in Ceylon.”

” We promoted a hr. I really did not rest in all that evening. No one thought I would certainly fulfilled him. For 2 months papers lugged our ‘romance’. I appreciated it!” Suraiya appeared to have actually stated later on of the occurrence. Obviously, throughout his time at the feature, contrasts were additionally made in between him and also Dev Anand, which Peck himself mentioned was unproven as both of them came from ‘the exact same institution’ of acting, reported the Deccan Herald.

For the inexperienced, Suraiya was just one of one of the most effective leading girls of the 1940 s and also included in movies such as 1857, Anmol Ghadi, Parwana, Vidya, Omar Khaiyyam amongst a lot more. At The Same Time, Gregory Peck continues to be among one of the most popular numbers of Hollywood and also was preferred for his operate in films like Roman Vacation, The Weapons of Navarone, To Eliminate a Mockingbird and also The Prophecy amongst a lot more.