Business: Ratan Tata, former head of Tata Group, was a man who never married and thus did not have children to his credit. The industrialists had an adequate number of chances to fall in love.
In 2011, he revealed his personal past in terms of romance, saying he almost got married four times in his life when something prevented him from going to marriage. He said that he was on the verge of marriage in Los Angeles but was prevented by something about his grandmother.
Not many people know the fact that Ratan Tata was said to be in love with the classic Bollywood diva who supported the film screens in the 1970s and 80s. It is said that they were dating for a long time before they called off the relationship. She was going to be his wife, but did not happen as planned. She married another man later but their marriage could not run for long, while the businessman continued to be a bachelor.
Simi Grewal was having a very romantic affair with her next-door neighbor, Shatrusalyasinhji, the Maharaja of Jamnagar in England. Simi was also going steady with Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, but he later married Sharmila Tagore. After that it is said she started dating industrialist Ratan Tata and the two were said to be deeply in love.
Simi had mentioned a long time ago that she and Ratan had an excellent chemistry way back in the long years. She described him as a ‘perfect gentleman’ and said, “He’s perfect, he has got a sense of humor, modest and the perfect gentleman. Money was never his driving force. He’s not as relaxed in India as he is abroad.”
It is believed that Ratan and Simi had a serious relationship. Well, it could not be so and ended without marriage. They were to tie the nuptial knot but the luck was not according to their fate. Finally, Simi married Ravi Mohan, an aristocrat hailing from the Chunnamal Dynasty and born in Delhi. However, they parted ways in 1979.
For those who never watched, Karz, Saathi, Mera Naam Joker, Do Badan, and so on, had Simi Grewal in them. She acted in the Satyajit Ray-directed Aranyer Din Ratri, too. Star guests would appear on her popular chat show Rendezvous with Simi Garewal.
Ratan Tata did not give up his search for love when love gave him a broken heart. The industrialist had other alliances but never found his lifetime partner, he told Simi. The industrialist said, “There are many times I feel lonely for not having a wife or family. There was a whole series of things, timing, my absorption in work. There were many things, I came close to getting married a few times and it didn’t work out.”