In a city where cricketing legends and film stars often cross paths, few relationships have stirred as much curiosity as the one between former all-rounder Ravi Shastri and Bollywood actress Amrita Singh. Long before social media amplified celebrity romances, their brief but intense bond in the mid-1980s dominated gossip columns and fuelled the imagination of fans across the country.

At the time, Shastri was Indian cricket’s golden boy; a charismatic, sharply dressed all-rounder who had a massive female following. Singh, meanwhile, was carving her own space in cinema with a blend of glamour, confidence and screen presence that made her one of the most recognisable young stars of the decade.

According to accounts from that period, the two first met at a restaurant in Bombay (now Mumbai),

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