Homage to Legendary and the Eternal Tragic Queen Madhubala

Homage to the legendary and the eternal tragic queen Madhubala on her Birthday/Death Anniversary in February

Her childhood days

Madhubala is India’s Hindi film industry’s, delicate, semi-tragic, mortal survival. She remains a seductress even 35+ year after her demise.

 
Madhubala’s father, was Ataullah Khan, a Pathan who had immigrated from the Pakistan. She was born, February 14, 1933, Valentines Day, in the Malad suburb of Bombay. Her birth name was Mumtaz Khan, the third of 11 children. Bombay Talkies studio was located in the Malad suburb where the Bombay Talkies was located. She was interviewed  at the age of 8 by DeviKa Rani and Himanshu Rai, for an audition. Having impressed by her performance they put her in the movie Basant. The song was a super hit, after she acted in many films as a child artiste.  

Under the direction of Kidar Sharma, at the age of 13 Mumtaz was signed as heroine opposite  Raj Kumar who done the debue with this movie. It was on this film that producer Devika Rani gave her the name Madhubala, which means, “young maiden made of honey”. After that she acted in 17 movies, even when madhubala was not 17.

Madhubala grew within the studio complex. When her friends went to school she gave shooting for the movie, her father was very possessive about her and he doted on her money. 

Chemistry with Dilip Kumar

She featured with Dilip Kumar in the film Tarana and their off screen affair too started and it is said that this was one of the legendry tragic love affair.

Madhubala and Dilip Kumar were deep in love, but her father opposed. He did not like the affair, as whole her money, property etc. was under his control. Their affair was at that time took to court also as Madhubala’s father did not allow her to go got location shoots with Dilip Kumar. Since her family was totally against the affair, it ended up on a bitter note. Dilip once told about Madhubala that “I love this woman and shall love her till my dying day.” The affair though, had come to a bitter end.

Her love affairs

Old stalwarts say that her first director Mr Kidar Sharma, who gave her first break was in deeply love with her, but madhubla never reciprocated, he was a married man too. Later film Mahal was made by Kamal Amrohi, they too had a serious love affair. Film Mahal was a super hit due to their serious affair.Amrohi was again a married man,madhubala told him to divorce his first wife, she even offered him lakhs of rupees for that. But he wanted to be devoted to his first wife. She became heart broken and then left him in sway. 

Madhubala was proposed by three men, Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan and Kishor Kumar.  She selected Kishor.They had a civil marriage and Kishore converted to Islam and was renamed Karim Abdul . His parents refused to attend the wedding and never really accepted Madhubala as they thought she had broken their son’s marriage. When Madhubala went to touch her father in law’s feet they moved away. 
  
She moved back to her bungalow because her inlaws were torturing her. Madhubala realised that she had made a mistake in marrying Kishore; who was ineffective and parsimonious. What a catastrophe!! 

The Screen divinity

She is considered the most beautiful woman to have ever appeared on the Indian film screen. Her untimely death and tragic romance with Dilip Kumar has superior her to legendary significance. Many journalists have claimed that Madhubala was very immoral, and obsessed many lovers.  May be it is the thoughts of these journalists’ conjecture. Madhubala was lively and flirtatious, yet this is no proof of carelessness.

It is read that Madhubala when  expressing  her love towards a person, she always used to offer a red rose to that person and a written text message indicating her love.  

She knew that she will have an untimely death  

At the age of 28, she was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease. Her situation was so advance that doctor’s regimented her to stop working. Madhubala, completed the films she had all ready steadfast to and then retired. It has been said that her father and Madhubala knew of her condition many years before, but the family kept it secret from the outside world. She even went to England for treatment. But doctors in England could not carry out the surgery as her disease was in difficult stage and she had to return back to India without any treatment. Today Madhubala’s congenital heart condition is curable, but at that time her doom was conserved, she had a terminal syndrome.

Valentines’ gift?

Girls born on Valentines Day are said to be very beautiful and involve in many love affairs in their life time. All predictions about this beautiful lady turned out to be true, when some astrologer predicted that this  girl will lead a very miserable life with wrecked love affairs, loveless matrimony and will die at an early age.  

Madhubala used to pen down everything in a diary. Mostly it contained her passionate significance with different film personalities of that time. This diary could have stretched out many of her feelings, especially about her love life. But her egotistical father determined to bury her diary along with her in her grave. In the recent century, only Madhuri Dixit can come close to Madhubalas’ fascinating attractiveness and grin.  

A Homage

On her coming Birthday on Valentines Day and also on her death anniversary in February, Bestdesi.com team pay her homage by listing some of the hit songs picturized on this beautiful lady with a touch of innocence:  

Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (Film: Mughal-E-Azam)

Aaayiye Mehebaan (Film:HowraBridge)

Zindagi Bhar Nahin (Film: Barsaat Ki

Aayega Aanewala (Film: Mahal)

Haal Kaisa Hai Zanab Ka (Film: Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi)

Chandasa Mukhda (Film:Insaan Jaag Utha)

Accha Ji Main Haari (Film:Kala Pani)

Dhire Chal, Dhire Chal (Film:Boy Friend)