Madhubala

Information On Madhubala
Name:	Madhubala
Real Name:	Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi
Date of Birth:	14 February 1933
Expired on:	23 February 1969
Zodiac:	Aquarius
Family:	Husband-Kishor Kumar
Debut Film:	Basant

Madhubala's Profile

Madhubala has become an icon, she is celebrated as the single most beautiful actress Hindi cinema has ever produced. In an industry seeped in melodrama and grand histrionics such a title does not come without a price. She embodied the image of beauty and a life right out of a Bollywood script.  Madhubala dreamt of becoming a movie star from a young age. In fact a trusted holy man had predicted that she would have fame and fortune but would lead an unhappy life and die at a young age. Her father is unemployed took her to Bombay remembering the holy man's words. They competed for more than one year when Mumtaz was chosen for a role in childhood Basant. Devika Rani was impressed by her performance and changed her name to Madhubala who was to appear in Jware Bhata, where Dilip Kumar was playing the lead role. She was unable to work in the film, but this was the first time the young eyes on Dilip Kumar. In her short life, but they gained a legion of performance. She started work at eight. Ataullah Khan's father had a large brood of children and the family needed the money. As Baby Mumtaz, she was first seen as a child star in Bombay Talkies's Basant (1942). She was one of the bones of contention between her warring parents, and Mumtaz Shanti Ulhaas. Madhubala even sang a snatch of the song in this golden jubilee blockbuster. Then she took a few unremarkable films as a child artist, until Kidar Sharma cast her as a heroine in Neel Kamal (1947) opposite another newcomer Raj Kapoor. Madhubala was barely in her teens and nowhere as beautiful as she grew up, but filmmakers flooded her with contracts. Mohan Sinha alone directed her in four films in the 1947-1948 phase. Like himself financially secure, Madhubala worked in 24 films in the first four years of her adult career. But the film that catapulted her to stardom was Mahal (1949), in which she was cast opposite superstar Ashok Kumar, 20 years older than her. Madhubala played the enigmatic gardener's daughter and gave lip sync to Lata's immortal Ayega aanewala in this fascinating complex Kamal Amrohi psychodrama. She was a crowd pleasing will o 'the bush. Except for a few stray successes like Baadal and Beqasoor, Madhubala had a string of commercial disappointments in the early 1950s. She even ventured into production and made Naata for himself. Mehboob Khan's Amar (1954) was arguably the first truly mature performance Madhubala. She had worked with Dilip Kumar in Taraana and Sangdil and turned in sensitive interpretations, but the quiet romantic despair and steely moral resolve she showed after realizing dark secret from her lover Dilip Kumar's (he had seduced Nimmi and now wants back outside) in Amar was heartbreaking. The following year she showed a flair for comedy, while playing the modern miss in Guru Dutt's diametrically different Mr And Mrs 55. She was then diagnosed with a heart condition, which was possibly fatal. Also speaks of the end of its association with Dilip Kumar escalated when she was replaced in BR Chopra's Naya Daur (1957) and had a bitter lawsuit suffering. ortunately, at the box office, Madhubala finally realized its full potential soon after, when she starred in a row of successes in the second half of 1958: thrillers Howrah Bridge and Kaala paani (Nalini Jaywant may have had more dramatic role in the latter, but you could not ignore Madhubala as sharp efficient Crusades journalist), the musical Phagun and the boisterous comedy, Chalti Ka Gaadi name. Known to be an inveterate Giggler in real life (it unnerved costars and directors till they got used to it too) Madhubala displayed a rare comic electricity with Kishore Kumar. Her full lips and a mischievous smile coquettery perfectly complemented his inspired antics. Eager to be a bride, she had a low key marriage to the singer-actor. For a decade, had Madhubala invested her best efforts into Mughal-e-Azam, or it was posing as a veiled statue in a heavy Zari outfit for hours under the scorching sun to get that perfect shot to get or voluntarily chained with heavy chains. It all paid off when the film was released in 1960 and declared an instant classic. She was stunning in the glimpse we had of its color (Jab Pyar Kiya Toh darna kya), and her wonderful voice is perfectly cast cadences with the bruise of sadness in her voice. After Mughal-e-Azam, the best times ironically coincided with the worst of times for Madhubala. She could have had the best of roles, but was advised not to work and exert themselves. She bravely tried to make a comeback in the mid-1960s by completing Chalak, but she was soon confined to her bed. Finally, on February 23, 1969, within days after her birthday, Madhubala succumbed to a heart attack. Famous Movies:     Mahal 1949     1951 Taraana     1954 Amar     Mr And Mrs 55 1955     1958 Howrah Bridge     Kaala paani 1958     1958 Chalti Ka Name Gaadi     1960 Mughal-E-Azam     Barsaat Ki Raat 1960