Similarities Between Madhubala And Li Kumar

THE REALITY AND REPRESENTATION OF MADHUBALA AND DILIP KUMAR’S LOVE STORY

INTRODUCTION

Madhubala ( Mumtaz Jahan) was one of the few actresses of Bollywood who earned much love and respect in a very short period of time. Madhubala was born on Valentine day, February 14, 1933. Perhaps nobody knew that, one day, she will be known as the most beautiful and romantic heroine of India. But, unfortunately, her premature death linked her to Marilyn Monroe and Meena Kumari who also died so early when the world was not ready to accept that reality. She was also called The Venus of Indian Cinema. She was active between 1942 to 1960. Although she worked in so many hit movies but with Mughal-e-Azam, she showed the world just what she could do. In 1969,

In chapter number 12 of the book The substance and the shadow, Dilip talks about the movie. The film took almost seven years to complete. The most interesting thing is that the half of the film spell was shoot when Madhubala and Dilip Kumar’s real life love was at the peak. But the most interesting thing that Dilip Kumar mentioned in the book is that one of the most romantic scenes of the film Mughal e Azam in which Dilip Kumar was rubbing feather on Madhubala’s lips and eyes and their imaginations were on fire, was shot when both of them had stopped even greeting each other. Mughal e Azam was released on 1960 but after almost 56 years, cinema lovers still love that romantic scene. (Kumar

She went to Dilip Kumar’s home at Pali Hills and Dilip Kumar’s brother Ahsan Khan helped her in arranging this meeting. When Dilip Kumar came to the room, Khadija was informed that she had only 10 minutes to take the interview. Khadija knew that Dilip Kumar will never talk on the topic of Madhubala, therefore, she started the interview with different questions. During the interview, Khadija found Dilip Kumar very humble and wrote that Dilip Kumar’s eyes were very mesmerizing. When Khadija asked Dilip Kumar about his affairs and controversies, Dilip replied that there were no controversies, he just took straight decisions on moral grounds. At the end of the interview, when Khadija said good bye to Dilip, she stopped for a moment and asked Dilip Kumar that who was his favorite’s actress? Dilip looked at her, paused for a moment and said, Madhubala. (Akbar