Madhubala was on February 14th, 1933 as Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi in Dilli
Her first film was Basant (1942). Devika Rani was impressed by her performance and changed her name to Madhubala who was to appear in Jwar Bhata (1944) in which Dilip Kumar was playing the lead role. She was unable to work in the film, but this was when Madhubala first set eyes on Dilip Kumar.
Her big break came when Kidar Sharma gave her a chance to act opposite Raj Kapoor in Neel Kamal (1947). Madhubala had finally arrived on the Indian screen. Over the next two years she had blossomed into a captivating beauty (fans referred to her as the "Venus of the Screen"). In 1949, Madhubala starred in Bombay Talkies production Mahal. The film became a super hit. The song Aayega Aanewaala made the careers of Madhubala as well as the Lata Mangeshkar.
Many other hits followed Mahal with a spate of films opposite the leading men of the day- Ashok Kumar, Rehman, Dilip Kumar, and Dev Anand, but by the mid-1950s, some of her films flopped. But she silenced her critics in 1958, when four of her films turned out to be superhits - Phagun opposite Bharat Bhushan, Howrah Bridge opposite Ashok Kumar, Kala Pani opposite Dev anand and Chalti ka Naam Gaadi opposite her husband-to-be, Kishore da.
The legend goes that, as in Mughal-e-Azam, Madhubala sent Dilip Kumar a note inside a flower, and he was amused and intrigued by this and engaged in a dalliance with her. However, her feelings for him were extremely serious.
During the nine-year shooting of Mughal-e-Azam (1960), she wanted to marry Kumar, but he paid her little attention and finally married someone else, while continuing to see her on the side. Madhubala was aware that Anarkali was the role of a lifetime. Her ill health might have prevented her from continuing, but she was determined to revive herself and continue. Director K. Asif was unaware of the extent of Madhubala's physical illness.
Madhubala was proposed by three men and turned to Nargis who was a close friend for advice. Nargis suggested that Bharat Bhushan would respect her as he was a widower whereas Pradeep Kumar and Kishore Kumar were already married. However she had already made up her mind on Kishore Kumar as he was like a breath of fresh air in her life.
She accepted as he was the first man who came into her life on the rebound whilst shooting Chalti Ka Naam Gadi and Jhumroo. Her father had informed Kishore that Madhubala would be flying to London for a complicated operation and he could marry her on her return but Kishore knew she wanted to get married before she died and he wanted to fulfill her desire.
Madhubala's heart problem was discovered in a routine check-up in 1950 when heart surgery was not available. She had to put on a brave face and her illness was kept a secret from the industry for many years. The doctors in London refused to operate on Madhubala as they thought she would die during the operation and if she did survive, it would only be for a year.
She died very young
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