The birthday of the actress of old Mumtaz is July 31, 1947. Mumtaz worked in many great movies and polished her talent. Mumtaz’s life was full of ups and downs. Her father separated from her mother a year after her birth. Growing up poor, Ella Mumtaz always wanted to become an actress. She started her acting career at the age of 11 with the movie Sone Ki Chidiya as a child actress.
After this, he got only supporting roles in a few movies. Mumtaz’s luck changed when she landed the movie Faulad opposite Dara Singh as a lead actress for the first time. Mumtaz got this movie when many great actresses refused to work with tall fighter Dara Singh. The role of Mumtaz in this movie was highly appreciated and along with this the couple of Mumtaz and Dara also made 16 more movies.
Now Mumtaz had found a place in the industry as a leading actress. She used to charge Rs 2.5 lakh for each movie, but the fame she was seeking was far away. One day Mumtaz was offered the film Do Raaste, this film was released in 1969 and became such a success that Mumtaz’s name was recognized in every home. With this movie, the pairing of Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna was also solidified. They both made 10 blockbuster movies together. Mumtaz received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film Toy.
This was the movie that any actress refused to do when Mumtaz was 18 years old when Shammi Kapoor offered her marriage. Both used to love each other but Shammi Kapoor’s condition was that Mumtaz would have to stop making movies after marriage, which Mumtaz did not approve of, so this relationship ended there.
After leaving her successful film career, Mumtaz married Ugandan businessman Mayur Madhvani at the age of 27 and moved to London. The last film of hers was Aaina, although after 13 years she came back with the film Aandhiyan, but this film turned out to be a flop, after which she retired from the industry. Mumtaz is called Beauty with a Golden Heart. She is now 75 years old and enjoys her life with her husband and her 2 daughters.