Madhubala aka Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlvi was born in Delhi. Even though he couldn’t get love from him (Dilip Kumar) in real life, he was born on the day that everyone celebrates as a symbol of love, namely Valentine’s Day. Yes, Madhubala was born on February 14, 1933. Madhubala was the fifth child of eleven siblings. He liked acting and dancing since she was little, she used to say since she was little that she wants to be an actress when she grows up.
They say no one can stop it from happening. A similar incident also occurred with Madhubala. Madhubala’s father, Ataullah Khan, was a person of conservative views, so he always strictly rejected Madhubala’s desire to work in movies. When suddenly his father lost his job and it became very difficult for him to meet the household expenses. In such a situation, her father put up Madhubala’s job at All India Radio in accordance with her daughter’s wish to take care of household expenses.
When Madhubala was 7 years old, he did radio work all over India due to house compulsion. At the same time, when Rai Bahadur Chunilal, general manager of Bombay Talkies, once at the radio station, saw seven-year-old Madhubala talking on the radio, Madhubala’s father told Ataullah Khan to come to Mumbai, the fate of the daughter will shine. Right after listening to Rai Bahadur, the whole family left Delhi and went to Mumbai.
Devika Rani then called her family in Mumbai with the promise of getting work in movies. Once again, Madhubala and his family were drawn to Mumbai for work, but Madhubala’s fate had something else to accept. As per Devika Rani’s promise, he did not get the job and continued to wander around the studio daily looking for work. Then one day, Chandulal Shah from Studio Ranjit Movietone signed Madhubala for three years. After that the condition of Ataullah Khan’s house started to improve and due to this he left the gaushala and rented a house in Malad but unfortunately the whole house collapsed due to the pier explosion. Fortunately, that day Madhubala and his whole family went to the cinema to see the film.
Madhubala continued to do bit parts in movies to run the house. One day Madhubala vomited blood but did not tell anyone. She continued to work like this. One day the screenwriter Kedar Sharma signed Madhubala for the film Neelkamal. Raj Kapoor started his movie career with this movie. After that Madhubala worked in many films, but the matter did not work out. She did Lal Dupatta, Parai Aag, Paras, Singer. Then one day Madhubala met Devika Rani, then she said to change her name from Mumtaz to Madhubala. Devika Rani was the angel who changed Dilip Kumar’s name from Yusuf Khan to Dilip Kumar and changed from Mumtaz to Madhubala. Just as Dilip Kumar’s fortunes had changed as soon as he changed his name, Madhubala’s car began to crawl down the track.
After many difficulties, Madhubala got the film ‘Mahal’. This movie brought fame to Madhubala. After this movie Madhubala introduced successful movies like Dulari, Beksoor, Laughing Aanush, Saiyan, Tarana, Sangdil. After that, his health began to gradually deteriorate. Born with a hole in her heart, she Madhubala began to get sick when her good morning began to arrive. As soon as her health started to recover, she started making movies again.
Guru Dutt’s film Mr and Mrs 55 is back in theaters. After that began its golden age. After that Madhubala gave many successful movies like Kala Pani, Shiri Farhad, Fagun, Howrah Bridge, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Mughal-e-Azam, Barsaat Ki Raat. With all these movies, Madhubala became the most expensive star of the time.
