Yesteryear actor Mumtaz just lately opened up about her love life with Shammi Kapoor, and likewise revealed why she by no means married him. The veteran star shared that nobody ever believed she turned him down and as a substitute selected Mayur Madhvani as her life accomplice.
In a full-blown interview, Mumtaz mentioned that given Shammi Kapoor was wealthy and standard, folks wouldn’t perceive why she refused to tie the knot with him. However, she did confess that she by no means skilled ‘so much love as Shammi gave me’.
“The world wanted to marry me but I had to decide who I shall remain happy with. Shammi Kapoor was very loving and caring with me. Nobody would believe that we were in love. Nobody believed that I had said ‘no’ to him for marriage because Shammi’s status in riches was higher; they said ‘how can Mumtaz refuse Shammi?’. Today when I am married to Mayur Madhvani who by the grace of God has money, people believe that I had refused Shammi. Still, all said and done, I don’t think I have ever experienced so much love as Shammi gave me,” she instructed ETimes.
In an earlier interview with the publication, the Khilona actor had shared that the Kapoors didn’t need their daughter-in-laws to be in showbiz. Since she was doing properly for herself and was bold, she didn’t need to sit at dwelling.
“Kapoors didn’t like it if the bahus in their family were in the film line. Shammiji told me that if I wanted him to be happy with me, I would have to give up my career. Now at that young age I was very ambitious and wanted to reach somewhere. I wanted to settle my family as well. Just to sit at home didn’t go down with me,” she was quoted in a 2020 interview.
Mumtaz additionally opened up about rumours of a wedding with Feroz Khan and shared that he by no means proposed to her. She additionally mentioned that they had been very shut buddies and he would open up his coronary heart in entrance of her.
Feroz Khan and Mumtaz in a movie shot. (Photo: Express Archive)
The actor additionally mentioned that any lady would have fallen for Feroz and Shammi, and to marry the previous could be like leaping in a lake. “It was asking for a heartbreak. I had one with Shammi Kapoor and I didn’t want another,” she mentioned, including that she determined to maintain their friendship sturdy.
“If it (their relationship) had gone the other way, it would have broken and even the friendship wouldn’t have remained. Our children went on to marry each other, and our friendship remained till he died. He loved me a lot and trust me, Fardeen and Natasha (Feroz’s daughter) are very happy with each other,” the actor mentioned.
An Iranian, Mumtaz made her performing debut on the age of 11 with Sone Ki Chidiya in 1958. She then went on to realize fame with movies like Do Raaste, Aadmi Aur Insaan, Khilona, Tere Mere Sapne, Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Apna Desh, Loafer, Jheel Ke Us Paar, Roti, Prem Kahani, amongst others. She was probably the most standard feminine actors in Bollywood, who was identified for her magnificence, grace and dance expertise.
