Born as Mumtaz Jahan Begum Dehlavi in New Delhi on 14 February 1933 to a Muslim couple from Delhi, Madhubala was the fifth child among eleven children.
Madhubala appeared in her first film at the age of 9, billed as Baby Mumtaz.
Raised in the slums of Bombay, she supported her family as a child star and soon became a leading lady known for her elegance on screen and considerable acting abilities.
In 1947, she landed the lead role in Neel Kamal at the age of 14, changing her name to Madhubala upon insistence from actor Devika Rani
Madhubala appeared in nine films during 1949, including a spellbinding breakout performance in the box office hit Mahal.
She went on to act in over 70 films in the next two decades, some of the notable ones being Beqasoor, Badal, Howrah Bridge, Kala Pani, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and the iconic Mughal-e-Azam.
In the period drama Mughal-e-Azam, Madhubala played Anarkali, the courtesan who falls in love with the Emperor’s son Salim. The epic love story ends in tragedy. The character of Salim was reprised by Dilip Kumar. The movie was an instant hit breaking all records of that time.
The on-screen pair Dilip Kumar and Madhubala were in a romantic relationship during the filming, which came to an end at the time of the movie’s release
Madhubala had a long affair with Dilip Kumar. They first met on the
sets of Jwar Bhata (1944),but it was only two years later during the
filming of, Tarana (1951), that the two fell in love. Madhubala's father
was not not in favour of the relationship and the couple separated in
1957.
Madhubala met her would-be-husband, actor and playback singer, Kishore Kumar during the filming of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and Jhumroo.8
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