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Cake? It is your... - Yes, it is my birthday today.
Happy birthday to me. - Happy Birthday to you.
She started out as an stunt heroine.
While working in action movies, she became..
..an excellent romatic heroine.
Name. Mumtaz. Born on 31st July 1947. In Mumbai.
Father's name was Abdul Salim Askari.
Mother was Shaadi Habib Agha.
"A gentleman. A flirt. Put this anklet around my foot."
"I go around dancing."
"I walk slowly." "But still my heart beats faster."
Mumtaz entered movies at just 12.
During the 60s Mumtaz worked as a junior artist.
While doing small roles of extras she became..
..the heroine of wrestler turned hero Dara Singh.
"I wish to lock eyes."
"I wish to love someone. "
It is well know that no heroine wanted to work with Dara Singh.
And producer director were racking their brains for a heroine.
And the director saw Mumtaz.
And he asked Dara Singh whether she'll do as the heroine.
To this the great wrestler said that all I care about is my film.
You take any heroine you want.
And this is how Mumtaz became a heroine from an extra.
"Rope on my foot. Anklet in the rope."
"The anklet jingles and says that you are mine and I am yours."
"This is what my heart says. You are mine and I am yours."
"This is what my heart says."
Her movies with Dara Singh were Boxer, Samson..
..Tarzan, King Kong.
And this is how Mumtaz got labelled..
..as someone who can work only with action heroes.
What's interesting is that era was romantic era.
So why would any big producer or hero work with Mumtaz.
But slowly by doing supporting roles..
..Mumtaz made a place in mainstream cinema as well.
Her work in 1965's Mere Sanam was appreciated.
But Dilip Kumar's heroine is what did it for Mumtaz.
Mumtaz'swork with Mr. Dilip in Ram aur Shyam..
..was hugely appreciated.
"I hope I don't die in your love."
"Don't try to test me."
"I hope I don't die in your love."
"Don't try to test me."
"If you are good looking, so i am."
"Don't try to avoid me."
Rumours was that Shammi Kapoor and Mumtaz..
..were madly in love.
Rumour has it that Shammi and Mumtaz were going to marry.
But after many years, Mumtaz told the reason..
..why this marriage didn't happen.
Shammi wanted Mumtaz to stay at home and quit films.
But this was the time when Mumtaz was climbing the ladder of success.
And she rejected the marriage proposal with Shammi.
"Test me."
"My life is all yours."
"You are so cruel. Please relent. Don't insist."
"Don't try to smile like this after breaking my heart, sweetheart."
But still super stardom was far away from Mumtaz.
And then Rajesh khanna the first superstar of Indian cinema held her hand.
Their pairing in Do Raaste was superhit.
And then both of them gave 8 consecutive super hit films.
Time took such a turn that the Mumtaz..
..who played the character of Rajendra Kumar's sister..
..in Gehra Daag became his heroine in movie Tangewala.
"Today the air is so naughty. Is so naughty."
"The air is so naughty."
It is also famous that lengendry actor..
..Shashi Kapoor had refused from working with Mumtaz.
He said that she was just a stunt film heroine.
So why should he work with her?
And then came the era when Rajesh Khanna..
..was beating big heroes hollow.
And Shashi Kapoor too was affected by it.
And Shashi implored Mumtaz to work with him in a movie.
At first Mumtaz refused.
But later she agreed.
And their work was hugely appreciated in movie Chor Machaye Shor.
And this movie proved to super hit for Shashi Kapoor.
"People with big heart will take the bride away."
"People with big heart will take the bride away."
"The wealthy will be left watching."
Mumtaz worked in 108 films in 15 year long career.
And she was also given the best actress award in 1970..
..for the movie Khilona.
Mumtaz and Dharmendra made a great pair.
And also with Firoz Khan, Sanjeev Kapoor and Vishwajeet.
"I am with you. So is my heart."
"So is my heart."
"You can come to marry me anytime you want."
"Come to marry her soon."
"Come to marry her soon."
"I don't have a palace or car, darling."
"Or car, beloved."
"Your sweetheart is a pauper, darling."
"Sweetheart, darling."
"I don't want a palace, bungalow or a car."
"I want heart and my lover."
"I want lover."
"Come on, darling. Let's make a world of love."
"Say it."
Mumtaz's work with even the legendary evergreen..
..Dev Anand was greatly appreciated.
And in 1974, when Mumtaz was at the pinnacle of success..
..she married Mayur Madhwani and bid goodbye to films.
Although after 12 years of marriage..
..she tried to make a comeback into films..
..but that movie Aandhiyan didn't work.
And then Mumtaz retired from acting permanently.
Sir, whatever the policy.
I will definitely point out people who are cancer to our nation.
Mumtaz has two daughters. Natasha and Tanya.
Her daughter Natasha was married to Feroz Khan's Fardeen Khan.
"I am a necklace of pearls. I am a garland."
"I am a beautiful angel."
"I have been waiting for you since so long without caring about the world."
Mumtaz was always a fighter.
And there came a time when Mumtaz was affected..
..by a deadly disease like cancer.
But Mumtaz beat cancer.
Morning. And evening. Neither do they let me play or eat peacefully.
They put this bundle before me all the time.
She was bestowed with the lifetime achievement award in 1996.
Mumtaz is among the heroines who saw Indian cinema's black and white era..
..who worked as a junior artist and then..
..she became super star heroine.
Mumtaz's name will always be immortal in the history..
..of Indian cinema.
"You don't know the heart of a woman. You don't know me yet."
"Yes, right. But I am also intelligent."
"How many admirers do you have apart from me?"
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