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data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target">অসমীয়া</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مدهوبالا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مدهوبالا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="মধুবালা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মধুবালা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Мадхубала – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мадхубала" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dty mw-list-item"><a href="https://dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबाला – Doteli" lang="dty" hreflang="dty" data-title="मधुबाला" data-language-autonym="डोटेली" data-language-local-name="Doteli" class="interlanguage-link-target">डोटेली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B1" title="Μαντουμπάλα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μαντουμπάλα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مدهوبالا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مدهوبالا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE" title="મધુબાલા – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="મધુબાલા" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target">ગુજરાતી</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EB%91%90%EB%B0%9C%EB%9D%BC" title="마두발라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마두발라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%B0%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1" title="Մադհուբալա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մադհուբալա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबाला – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मधुबाला" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%94%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%94" title="מדהובלה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מדהובלה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A7%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BE" title="ಮಧುಬಾಲಾ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಮಧುಬಾಲಾ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target">ಕನ್ನಡ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%DA%BE%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مدھوبالا – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="مدھوبالا" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target">कॉशुर / کٲشُر</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबाला – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मधुबाला" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2" title="മധുബാല – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മധുബാല" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबाला – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मधुबाला" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مادهوبالا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مادهوبالا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%99%EA%AF%A8%EA%AF%95%EA%AF%82%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯃꯙꯨꯕꯂꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯃꯙꯨꯕꯂꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhubala" title="Madhubala – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Madhubala" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE" title="मधुबाला – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मधुबाला" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE" title="ਮਧੂਬਾਲਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਧੂਬਾਲਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AF%DA%BE%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7" title="مدھوبالا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="مدھوبالا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Madhubala_on_2008_stamp.jpg/220px-Madhubala_on_2008_stamp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Madhubala_on_2008_stamp.jpg/330px-Madhubala_on_2008_stamp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Madhubala_on_2008_stamp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="560" /></a><div class="infobox-caption">Madhubala on the 2008 stamp of India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi</div> (1933-02-14)14 February 1933 <div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 February 1969(1969-02-23) (aged 36) <div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ventricular_septal_defect" title="Ventricular septal defect">Ventricular septal defect</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Juhu Muslim Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Santacruz,_Mumbai" title="Santacruz, Mumbai">Santa Cruz</a>, Mumbai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1942–1964</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Madhubala_filmography" title="Madhubala filmography">Full list</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ganguly_family" title="Ganguly family">Ganguly family</a> (by marriage)</td></tr></tbody></table> Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi; 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) was an Indian actress who worked in <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> films. The country's highest-paid star in the 1950s, Madhubala appeared in <a href="/wiki/Madhubala_filmography#Films" title="Madhubala filmography">over 70 films</a>—ranging from slapstick comedies to historical dramas—in a two decade-long career.<a href="#cite_note-theatre_arts-1">[1]</a> Long after her death, she remains a <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> icon, particularly noted for her beauty and unconventional screen persona.<a href="#cite_note-story_of_india-2">[2]</a> In 2013, an <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Eye" title="Eastern Eye">Eastern Eye</a> poll named her as the 24th greatest Bollywood star of all time.<a href="#cite_note-eastern-3">[3]</a> Born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, Madhubala relocated to <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> (now Mumbai) with her family when she was 8 years old and shortly after began playing minor roles, starting with <a href="/wiki/Basant_(1942_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basant (1942 film)">Basant</a> (1942). She progressed to leading roles in the late 1940s, and earned success with the dramas <a href="/wiki/Neel_Kamal_(1947_film)" title="Neel Kamal (1947 film)">Neel Kamal</a> (1947) and <a href="/wiki/Amar_(1954_film)" title="Amar (1954 film)">Amar</a> (1954), the horror film <a href="/wiki/Mahal_(1949_film)" title="Mahal (1949 film)">Mahal</a> (1949), and the romantic films <a href="/wiki/Baadal_(1951_film)" title="Baadal (1951 film)">Badal</a> (1951) and <a href="/wiki/Tarana_(1951_film)" title="Tarana (1951 film)">Tarana</a> (1951). Following a brief setback, Madhubala found continued success with her roles in the comedies <a href="/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._%2755" title="Mr. & Mrs. '55">Mr. & Mrs. '55</a> (1955), <a href="/wiki/Chalti_Ka_Naam_Gaadi" title="Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi">Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi</a> (1958) and <a href="/wiki/Half_Ticket_(1962_film)" title="Half Ticket (1962 film)">Half Ticket</a> (1962), the crime films <a href="/wiki/Howrah_Bridge_(1958_film)" title="Howrah Bridge (1958 film)">Howrah Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kala_Pani_(1958_film)" title="Kala Pani (1958 film)">Kala Pani</a> (both 1958), and the musical <a href="/wiki/Barsaat_Ki_Raat" title="Barsaat Ki Raat">Barsaat Ki Raat</a> (1960). Madhubala's portrayal of <a href="/wiki/Anarkali" title="Anarkali">Anarkali</a> in the historical epic drama <a href="/wiki/Mughal-e-Azam" title="Mughal-e-Azam">Mughal-e-Azam</a> (1960)—the <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_Indian_films" title="List of highest-grossing Indian films">highest-grossing film in India</a> at the time—earned her widespread critical acclaim and her only nomination for the <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actress">Filmfare Award for Best Actress</a>; her performance has since been described by critics as one of the finest in Indian cinematic history.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy2019151-4">[4]</a> She worked sporadically in film in the 1960s, making her final appearance in the drama <a href="/wiki/Sharabi_(1964_film)" title="Sharabi (1964 film)">Sharabi</a> (1964). Additionally, she produced three films under her production house Madhubala Private Ltd., which was co-founded by her in 1953. Despite maintaining strong privacy, Madhubala earned significant media coverage for her charity work and personal life. In the early 1950s, she had a highly-publicised relationship with actor <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> that ended amidst the <a href="/wiki/Naya_Daur_(1957_film)#Production" title="Naya Daur (1957 film)">Naya Daur court case</a> (1956–57). She married actor-singer <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> in 1960. Throughout her adult life, Madhubala suffered from recurring bouts of <a href="/wiki/Breathlessness" class="mw-redirect" title="Breathlessness">breathlessness</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hemoptysis" title="Hemoptysis">hemoptysis</a> caused by a <a href="/wiki/Ventricular_septal_defect" title="Ventricular septal defect">ventricular septal defect</a>, ultimately leading to her death at the age of 36, in 1969. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_%281%29.jpg/220px-Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_%281%29.jpg/330px-Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_%281%29.jpg/440px-Old_Delhi_in_1954_by_Rodney_Stich_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="967" /></a><figcaption>Madhubala was born and brought up in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a></figcaption></figure> Madhubala was born as Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi in <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India" title="Presidencies and provinces of British India">British India</a>, on 14 February 1933.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199739Booch196275Roy2019150LanbaPatel2012115-5">[5]</a> She was the fifth of eleven children of Ataullah Khan and Aayesha Begum.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012115-6">[6]</a> At least four of Madhubala's siblings died as infants;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201024-7">[7]</a> her sisters who survived until adulthood were Kaneez Fatima (b. 1925), Altaf (b. 1930), Chanchal (b. 1934) and Zahida (b. 1949).<a href="#cite_note-10">[a]</a> Khan, who belonged to the <a href="/wiki/Yusufzai" title="Yusufzai">Yusufzai tribe</a> of <a href="/wiki/Pashtuns" title="Pashtuns">Pashtuns</a> from <a href="/wiki/Valley_of_Peshawar" title="Valley of Peshawar">Peshawar valley</a>, originating from <a href="/wiki/Swabi_District" title="Swabi District">Swabi District</a>, <a href="/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province" title="North-West Frontier Province">North-West Frontier Province</a><a href="#cite_note-:14-11">[10]</a> was an employee at the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Brands" title="Imperial Brands">Imperial Tobacco Company</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:14-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEkbal200917-12">[11]</a> Unknown to her family members, Madhubala was born with a <a href="/wiki/Ventricular_septal_defect" title="Ventricular septal defect">ventricular septal defect</a>, a congenital heart disorder which had no treatment at the time.<a href="#cite_note-13">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-mrandmrs55.com-14">[13]</a> Madhubala spent most of her childhood in Delhi and grew up without any kind of health issues.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012115-6">[6]</a> Owing to the orthodox ideas of their <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a> father, neither Madhubala nor any of her sisters except Zahida attended school.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199619-15">[14]</a><a href="#cite_note-sick2-16">[15]</a> Madhubala nevertheless learnt <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, as well as her native language, <a href="/wiki/Pashto" title="Pashto">Pashto</a>, under her father's guidance.<a href="#cite_note-News182011-17">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBooch196276-18">[17]</a> An avid movie viewer since the beginning, she used to perform her favourite scenes in front of her mother and spend her time dancing and imitating film characters to entertain herself.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012115-6">[6]</a> In spite of her conservative upbringing, she aimed to become a film actor—which her father strictly disapproved of.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201024-7">[7]</a> Khan's decision changed in 1940 after he got fired from his job for misbehaving with a senior officer.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201024LanbaPatel2012115-19">[18]</a> Madhubala's mother feared <a href="/wiki/Ostracism" title="Ostracism">ostracism</a> if they allowed their young daughter to work in the entertainment industry, but Khan remained adamant.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199619-15">[14]</a> Soon Madhubala was employed at the <a href="/wiki/All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a> station to sing compositions of <a href="/wiki/Khwaja_Khurshid_Anwar" title="Khwaja Khurshid Anwar">Khurshid Anwar</a>. The seven-year-old continued working there for months,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201024-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-Dawn-20">[19]</a> and became acquainted with Rai Bahadur Chunnilal, the general manager of the studio <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Talkies" title="Bombay Talkies">Bombay Talkies</a>, situated in <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Dawn-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatel195213-21">[20]</a> Chunnilal took an immediate liking towards Madhubala and suggested Khan to visit Bombay for better employment opportunities.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatel195213-21">[20]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Acting_career">Acting career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Acting career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_work_and_switch_to_adult_roles_(1942–1947)">Early work and switch to adult roles (1942–1947)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early work and switch to adult roles (1942–1947)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mumtaz_Shanti,_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_(1942).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Mumtaz_Shanti%2C_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_%281942%29.jpg/180px-Mumtaz_Shanti%2C_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_%281942%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Mumtaz_Shanti%2C_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_%281942%29.jpg/270px-Mumtaz_Shanti%2C_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_%281942%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Mumtaz_Shanti%2C_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_%281942%29.jpg/360px-Mumtaz_Shanti%2C_Madhubala_et_Ullhas_dans_Basant_%281942%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption>Baby Mumtaz (Madhubala) played a minor role in <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Talkies" title="Bombay Talkies">Bombay Talkies</a>' production, <a href="/wiki/Basant_(film)" title="Basant (film)">Basant</a> (1942), starring <a href="/wiki/Mumtaz_Shanti" title="Mumtaz Shanti">Mumtaz Shanti</a> (left) and Ulhas (right).</figcaption></figure> In the summer of 1941, Khan along with Madhubala and other family members relocated to Bombay and settled down in a cowshed present in the <a href="/wiki/Malad" title="Malad">Malad</a> suburbs of Bombay.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199740-22">[21]</a> Following an approval from the studio executives, Chunnilal signed Madhubala to a juvenile role in Bombay Talkies' production, <a href="/wiki/Basant_(film)" title="Basant (film)">Basant</a> (1942), at a salary of ₹150.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPatel195213_for_salaryAkbar199740_for_work-23">[22]</a> Released in July 1942, Basant became a major success commercially,<a href="#cite_note-Dawn-20">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-24">[23]</a> but although Madhubala's work garnered appreciation, the studio dropped her contract as it did not require a child actor at that time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199740–41-25">[24]</a> Disappointed, Khan had to once again return his family to Delhi. He subsequently found low-paid temporary jobs in the city,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199621-26">[25]</a> but continued to struggle financially.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142_for_the_family's_return_to_Delhi-27">[26]</a> In 1944, Bombay Talkies' head <a href="/wiki/Devika_Rani" title="Devika Rani">Devika Rani</a> sent for Khan to summon Madhubala for role in <a href="/wiki/Jwar_Bhata_(1944_film)" title="Jwar Bhata (1944 film)">Jwar Bhata</a> (1944).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142-28">[27]</a> Madhubala did not get the role but Khan now decided to settle permanently in Bombay seeing a prospect in films.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142-28">[27]</a> The family again returned to their temporary residence in Malad and Madhubala along with her father began paying frequent visits to film studios throughout the city in search of work.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012115Bhatia1952142Jhingana201024Roy2019150-29">[28]</a> She was soon signed to a three-year contract with <a href="/wiki/Chandulal_Shah" title="Chandulal Shah">Chandulal Shah</a>'s studio <a href="/wiki/Ranjit_Studios" title="Ranjit Studios">Ranjit Movietone</a>, on a monthly payment of ₹300.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142-28">[27]</a> Her income led to Khan shifting the family to a neighbouring rented house in Malad.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142Roy2019150-30">[29]</a> In April 1944, the rented house was destroyed in a dock explosion; Madhubala and her family survived only because they had gone to a local theatre.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199740Booch196275-31">[30]</a> After shifting into her friend's house, Madhubala continued her film career,<a href="#cite_note-iep-32">[31]</a> playing minor roles in five of Ranjit's films: <a href="/wiki/Mumtaz_Mahal_(film)" title="Mumtaz Mahal (film)">Mumtaz Mahal</a> (1944), Dhanna Bhagat (1945), Rajputani (1946), <a href="/wiki/Phoolwari" title="Phoolwari">Phoolwari</a> (1946) and Pujari (1946); she was credited as "Baby Mumtaz" in all of them.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199744_for_"Baby_Mumtaz",_203–205_for_filmsBooch196275-33">[32]</a> She faced numerous problems in these years; during the shoot of Phoolwari in 1945, Madhubala vomited blood, which forewarned her illness that was slowly taking root.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199642–43-34">[33]</a> In 1946, she had to borrow money from a film producer for the treatment of her pregnant mother.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199741-35">[34]</a> Eager to establish a foothold in the industry, in November 1946, Madhubala began shooting for two of Mohan Sinha's directorial ventures, <a href="/wiki/Chittor_Vijay" title="Chittor Vijay">Chittor Vijay</a> and Mere Bhagwaan, which were supposed to be her introduction to the silver-screen in adult roles.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> Madhubala's first project in a lead role was <a href="/wiki/Sohrab_Modi" title="Sohrab Modi">Sohrab Modi</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Daulat_(1949_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daulat (1949 film)">Daulat</a>, but it was shelved indefinitely (and would not be revived until the next year).<a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-:4-38">[37]</a> Her debut as a leading lady came in <a href="/wiki/Kidar_Sharma" title="Kidar Sharma">Kidar Sharma</a>'s drama <a href="/wiki/Neel_Kamal_(1947_film)" title="Neel Kamal (1947 film)">Neel Kamal</a>, in which she starred opposite debutante <a href="/wiki/Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Begum_Para" title="Begum Para">Begum Para</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:4-38">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199744Bhatia1952142Jhingana201025LanbaPatel2012114–115-39">[38]</a> She was offered the film after Sharma's first choice, actress Kamla Chatterjee, died.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199744Bhatia1952142Jhingana201025LanbaPatel2012114–115-39">[38]</a> Released in March 1947, Neel Kamal was popular with audience and garnered wide public recognition for Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201025Akbar199745Booch196276-40">[39]</a> She then reteamed with Kapoor in Chittor Vijay and <a href="/wiki/Dil_Ki_Rani" title="Dil Ki Rani">Dil Ki Rani</a>, both of which were released in 1947, and in Amar Prem, which came out the following year.<a href="#cite_note-iep-32">[31]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142Booch196276-41">[40]</a> These films were unsuccessful ventures that failed to propel her career ahead.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997104-42">[41]</a> During this period, she had to charge a relatively lesser amount than her usual fee to attract more offers.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199639–46-43">[42]</a> To secure her family financially, Madhubala quickly signed 24 films.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012115-6">[6]</a> Impressed by her work in Neel Kamal, in which Madhubala was credited as "Mumtaz", Devika Rani suggested her to take up "Madhubala" as her professional name.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199746-44">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[b]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rise_to_prominence_and_stardom_(1948–1957)">Rise to prominence and stardom (1948–1957)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Rise to prominence and stardom (1948–1957)">edit</a>]</div> Madhubala found her first critical and commercial success in the drama <a href="/wiki/Lal_Dupatta" title="Lal Dupatta">Lal Dupatta</a>, which <a href="/wiki/The_Indian_Express" title="The Indian Express">The Indian Express</a> mentioned as a breakthrough for her.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBooch196276-18">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-iep-32">[31]</a> <a href="/wiki/Baburao_Patel" title="Baburao Patel">Baburao Patel</a> described the film as "the first milestone of her maturity in screen acting."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199747-47">[45]</a> She received further positive reviews for her supporting parts in Parai Aag (1948), <a href="/wiki/Paras_(1949_film)" title="Paras (1949 film)">Paras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Singaar" title="Singaar">Singaar</a> (both 1949).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199747Deep199639,_141,_146-48">[46]</a> In 1949, Madhubala played a <a href="/wiki/Femme_fatale" title="Femme fatale">femme fatale</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kamal_Amrohi" title="Kamal Amrohi">Kamal Amrohi</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mahal_(1949_film)" title="Mahal (1949 film)">Mahal</a>—the first horror film of Indian cinema.<a href="#cite_note-Mahal-49">[47]</a> Several actresses including <a href="/wiki/Suraiya" title="Suraiya">Suraiya</a> were considered for the role but Amrohi insisted on casting Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199752–53Booch196276-50">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-testing-51">[49]</a> Her character was that of Kamini, a servant girl in an ancient mansion, whose pretensions of an apparition lead to disastrous consequences. The film was produced on a modest budget due to financial constraints, with trade analysts predicting it to be a failure owing to its unconventional subject.<a href="#cite_note-testing-51">[49]</a> Mahal was released in October 1949 and proved to be an immensely popular film among audience.<a href="#cite_note-testing-51">[49]</a> In Beyond the Boundaries of Bollywood, <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Dwyer" title="Rachel Dwyer">Rachel Dwyer</a> noted that Madhubala's ignorance among audience added to the mysterious nature of her character.<a href="#cite_note-Mahal-49">[47]</a> The film, which would be Madhubala's first of many collaborations with actor and brother-in-law <a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199742-52">[50]</a> emerged as the third biggest box-office success of the year, resulting in her signing a string of starring roles opposite the leading actors of the time.<a href="#cite_note-bo40-53">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199770Booch196276Bhatia1952142Jhingana201026LanbaPatel2012116-54">[52]</a> Following another box office hit in <a href="/wiki/Dulari_(film)" title="Dulari (film)">Dulari</a> (1949),<a href="#cite_note-bo40-53">[51]</a> Madhubala played <a href="/wiki/Ajit_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajit Khan">Ajit</a>'s love interest in <a href="/wiki/K._Amarnath" title="K. Amarnath">K. Amarnath</a>'s social drama <a href="/wiki/Beqasoor" title="Beqasoor">Beqasoor</a> (1950). The feature received positive reviews and ranked among the year's top-grossing Bollywood productions.<a href="#cite_note-55">[53]</a> Also in 1950, she appeared in the comedy-drama <a href="/wiki/Hanste_Aansoo" title="Hanste Aansoo">Hanste Aansoo</a>, which became the first Indian film to be awarded an Adult certification.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997101-56">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-57">[55]</a> The following year, Madhubala starred in the <a href="/wiki/Amiya_Chakravarty_(director)" title="Amiya Chakravarty (director)">Amiya Chakravarty</a>-directed action film <a href="/wiki/Baadal_(1951_film)" title="Baadal (1951 film)">Badal</a> (1951), a remake of <a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Robin_Hood" title="The Adventures of Robin Hood">The Adventures of Robin Hood</a>. Her portrayal of a princess who ignorantly falls in love with <a href="/wiki/Prem_Nath" title="Prem Nath">Prem Nath</a>'s character received mixed reviews;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997115–116LanbaPatel2012116Jhingana201027–28-58">[56]</a> a critic praised her looks but advised her to "learn to speak her dialogue slowly, distinctly and effectively instead of rattling through her lines in a monotone."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997115-59">[57]</a> She subsequently played the titular part in M. Sadiq's romance <a href="/wiki/Saiyan_(film)" title="Saiyan (film)">Saiyan</a>, which Roger Yue of <a href="/wiki/The_Singapore_Free_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="The Singapore Free Press">The Singapore Free Press</a> commented was played "to perfection".<a href="#cite_note-:9-60">[58]</a> Both Badal and Saiyan proved to be major box-office successes.<a href="#cite_note-61">[59]</a> Madhubala then collaborated with actor <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> twice in a row, on the 1951 comedy <a href="/wiki/Tarana_(1951_film)" title="Tarana (1951 film)">Tarana</a> and the 1952 drama <a href="/wiki/Sangdil" title="Sangdil">Sangdil</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997111Khdair202052LanbaPatel2012117-62">[60]</a> These films also performed well financially, popularizing the on and offscreen couple among wide audience.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997107-63">[61]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[62]</a> Baburao Patel's <a href="/wiki/Filmindia" title="Filmindia">filmindia</a> review of Tarana read, "Incidentally, Madhubala gives the best performance of her screen career in this picture. She seems to have discovered her soul at last in Dilip Kumar's company."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997108–109-65">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[64]</a> <a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201026LanbaPatel2012116-67">[65]</a> Madhubala was cast in the costume drama <a href="/wiki/Shahenshah_(1953_film)" title="Shahenshah (1953 film)">Shahehshah</a> (1953) before <a href="/wiki/Kamini_Kaushal" title="Kamini Kaushal">Kamini Kaushal</a> replaced her.<a href="#cite_note-68">[66]</a> In April 1953, Madhubala founded a production company called Madhubala Private Ltd.<a href="#cite_note-69">[67]</a> The following year, while shooting in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Madras</a> for <a href="/wiki/S._S._Vasan" title="S. S. Vasan">S. S. Vasan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bahut_Din_Huwe" title="Bahut Din Huwe">Bahut Din Huwe</a> (1954), she suffered a major health setback due to her heart disease.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199772LanbaPatel2012125-70">[68]</a> She returned to Bombay after completing the film and took a short-term medical leave from work,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199772Jhingana201028-71">[69]</a> which led to her replacement (by <a href="/wiki/Nimmi" title="Nimmi">Nimmi</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Uran_Khatola_(film)" title="Uran Khatola (film)">Uran Khatola</a> (1955).<a href="#cite_note-manohar-72">[70]</a> Madhubala later starred in another film of 1954—<a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Amar_(1954_film)" title="Amar (1954 film)">Amar</a>, portraying a social worker involved in a love triangle along with Dilip Kumar and Nimmi. Madhubala improvised a scene from the film.<a href="#cite_note-73">[71]</a> It was unsuccessful at the box-office.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997112Jhingana201026LanbaPatel2012116-74">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[73]</a> Nevertheless, Rachit Gupta of <a href="/wiki/Filmfare" title="Filmfare">Filmfare</a> stated that Madhubala overshadowed her co-stars and "floored her role with a nuanced performance."<a href="#cite_note-ffare-76">[74]</a> Writing for <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a> in 2002, <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Raheja" title="Dinesh Raheja">Dinesh Raheja</a> described Amar as "arguably Madhubala's first truly mature performance" and particularly praised a dramatic scene featuring her and Dilip.<a href="#cite_note-77">[75]</a> Madhubala's next release was her own production venture, <a href="/wiki/Naata_(film)" title="Naata (film)">Naata</a> (1955), in which she co-starred with her sister Chanchal. The film met with a tepid response and lost a lot of money, compelling Madhubala to sell her bungalow Kismet to recover the loss.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199761-78">[76]</a> Madhubala made a comeback in 1955 with <a href="/wiki/Guru_Dutt" title="Guru Dutt">Guru Dutt</a>'s comedy <a href="/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._%2755" title="Mr. & Mrs. '55">Mr. & Mrs. '55</a>, which emerged as one of the year's highest-grossing films in India and her biggest success at that point of time.<a href="#cite_note-79">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-:3-80">[78]</a> The film saw her playing Anita Verma, a naive heiress who is forced by her aunt into a sham marriage with Dutt's character.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997117–118-81">[79]</a> Harneet Singh of <a href="/wiki/The_Indian_Express" title="The Indian Express">The Indian Express</a> called Mr. & Mrs. '55 "a great ride" and acknowledged Madhubala's "impish charm and breezy comic timing" as one of its prime assets.<a href="#cite_note-82">[80]</a> In mid-1956, a conflict broke out between Madhubala–Khan and director <a href="/wiki/B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> over the location shoot of <a href="/wiki/Naya_Daur_(1957_film)" title="Naya Daur (1957 film)">Naya Daur</a>, in which Madhubala was cast to play the female protagonist. Citing her as uncooperative and unprofessional, Chopra replaced Madhubala with <a href="/wiki/Vyjayanthimala" title="Vyjayanthimala">Vyjayanthimala</a> and further sued the former for ₹30,000 in damages.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199787–92Jhingana201029LanbaPatel2012121Pandhye2020155–156Wani2016158Reuben1993165–172-83">[81]</a> The lawsuit continued for about eight months amidst public scrutiny before Chopra withdrew it after Naya Daur got released.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy2019151,_208Jhingana201029-84">[82]</a> Subsequently in the years 1956–57, Madhubala reduced her workload due to the lawsuit and health issues.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199772–73-85">[83]</a> She and <a href="/wiki/Nargis" title="Nargis">Nargis</a> were approached by Guru Dutt to play either of the two female leads (an unfaithful girlfriend or a hooker with a heart of gold) in his production, <a href="/wiki/Pyaasa" title="Pyaasa">Pyaasa</a> (1957). Unable to choose between the two leading roles, the actresses passed over the film to the newcomers <a href="/wiki/Mala_Sinha" title="Mala Sinha">Mala Sinha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[85]</a> Madhubala appeared in two period films in 1956, <a href="/wiki/Raj_Hath" title="Raj Hath">Raj Hath</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shirin_Farhad_(1956_film)" title="Shirin Farhad (1956 film)">Shirin Farhad</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012117-88">[86]</a> both critical and commercial successes.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199690-89">[87]</a> The following year, she portrayed a runaway heiress in <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash" title="Om Prakash">Om Prakash</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gateway_of_India_(1957_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gateway of India (1957 film)">Gateway of India</a> (1957), which critic <a href="/wiki/Deepa_Gahlot" title="Deepa Gahlot">Deepa Gahlot</a> believed to be one of the finest performances of her career.<a href="#cite_note-gahlot-90">[88]</a> Madhubala then starred in the drama <a href="/wiki/Ek_Saal" title="Ek Saal">Ek Saal</a> (1957), which follows the love story of a terminally-ill ingenue.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199689-91">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012117-88">[86]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mughal-e-Azam_and_continued_commercial_success_(1958–1962)">Mughal-e-Azam and continued commercial success (1958–1962)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mughal-e-Azam and continued commercial success (1958–1962)">edit</a>]</div> Madhubala began the year 1958 with <a href="/wiki/Raj_Khosla" title="Raj Khosla">Raj Khosla</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Kala_Pani_(1958_film)" title="Kala Pani (1958 film)">Kala Pani</a>, in which she co-starred with <a href="/wiki/Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nalini_Jaywant" title="Nalini Jaywant">Nalini Jaywant</a>, playing an intrepid journalist investigating a 15-year-old murder.<a href="#cite_note-92">[90]</a> She was then cast as Edna opposite Ashok Kumar in <a href="/wiki/Howrah_Bridge_(1958_film)" title="Howrah Bridge (1958 film)">Howrah Bridge</a> (1958), her first collaboration with director <a href="/wiki/Shakti_Samanta" title="Shakti Samanta">Shakti Samanta</a>. Madhubala waived her fees to play the role of an <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Indian" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Indian">Anglo-Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/Cabaret_dancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabaret dancer">cabaret dancer</a>, which marked a departure from her previous portrayals of sophisticated characters.<a href="#cite_note-93">[91]</a> Both Howrah Bridge and Kala Pani begot positive reviews for her and became two of the year's top-grossing films.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997179LanbaPatel2012117-94">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-ffare-76">[74]</a> She followed this success with the box office hit <a href="/wiki/Phagun_(1958_film)" title="Phagun (1958 film)">Phagun</a> (1958).<a href="#cite_note-bo58-95">[93]</a> In her final release of 1958, Madhubala portrayed a wealthy city woman involved in a love affair with <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Satyen_Bose" title="Satyen Bose">Satyen Bose</a>'s comedy <a href="/wiki/Chalti_Ka_Naam_Gaadi" title="Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi">Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBose2006258LanbaPatel2012117Roy2019211–212-96">[94]</a>—one of the biggest money-making films of the 1950s.<a href="#cite_note-97">[95]</a> <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Raheja" title="Dinesh Raheja">Dinesh Raheja</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a> referred to it as the "fifties jest-setter", adding that Madhubala "exudes oodles of charisma and her giggles are infectious."<a href="#cite_note-:5-98">[96]</a> Writing for the same portral in 2012, columnist <a href="/wiki/Rinki_Bhattacharya" title="Rinki Bhattacharya">Rinki Roy</a> mentioned Madhubala's character in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi as "a top favourite": "Her breezy performance stands out as that rare example of an independent, urban woman. [...] For me, Madhubala is the face of the original celluloid diva."<a href="#cite_note-:8-99">[97]</a> Her second collaboration with Samanta, <a href="/wiki/Insan_Jaag_Utha" title="Insan Jaag Utha">Insan Jaag Utha</a> (1959), was a social drama film in which the protagonists work on the construction of a dam.<a href="#cite_note-:6-100">[98]</a> A modest success, its critical reception has improved over years.<a href="#cite_note-:3-80">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-101">[99]</a> Rachit Gupta of Filmfare and Roktim Rajpal of <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Herald" title="Deccan Herald">Deccan Herald</a> have cited Madhubala's performance as Gauri, a village belle, as one of her finest works.<a href="#cite_note-:3-80">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-ffare-76">[74]</a> Further in 1959, she received praise for playing dual roles in <a href="/wiki/Kal_Hamara_Hai_(film)" title="Kal Hamara Hai (film)">Kal Hamara Hai</a>, also starring <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhushan" title="Bharat Bhushan">Bharat Bhushan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012117Akbar1997103-102">[100]</a> Khatija Akbar, the author of <a href="/wiki/Madhubala:_Her_Life,_Her_Films" title="Madhubala: Her Life, Her Films">Madhubala: Her Life, Her Films</a> (1997), called her turn as "a polished performance, particularly in the role of the misguided 'other' sister."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997103-103">[101]</a> The commercial success of <a href="/wiki/Do_Ustad_(1959_film)" title="Do Ustad (1959 film)">Do Ustad</a> (1959), which saw her reuniting with Raj Kapoor,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997104-42">[41]</a> was followed by the second film of Madhubala Private Ltd.—the comedy <a href="/wiki/Mehlon_Ke_Khwab" title="Mehlon Ke Khwab">Mehlon Ke Khwab</a> (1960). It fared poorly at the box office.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199694-104">[102]</a> Journalist <a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Raheja" title="Dinesh Raheja">Dinesh Raheja</a> has described <a href="/wiki/K._Asif" title="K. Asif">K. Asif</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mughal-e-Azam" title="Mughal-e-Azam">Mughal-e-Azam</a> (1960) as the "crowning glory" of Madhubala's career.<a href="#cite_note-art-105">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[104]</a> Co-starring Dilip Kumar and <a href="/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a>, the film revolves around a 16th-century court dancer, <a href="/wiki/Anarkali" title="Anarkali">Anarkali</a> (Madhubala), and her affair with the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> prince <a href="/wiki/Jahangir" title="Jahangir">Salim</a> (Kumar). Since the mid-1940s, Asif had rejected numerous actresses for the part of Anarkali.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997130Pandhye2020130-107">[105]</a> Madhubala had joined the cast in 1952 with an advance payment of Rs. 1 lakh—the highest for any actor or actress until then.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199665-108">[106]</a> The filming period proved to be taxing.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201041-43;_45Pandhye2020162–164-109">[107]</a> Her relationship with Kumar ended amidst shooting and there were reports of animosity between the actors.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPandhye2020157,_159Akbar1997154–155Jhingana201041LanbaPatel2012123-110">[108]</a> Madhubala was also troubled by the night schedules and complicated dance sequences, which she had been medically asked to avoid.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997130–136,_138,_143–151,_153–160Roy2019151–152,_304LanbaPatel2012125-111">[109]</a> She fell under the weight of iron chains, extinguished candles with her palm, starved herself for days to depict anguishness in particular scenes and had continuous water flung at her face and whole body painted.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997130–136,_138,_143–151,_153–160Roy2019151–152,_304LanbaPatel2012125-111">[109]</a> The decade-long principal photography for Mughal-e-Azam came to an end in May 1959 and left her exhausted, both physically and mentally, to a point that she began considering a retirement.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPandhye2020164-112">[110]</a> Mughal-e-Azam was first of Madhubala's two <a href="/wiki/Color_photography" title="Color photography">films in colour</a>; it had four reels shot in <a href="/wiki/Technicolor" title="Technicolor">Technicolor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997121-113">[111]</a> The film had the widest release of any Indian film up to that time, and patrons often queued all day for tickets.<a href="#cite_note-114">[112]</a> Released on 5 August 1960, it broke box office records in India and became the highest-grossing Indian film of all time, a distinction it would hold for 15 years.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy201912,_151LanbaPatel2012117-115">[113]</a><a href="#cite_note-boi60-116">[114]</a> At the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">1961 National Film Awards</a>, Mughal-e-Azam won the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_in_Hindi" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi">National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[115]</a> and led the <a href="/wiki/8th_Filmfare_Awards" title="8th Filmfare Awards">8th Filmfare Awards</a> ceremony with 11 nominations,<a href="#cite_note-118">[116]</a> including <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actress">Best Actress</a> for Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012118-119">[117]</a> A reviewer for <a href="/wiki/The_Indian_Express" title="The Indian Express">The Indian Express</a> commented, "Scene after scene bears testimony to the outstanding gifts of Madhubala as a natural actress [...] The way she presents Anarkali's changing moods as she passes through the lightning vicissitudes in her life is superb."<a href="#cite_note-IEPaper-120">[118]</a> The success of Mughal-e-Azam resulted in a string of offers in major roles, but Madhubala had to refuse them owing to her heart condition.<a href="#cite_note-121">[119]</a> She further withdrew from some productions that were already underway, including <a href="/wiki/Bombai_Ka_Babu" title="Bombai Ka Babu">Bombai Ka Babu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naughty_Boy_(film)" title="Naughty Boy (film)">Naughty Boy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jahan_Ara_(film)" title="Jahan Ara (film)">Jahan Ara</a>, Yeh Basti Ye Log, Suhana Geet and an untitled film with <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Sahu" title="Kishore Sahu">Kishore Sahu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[121]</a> She did, however, have a few more releases, which were completed either by body doubles or by Madhubala herself.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997105–106-124">[122]</a> In late 1960, Madhubala was seen in Shakti Samanta's crime film <a href="/wiki/Jaali_Note" title="Jaali Note">Jaali Note</a>, based on the theme of counterfeit money; it was successful financially.<a href="#cite_note-:6-100">[98]</a> However, Karan Bali of Upperstall.com mentioned her role as "sketchy" and found the romance between her and Dev Anand's characters unconvincing.<a href="#cite_note-125">[123]</a> Madhubala's starring role in the musical <a href="/wiki/Barsaat_Ki_Raat" title="Barsaat Ki Raat">Barsaat Ki Raat</a> (1960) was better received.<a href="#cite_note-ffare-76">[74]</a> The feature was the year's second-highest-grossing film, trailing only Mughal-e-Azam.<a href="#cite_note-boi60-116">[114]</a> A critic for The Indian Express found her "enchanting",<a href="#cite_note-126">[124]</a> while Venkat Parsa of <a href="/wiki/The_Siasat_Daily" title="The Siasat Daily">The Siasat Daily</a> noted the rebellious nature of her character, Shabnam, who elopes with her lover (played by Bharat Bhushan) after her parents object to the relationship.<a href="#cite_note-127">[125]</a> The back-to-back blockbuster successes of Mughal-e-Azam and Barsaat Ki Raat established Madhubala as the most successful leading lady of 1960.<a href="#cite_note-top-128">[126]</a> She subsequently discontinued her career and only preferred starring as love interests in a few films, including the comedies <a href="/wiki/Jhumroo" title="Jhumroo">Jhumroo</a> (1961), <a href="/wiki/Boy_Friend_(1961_film)" title="Boy Friend (1961 film)">Boy Friend</a> (1961) and <a href="/wiki/Half_Ticket_(1962_film)" title="Half Ticket (1962 film)">Half Ticket</a> (1962), and the dramas <a href="/wiki/Passport_(1961_film)" title="Passport (1961 film)">Passport</a> (1961) and <a href="/wiki/Sharabi_(1964_film)" title="Sharabi (1964 film)">Sharabi</a> (1964).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012125-129">[127]</a> All three of her 1961 releases were among the top-grossing productions of the year.<a href="#cite_note-130">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-131">[129]</a> Half Ticket, her last collaboration with husband Kishore Kumar was a critical and commercial success as well.<a href="#cite_note-132">[130]</a> Sukanya Verma called the film one of her most favourite comedies of all time, praising the "palpably fond chemistry" between Madhubala and Kishore.<a href="#cite_note-133">[131]</a> Also released in 1962 was Madhubala Private Ltd.'s third and last presentation, Pathan, which turned out to be a box office flop.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199739Deep199694–95-134">[132]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sabbaticals_and_final_work_(1964–1969)">Sabbaticals and final work (1964–1969)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sabbaticals and final work (1964–1969)">edit</a>]</div> Following a sabbatical of two years, Madhubala completed Sharabi in 1964; the film would go on to become her final release in her lifetime.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012120Akbar1997107-135">[133]</a> Baburao Patel, writing for <a href="/wiki/Mother_India_(magazine)" title="Mother India (magazine)">Mother India</a>, praised Madhubala's performance for "reviv[ing] the old heartache".<a href="#cite_note-136">[134]</a> An editor for Rediff.com called Sharabi a "fitting finale to a luminous career, showing the actress at her most beautiful and her most effective, a heroine destined not to age in any of our eyes."<a href="#cite_note-137">[135]</a> Two years after Madhubala's death, one of her incomplete works, <a href="/wiki/Jwala_(1971_film)" title="Jwala (1971 film)">Jwala</a> (1971) was released. Co-starring <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Dutt" title="Sunil Dutt">Sunil Dutt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sohrab_Modi" title="Sohrab Modi">Sohrab Modi</a>, the film was mainly completed with the help of body doubles. It marked Madhubala's final screen role.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997121Roy2019154-138">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> Born in an orthodox Muslim family, Madhubala was deeply religious and practiced <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> since her childhood.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEkbal200917-12">[11]</a> After securing her family financially in the late 1940s, she rented a bungalow on <a href="/wiki/Peddar_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Peddar Road">Peddar Road</a> in Bombay and named it "Arabian Villa". It became her permanent residence until death.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201026-139">[137]</a> She learnt driving at the age of 12 and by adulthood was the owner of five cars: <a href="/wiki/Buick" title="Buick">Buick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Station_wagon" title="Station wagon">Station wagon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillman_Avenger" title="Hillman Avenger">Hillman</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chrysler_Town_%26_Country_(1941%E2%80%931988)" title="Chrysler Town & Country (1941–1988)">Town & Country</a> (which was owned by only two people in India at that time, the other one being the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_of_Gwalior" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharaja of Gwalior">Maharaja of Gwalior</a>).<a href="#cite_note-valentine-140">[138]</a> As a native speaker of three <a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani languages</a>, she began learning English in 1950 from former actress <a href="/wiki/Sushila_Rani_Patel" title="Sushila Rani Patel">Sushila Rani Patel</a> and grew fluent in the language in three months.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199759-141">[139]</a> She also kept eighteen <a href="/wiki/German_Shepherd" title="German Shepherd">Alsatian dogs</a> as pets at Arabian Villa.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReuben1993178-142">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[141]</a> In 1950, Madhubala was diagnosed with an incurable <a href="/wiki/Ventricular_septal_defect" title="Ventricular septal defect">ventricular septal defect</a> in her heart; the diagnosis was not made public as it could jeopardize her career.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201043Ekbal200917-144">[142]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Philanthropy">edit</a>]</div> She performed actively in charity, which led editor Baburao Patel to call her the "queen of charity".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997167-145">[143]</a><a href="#cite_note-donation-146">[144]</a> In 1950, she donated ₹5,000 each to children suffering from <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio myelitis</a> and to the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> relief fund, and ₹50,000 for the refugees from <a href="/wiki/East_Bengal" title="East Bengal">East Bengal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199770,_83-147">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[146]</a> Madhubala's donation sparked off a major controversy due to her religious beliefs and received wide coverage in the media at that time.<a href="#cite_note-donation-146">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199770,_83Deep199646–47-149">[147]</a> Subsequently, she kept her charity work guarded and donated anonymously.<a href="#cite_note-donation-146">[144]</a> In 1954, it was revealed that Madhubala had been regularly giving monthly bonuses to the lower staff of her studios.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997167-145">[143]</a> She also gifted a camera crane to the <a href="/wiki/Film_and_Television_Institute_of_India" title="Film and Television Institute of India">Film and Television Institute of India</a> in 1962, which is operational even today.<a href="#cite_note-150">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Friendships">Friendships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Friendships">edit</a>]</div> When she was a minor and in Delhi, Madhubala had a close friend named Latif, to whom she left a rose before her family relocated to Bombay.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199621-26">[25]</a> While working as a child artist in the mid-1940s, Madhubala befriended Baby Mahjabeen, another child actor of that time, who later grew up as actress <a href="/wiki/Meena_Kumari" title="Meena Kumari">Meena Kumari</a>.<a href="#cite_note-151">[149]</a> Despite their professional rivalry, Madhubala shared a cordial relationship with Kumari as well as other female stars, such as <a href="/wiki/Nargis" title="Nargis">Nargis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nimmi" title="Nimmi">Nimmi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Begum_Para" title="Begum Para">Begum Para</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geeta_Bali" title="Geeta Bali">Geeta Bali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nirupa_Roy" title="Nirupa Roy">Nirupa Roy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nadira_(Indian_actress)" title="Nadira (Indian actress)">Nadira</a>.<a href="#cite_note-152">[150]</a> In 1951, following a major conflict with the press, Madhubala established a friendship with journalist <a href="/wiki/B._K._Karanjia" title="B. K. Karanjia">B. K. Karanjia</a>, who became one of the few people of his profession to be allowed inside Arabian Villa.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199781-153">[151]</a> Sarla Bhushan, the wife of Bharat Bhushan, with whom Madhubala had a special bond, died of labour complications in 1957, much to her distress.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997103-103">[101]</a> Madhubala was also close to three of her earliest directors—Kidar Sharma, Mohan Sinha, and Kamal Amrohi—and while there have been rumours regarding her being emotionally involved with them, her younger sister Madhur Bhushan has refuted such claims.<a href="#cite_note-154">[152]</a> On the sets of Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Madhubala often ate lunch with <a href="/wiki/Zulfikar_Ali_Bhutto" title="Zulfikar Ali Bhutto">Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto</a>, a Pakistani barrister who later served as the country's <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister">Prime Minister</a>. He used to visit the sets especially for Madhubala,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997140–141-155">[153]</a> and according to Sushila Kumari was Madhubala's one-sided lover.<a href="#cite_note-:11-156">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationships_and_marriage">Relationships and marriage</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Relationships and marriage">edit</a>]</div> Madhubala's first relationship was with her Badal co-star <a href="/wiki/Prem_Nath" title="Prem Nath">Prem Nath</a>, in early 1951.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997115–116-157">[155]</a> They dated for six months before differences figured out due to religion—Nath was a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-sick2-16">[15]</a> Although the relationship fizzled out soon, Nath nevertheless remained close to Madhubala and her father Ataullah Khan for the rest of their lives.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997115Jhingana201028-158">[156]</a> Also in 1951, Madhubala began a romance with actor <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a>, whom she had earlier met working on Jwar Bhata (1944).<a href="#cite_note-159">[157]</a> Their affair went on to receive wide media attention throughout the decade.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997108Pandhye2020141-160">[158]</a> It had a positive impact on Madhubala and her friends have recalled the following few years as the happiest of her life.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012122-161">[159]</a> As their relationship progressed, Madhubala and Dilip got engaged but could not marry as Khan had some objections.<a href="#cite_note-162">[160]</a> Khan wanted Dilip to act in his production house's films, which the actor refused. Also, Dilip specified to Madhubala that if they were to marry, she will have to sever all ties with her family.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997108,_115LanbaPatel2012121–122,_124Wani2016144–150,_156,_158Bose2006322-163">[161]</a> She parted ways with him in 1957 amidst the court case over the production of Naya Daur (1957).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199761,_91–92LanbaPatel2012121Roy2019151Jhingana201029Wani2016150Reuben1993172Pandhye2020155–156-164">[162]</a> Dilip testified against her and Khan in court, which left Madhubala devastated.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199763,_87–92Jhingana201029LanbaPatel2012121Pandhye2020155–156Wani2016158Reuben1993165–172-165">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[c]</a> In the meantime, Madhubala was proposed marriage by three of her co-stars: <a href="/wiki/Bharat_Bhushan" title="Bharat Bhushan">Bharat Bhushan</a>, a widower, <a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Kumar" title="Pradeep Kumar">Pradeep Kumar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar" title="Kishore Kumar">Kishore Kumar</a>, both of whom had previously been married.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012125-129">[127]</a> On the sets of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Madhubala rekindled a friendship with Kishore Kumar,<a href="#cite_note-:5-98">[96]</a> who was a childhood acquaintance.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997189LanbaPatel2012125-170">[167]</a> They went on to date for two years and had a court marriage on 16 October 1960. There are reports suggesting that Kumar, a Hindu, had converted to Islam to marry her, but these claims have been refuted by her sister.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997189Deep1996102-171">[168]</a><a href="#cite_note-176">[d]</a> The union was disliked by her father, as well as her in-laws who had not expected their son to marry a Muslim.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201031-177">[173]</a> Madhubala and Kishore also came to be considered a mismatch in the industry due to their contrasting personalities.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201030Roy2019152Akbar1997185-178">[174]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_deterioration_and_final_years">Health deterioration and final years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Health deterioration and final years">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:20em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #CCDDFF;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> "[I] brought her home as my wife, even though I knew she was dying from a congenital heart problem. For 9 long years, I nursed her. I watched her die before my own eyes. You can never understand what this means until you live through this yourself. She was such a beautiful woman and she died so painfully. She would rave and rant and scream in frustration. How can such an active person spend 9 long years bed-ridden? And I had to humour her all the time. That's what the doctor asked me to. That's what I did till her very last breath. I would laugh with her. I would cry with her."<a href="#cite_note-179">[175]</a> </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">— Kishore Kumar on his relationship with Madhubala</cite> </div> Soon after their marriage in 1960, Madhubala and Kishore Kumar traveled to <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> along with her doctor <a href="/wiki/Rustom_Jal_Vakil" title="Rustom Jal Vakil">Rustom Jal Vakil</a>, combining their honeymoon with the specialised treatment of Madhubala's heart disease, which was aggravating rapidly.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997185-180">[176]</a> In London, doctors refused to operate on her, fearing complications, and instead advised Madhubala to avoid any kind of stress and anxiety.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997-181">[177]</a> She was dissuaded from having any children and given a life expectancy of two years.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201030LanbaPatel2012125-182">[178]</a> Madhubala and Kishore subsequently returned to Bombay and she shifted to Kishore's home<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep1996100–101-183">[179]</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bandra" title="Bandra">Bandra</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997185Jhingana201031-184">[180]</a> Her health continued declining and she now frequently quarrelled with her husband.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201031-177">[173]</a> Ashok Kumar (Kishore's elder brother) recalled that her sickness turned her into a "bad-tempered" person and she spent most of her time in her father's house.<a href="#cite_note-185">[181]</a> To escape the bitterness of her in-laws due to religious differences, Madhubala later moved into Kishore's newly bought flat at Quarter Deck in Bandra.<a href="#cite_note-sick-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201031-177">[173]</a> However, Kishore stayed in the flat only for a short period and then left her with a nurse and a driver.<a href="#cite_note-sick-8">[8]</a> Although he was bearing all her medical expenses, Madhubala felt abandoned and returned to her own house in less than two months of her marriage.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201031Roy2019212-186">[182]</a> For the rest of her life, he visited her occasionally,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201031–34-187">[183]</a> which Madhubala's sister Madhur Bhushan thought was possibly to "detach himself from her so that the final separation wouldn't hurt."<a href="#cite_note-sick-8">[8]</a> In late June 1966,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199616-188">[184]</a> Madhubala seemed to have partly recovered and decided to return to film again with J. K. Nanda's Chalaak, opposite Raj Kapoor, which was unfinished since she left the industry.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997104-42">[41]</a> Her comeback was welcomed by the media, but Madhubala immediately fainted as the shoot began; the film was thus never completed.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199792,_104-189">[185]</a> She was subsequently hospitalized in the <a href="/wiki/Breach_Candy_Hospital" title="Breach Candy Hospital">Breach Candy Hospital</a>, where she met her former boyfriend Dilip Kumar and returned home after being discharged.<a href="#cite_note-sick2-16">[15]</a> To alleviate her <a href="/wiki/Insomnia" title="Insomnia">insomnia</a>, Madhubala used <a href="/wiki/Hypnotic" title="Hypnotic">hypnotic</a> on Ashok's suggestion, but it further exacerbated her problems.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep1996101-190">[186]</a> Madhubala spent her final years bedridden and lost a lot of weight. Her particular fascination was Urdu poetry and she regularly watched her films (particularly Mughal-e-Azam) on a <a href="/wiki/Projector" title="Projector">home projector</a>.<a href="#cite_note-sick2-16">[15]</a> She grew very reclusive, meeting only <a href="/wiki/Geeta_Dutt" title="Geeta Dutt">Geeta Dutt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> from the film industry in those days.<a href="#cite_note-191">[187]</a> She had to undergo <a href="/wiki/Exchange_transfusion" title="Exchange transfusion">exchange transfusion</a> almost every week.<a href="#cite_note-sick2-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep1996106-192">[188]</a> Her body began producing excess blood that would spill out of her nose and mouth;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201032-193">[189]</a> Vakil had to thus extract the blood to prevent complications, and an oxygen cylinder had to kept by her side as she often suffered from <a href="/wiki/Hypoxia_(medical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypoxia (medical)">hypoxia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-sick-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-sick2-16">[15]</a> After the Chalaak incident, Madhubala turned her attention to film direction and began preparing for her directorial debut, titled Farz aur Ishq, in February 1969.<a href="#cite_note-mrandmrs55.com-14">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Death">edit</a>]</div> By early 1969, Madhubala's health was in serious and major decline: she had just contracted <a href="/wiki/Jaundice" title="Jaundice">jaundice</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Urinalysis" title="Urinalysis">urinalysis</a> was diagnosed as having <a href="/wiki/Hematuria" title="Hematuria">hematuria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Recollections_2016-194">[190]</a> Madhubala suffered a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> in the midnight of 22 February.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201033-195">[191]</a> After struggling for few hours amongst her family members and Kishore, she died at 9:30 a.m. of 23 February,<a href="#cite_note-Dilip_saab-9">[9]</a> only nine days after turning 36.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201034-196">[192]</a> Madhubala was buried at <a href="/wiki/Juhu" title="Juhu">Juhu</a> Muslim Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Santacruz,_Mumbai" title="Santacruz, Mumbai">Santacruz</a>, Bombay along with her personal diary.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997191-197">[193]</a><a href="#cite_note-198">[194]</a> Her tomb was built with marbles and inscriptions include <a href="/wiki/%C4%80yah" title="Āyah">aayats</a> from <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a> and verse dedications.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997191-197">[193]</a> Due to Madhubala's absence from the social scene for almost a decade, her death was perceived as unexpected and found wide coverage in the Indian press.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997191–196-199">[195]</a> The Indian Express recalled her as "the most sought-after Hindi film actress" of her times,<a href="#cite_note-200">[196]</a> while Filmfare characterized her as "a <a href="/wiki/Cinderella" title="Cinderella">Cinderella</a> whose clock had struck twelve too soon".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997196-201">[197]</a> A number of her co-workers including Premnath (who wrote a poem dedicated to her),<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997195-202">[198]</a> B. K. Karanjia and Shakti Samanta expressed their grief over her premature death.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy2019153-203">[199]</a> Gossip columnist <a href="/wiki/Gulshan_Ewing" title="Gulshan Ewing">Gulshan Ewing</a> commented in a personal farewell titled "The Passing of Anarkali", writing, "She loved life, she loved the world and she was often shocked to find that the world did not always love her back. [...] To her, all life was love, all love was life. That was Madhubala—loveliest of the shining stars."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997196-201">[197]</a> In 2010, Madhubala's tomb along with those of other industry stalwarts, including <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahir_Ludhianvi" title="Sahir Ludhianvi">Sahir Ludhianvi</a>, was demolished to make room for new interments. Her remains were placed at an unknown location.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy2019142-204">[200]</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[201]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_image">Public image</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Public image">edit</a>]</div> Madhubala was one of the most celebrated film stars in India from the late 1940s to early 1960s.<a href="#cite_note-top-128">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-britannica-206">[202]</a> In 1951, <a href="/wiki/James_Burke_(actor)" title="James Burke (actor)">James Burke</a> photographed her for a feature in the American magazine <a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)">Life</a>, which described her as the biggest star in the Indian film industry at that time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy2019149-207">[203]</a><a href="#cite_note-208">[204]</a> Her fame reached beyond India as well: director <a href="/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra">Frank Capra</a> offered her a break in Hollywood (which her father declined)<a href="#cite_note-britannica-206">[202]</a> and in August 1952, <a href="/wiki/David_Cort" title="David Cort">David Cort</a> of <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Arts_Magazine" title="Theatre Arts Magazine">Theatre Arts Magazine</a> wrote of her as "the biggest star in the world—and she's not in the <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills,_California" title="Beverly Hills, California">Beverley Hills</a>."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199775LanbaPatel2012119-209">[205]</a><a href="#cite_note-story_of_india-2">[2]</a> Cort estimated Madhubala's Indian and Pakistani fan base equal to the combined population of the contemporary United States and western Europe, and also reported her popularity in countries such as Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia and East Africa.<a href="#cite_note-theatre_arts-1">[1]</a> Along with <a href="/wiki/Nargis" title="Nargis">Nargis</a>, she also had large fan following in Greece.<a href="#cite_note-greece-210">[206]</a> Dilip Kumar described Madhubala as "the only star for whom people thronged outside the gates."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199778-211">[207]</a> Her fame was acknowledged by <a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a> magazine also, which went on to call her a "cash and curry star" in its January 1959 issue.<a href="#cite_note-:7-212">[208]</a><a href="#cite_note-213">[209]</a> In films, she was often billed before the leading man, and web portal <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a> mentioned her as a more powerful celebrity than her male contemporaries.<a href="#cite_note-214">[210]</a><a href="#cite_note-:16-215">[211]</a> For Mahal (1949), her first film under a major production company, Madhubala was paid a sum of ₹7,000.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012116-216">[212]</a> The film's success established her career as a leading lady,<a href="#cite_note-217">[213]</a> and she subsequently became one of the highest-paid Indian stars of the upcoming decade.<a href="#cite_note-:9-60">[58]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199770Booch196276Bhatia1952142Jhingana201026-218">[214]</a> In 1951, filmmaker and editor <a href="/wiki/Arabinda_Mukhopadhyay" title="Arabinda Mukhopadhyay">Aurbindo Mukhopadhyay</a> reported that Madhubala charges ₹1.5 lakh per film.<a href="#cite_note-219">[215]</a> She received an unprecedented amount of ₹3 lakh for her decade-long work in Mughal-e-Azam (1960).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199665–67-220">[216]</a> Madhubala was placed seven times on <a href="/wiki/Box_Office_India" title="Box Office India">Box Office India</a>'s list of top actresses from 1949 to 1951, and from 1958 to 1961.<a href="#cite_note-top-128">[126]</a> Madhubala's beauty and physical attractiveness were widely acknowledged, and led the media to refer to her as "The <a href="/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" title="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian cinema</a>" and "The Beauty with Tragedy".<a href="#cite_note-221">[217]</a> In 1951, Clare Mendonca of <a href="/wiki/The_Illustrated_Weekly_of_India" title="The Illustrated Weekly of India">The Illustrated Weekly of India</a> called her "the number one beauty of the Indian screen".<a href="#cite_note-222">[218]</a> Several of her co-workers cited her as the most beautiful woman they ever saw.<a href="#cite_note-justice-223">[219]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nirupa_Roy" title="Nirupa Roy">Nirupa Roy</a> said that "there never was and never will be anyone with her looks" while <a href="/wiki/Nimmi" title="Nimmi">Nimmi</a> (co-star in the 1954 film Amar) admitted passing a sleepless night after her first meeting with Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-justice-223">[219]</a> In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Shammi_Kapoor" title="Shammi Kapoor">Shammi Kapoor</a> confessed to falling in love with her during the shoot of the 1953 film Rail Ka Dibba: "Even today ... I can swear that I have never seen a more beautiful woman. Add to that her sharp intellect, maturity, poise and sensitivity ... When I think of her even now, after six decades, my heart misses a beat. My God, what beauty, what presence."<a href="#cite_note-224">[220]</a> Due to her perceived appeal, Madhubala became one of the brand ambassadors of beauty products by <a href="/wiki/Lux_(soap)" title="Lux (soap)">Lux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Godrej_Group" title="Godrej Group">Godrej</a>.<a href="#cite_note-225">[221]</a><a href="#cite_note-226">[222]</a><a href="#cite_note-227">[223]</a> However, she stated that happiness matters more to her than physical beauty.<a href="#cite_note-story_of_india-2">[2]</a> From the beginning of her career, Madhubala gained a reputation for avoiding parties and refusing interviews, leading her to be labeled recluse and arrogant.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199769–76Booch196278-228">[224]</a> On an unusual instance in 1958, her father even wrote an apology letter to then-Prime Minister of India, <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, for disallowing Madhubala to attend Nehru's private function where she was invited.<a href="#cite_note-valentine-140">[138]</a> Having been a part of the film industry since childhood, Madhubala saw the social scene as superficial and expressed her despise of "the kind of functions where only the current favourites are invited and where a decade or two hence I would not be invited."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199770-229">[225]</a> In a two decade-long career, Madhubala was seen at the premieres of only two films—Bahut Din Huwe (1954) and <a href="/wiki/Insaniyat_(1955_film)" title="Insaniyat (1955 film)">Insaniyat</a> (1955)—both for personal reasons.&#39;s_premierAkbar199772Roy2019150–151_230-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012122_for_attending_''Insaniyat''<span_class="nowrap"_style="padding-left:0.1em;">&#39;s_premierAkbar199772Roy2019150–151-230">[226]</a><a href="#cite_note-232">[e]</a> Her regular photographer, Ram Aurangbadakar complained that she "lacked warmth" and "was very detached",<a href="#cite_note-my_life-233">[228]</a> which is also reflected in Ashokamitran's statement describing her as an inarticulate and pitiful person.<a href="#cite_note-234">[229]</a> Gulshan Ewing, one of Madhubala's closest associates, however, differed and stated that her friend "was none of these."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199730-235">[230]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nadira_(Indian_actress)" title="Nadira (Indian actress)">Nadira</a> added that Madhubala "had not a strain of pettiness, of anything small. That girl did not know anything about hate,"<a href="#cite_note-236">[231]</a> and Dev Anand recalled her as a "self-assured [and] cultured [person], very independent in her thinking and particular about her way of life and her position in the film industry."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199764-237">[232]</a> Madhubala's refusal to grant interviews or to interact with the press drew in extreme reactions from its members.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199784-238">[233]</a> By early 1950, Khan had begun asserting in her film contracts that no journalists would be allowed to meet her without his permission.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199784-238">[233]</a><a href="#cite_note-240">[f]</a> When shortly after Madhubala declined to entertain a set of visiting journalists on set, they started vilifying her and her family and further placed a bounty to behead and kill her.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199781–82-241">[235]</a> For self-protection, Madhubala was given the permission to carry a revolver and move around under armed protection by the <a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_India" title="State governments of India">state government</a>, until Khan and other journalists ultimately made a settlement.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199784-238">[233]</a> Her relationship with the press remained bitter, nevertheless, and she was regularly pointed out by it for her religious beliefs and perceived arrogance.<a href="#cite_note-theatre_arts-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBooch196278-242">[236]</a> Another major controversy she faced during her career was the Naya Daur civil war fought against B. R. Chopra, which Bunny Reuben mentions in his memoir as "the most sensational court case ever to be fought in the annals of Indian cinema."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReuben1993165-243">[237]</a> Regardless of all these dissensions, Madhubala was known in the media as a disciplined and professional performer,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199718-244">[238]</a> with Kidar Sharma (director of the 1947 film Neel Kamal) recalling her early days in the industry, "She worked like a machine, missed a meal, travelled daily in the over-crowded third-class compartments from Malad to <a href="/wiki/Dadar" title="Dadar">Dadar</a> and was never late or absent from work."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199744-245">[239]</a> Anand said in a 1958 interview, "When Madhubala is on the set, one often goes much ahead in the schedule."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199779-246">[240]</a> Except for the filming of Gateway of India (1957) and Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Khan never allowed Madhubala to work in nights.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997102Bose2006203-247">[241]</a> Despite medical precautions, she performed even exhausting scenes by herself, such as doing complicated dances, wearing iron chains twice of her body weight and getting wet in water.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997143–151Jhingana201041Pandhye2020162-248">[242]</a><a href="#cite_note-249">[243]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artistry_and_legacy">Artistry and legacy</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Artistry and legacy">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acting_style_and_reception">Acting style and reception</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Acting style and reception">edit</a>]</div> In a 22-year-long career, Madhubala acted in almost every film genre, ranging from romantic musicals to slapstick comedies, and crime thrillers to historical dramas.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKhdair202052-250">[244]</a><a href="#cite_note-251">[245]</a> The author of Celebrities: A Comprehensive Biographical Thesaurus of Important Men and Women in India (1952), Jagdish Bhatia noted that Madhubala turned her disadvantages into advantage and despite her non-filmy background "rose to be one of the most talented female stars of the industry."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBhatia1952142-28">[27]</a> Baburao Patel, writing for <a href="/wiki/Filmindia" title="Filmindia">Filmindia</a>, called her "easily our most talented, most versatile and best-looking artiste."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199726-252">[246]</a> A number of her directors including Sharma, Shakti Samanta and <a href="/wiki/Raj_Khosla" title="Raj Khosla">Raj Khosla</a> spoke highly of her acting talents on different occasions.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199745,_80,_106-253">[247]</a> Ashok Kumar described her as the finest actress he ever worked with,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997100-254">[248]</a> while Dilip Kumar wrote in his autobiography that she was "a vivacious artiste ... so instantaneous in her responses that the scenes became riveting even when they were being filmed ... she was an artiste who could keep pace and meet the level of involvement demanded by the script."<a href="#cite_note-255">[249]</a> Writing retrospectively for <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>, Aisha Khan characterised Madhubala's acting style as "natural" and "understated", noting that she often portrayed roles of "modern young women testing the limits of traditions".<a href="#cite_note-:1-256">[250]</a> Film critic <a href="/wiki/Sukanya_Verma" title="Sukanya Verma">Sukanya Verma</a> felt that actresses like Madhubala "should be applauded for doing more than just looking good and crying buckets."<a href="#cite_note-257">[251]</a> Madhubala was acknowledged in the media for her unconventional roles,<a href="#cite_note-:0-258">[252]</a> such as a flirtatious cabaret dancer in Howrah Bridge (1958)—which led Filmfare to compare her with <a href="/wiki/Rita_Hayworth" title="Rita Hayworth">Rita Hayworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ava_Gardner" title="Ava Gardner">Ava Gardner</a><a href="#cite_note-ffare-76">[74]</a>—a rebellious and independent woman in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958),<a href="#cite_note-:8-99">[97]</a> and a fearless court dancer in Mughal-e-Azam (1960).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKhdair202049,_52LanbaPatel2012117-259">[253]</a> Her roles in Amar (1954),<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESarkar200977-260">[254]</a> Gateway of India (1957),<a href="#cite_note-gahlot-90">[88]</a> and Barsaat Ki Raat (1960)<a href="#cite_note-bkr-261">[255]</a> have also been noted by modern-day critics for being offbeat and significantly different from the usual portrayals of female characters in Indian cinema. Madhubala has also been credited for introducing several modern styles, such as trousers (for females) and strapless dresses in <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:2-262">[256]</a><a href="#cite_note-six_fashion-263">[257]</a> Her distinctive wavy hairstyle was referred to as "the out-of-the-bed look" and further established her screen persona as a liberated and independent woman.<a href="#cite_note-hair-264">[258]</a><a href="#cite_note-six_fashion-263">[257]</a> David Cort summarized her as "the ideal of the free Indian woman or what India hopes the free Indian woman will be."<a href="#cite_note-theatre_arts-1">[1]</a> Madhubala had the shortest career among her contemporaries, but by the time she quit acting, she had already successfully featured in <a href="/wiki/Madhubala_filmography" title="Madhubala filmography">over 70 films</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:17-265">[259]</a> Her screen time in leading roles was always equal to her male co-stars—which has otherwise been a rarity—and she has also been credited for being one of the earliest personalities who, in the era of <a href="/wiki/Mass_communication" title="Mass communication">mass communication</a>, took the position of Indian cinema to <a href="/wiki/World_cinema" title="World cinema">global standards</a>.<a href="#cite_note-266">[260]</a> Moreover, with Bahut Din Huwe (1954), Madhubala became the first Hindi actress to have a career in <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_India" title="Cinema of South India">south Indian cinema</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199772Jhingana201028-71">[69]</a> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Pinto" title="Jerry Pinto">Jerry Pinto</a> has cited Madhubala as one of the earliest Bollywood actresses who created a 'distinct <a href="/wiki/Sex_symbol" title="Sex symbol">sex symbol</a>' by "merg[ing]" "the vamp and the virgin",<a href="#cite_note-267">[261]</a> and publications including Rediff.com and <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times">Hindustan Times</a> mentioned her among the topmost sex symbols of Bollywood.<a href="#cite_note-268">[262]</a><a href="#cite_note-269">[263]</a> A 2011 poll conducted by Rediff.com saw Madhubala receiving the third highest number of votes among "the hottest women who've ever scorched our screens"; the portal's writer commented, "In the end, I guess, it's about beauty. And there weren't many who could match up to the ethereal Madhubala."<a href="#cite_note-270">[264]</a><a href="#cite_note-271">[g]</a> Although Madhubala appeared in almost all <a href="/wiki/Film_genre" title="Film genre">film genres</a> during her career, her most notable films included comedies.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199725-272">[265]</a> She gained recognition for her <a href="/wiki/Comic_timing" title="Comic timing">comic timing</a> after her performance in Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955),<a href="#cite_note-273">[266]</a> which Iqbal Masud of <a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a> call "a marvellous piece of sexy-comic acting."<a href="#cite_note-:10-274">[267]</a> However, despite her success and fame, she neither received any acting award nor critical acclaim.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997159-275">[268]</a> Several critics have stated that her perceived beauty was an impediment to her craft to be taken seriously.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997159-275">[268]</a><a href="#cite_note-:13-276">[269]</a><a href="#cite_note-277">[270]</a> Madhubala wished to play more dramatic and author-backed roles, but was often discouraged.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997135LanbaPatel2012118-278">[271]</a> According to Dilip Kumar, audience "missed out on a lot of her other attributes."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997114-279">[272]</a> Biographer Sushila Kumari said that "people were so mesmerised by her beauty that they never cared for the actress",<a href="#cite_note-:11-156">[154]</a> and Shammi Kapoor thought of her as "a highly underrated actress in spite of performing consistently well in her films."<a href="#cite_note-280">[273]</a> Madhubala's talents were first acknowledged after the release of Mughal-e-Azam (1960),<a href="#cite_note-mint-281">[274]</a> but it turned out to be one of her final films.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997159-275">[268]</a> Her dramatic portrayal of Anarkali—ranked amongst Bollywood's finest female performances by Upperstall.com<a href="#cite_note-282">[275]</a> and by Filmfare in general<a href="#cite_note-iconic-283">[276]</a>—established her as an enduring figure in Indian cinema.<a href="#cite_note-284">[277]</a> One of the romantic scenes from the film, in which Dilip Kumar brushes Madhubala's face with a <a href="/wiki/Plume_(feather)" title="Plume (feather)">plume</a>, was declared the most erotic scene in Bollywood's history by <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)">Outlook</a> in 2008,<a href="#cite_note-Outlook:_Fallen_Veil-285">[278]</a> and by <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times">Hindustan Times</a> in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-let-286">[279]</a> Her critical reception improved in the 21st century,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012118–123-287">[280]</a><a href="#cite_note-:13-276">[269]</a> with Khatija Akbar noting that Madhubala's "brand of acting had an underplayed and spontaneous quality. Anyone looking for heavy histrionics and laboured 'acting' missed the point".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997159-275">[268]</a> In 1999, M. L. Dhawan of <a href="/wiki/The_Tribune_(Chandigarh)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Tribune (Chandigarh)">The Tribune</a> stated that Madhubala "could communicate more with her delicately raised eyebrows than most performers could with a raised voice" and "knew the knack of conveying her character's inner-most feelings."<a href="#cite_note-288">[281]</a> <a href="/wiki/Priya_Ramani" title="Priya Ramani">Priya Ramani</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mint_(newspaper)" title="Mint (newspaper)">Mint</a> added: "You only had to slip her into a wet sari, ask her to lean invitingly into the camera or hand her co-star a feather, and you could comfortably forecast that the cinematic sigh would resonate for at least a hundred years."<a href="#cite_note-mint-281">[274]</a> Journalist Rauf Ahmed added Madhubala on his "Biggest stars in Hindi filmdom" list and noted: "Madhubala symbolised ultimate beauty. Which in a way undermined her merit as an actress. She imparted a lot of sizzle and impishness to her performances in films like Chalti Ka Naam Gadi and Mughal-e-Azam."<a href="#cite_note-289">[282]</a><a href="#cite_note-290">[283]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legacy">Legacy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Legacy">edit</a>]</div> In recent years, Madhubala's legacy has maintained fans of all different ages, both younger and older. She is recognized even by those who are unfamiliar with vintage cinema and has dozens of <a href="/wiki/Fansite" title="Fansite">fan sites</a> dedicated to her on the <a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">social media</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mill-291">[284]</a> Modern magazines continue to publish stories on her personal life and career, often promoting her name heavily on the covers to attract sales.<a href="#cite_note-mill-291">[284]</a> Her legacy has extended to fashion also: she has been acknowledged as the creator of many iconic fashion styles, such as wavy hairstyle and <a href="/wiki/Strapless_dress" title="Strapless dress">strapless dresses</a>, which are widely followed by many celebrities.<a href="#cite_note-six_fashion-263">[257]</a> In accordance with her enduring popularity, <a href="/wiki/Network18_Group" title="Network18 Group">News 18</a> wrote, "the cult of Madhubala is a difficult thing to match up to."<a href="#cite_note-292">[285]</a> Several modern-day celebrities, including <a href="/wiki/Aamir_Khan" title="Aamir Khan">Aamir Khan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hrithik_Roshan" title="Hrithik Roshan">Hrithik Roshan</a>,<a href="#cite_note-:12-293">[286]</a> <a href="/wiki/Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madhuri_Dixit" title="Madhuri Dixit">Madhuri Dixit</a>,<a href="#cite_note-294">[287]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rishi_Kapoor" title="Rishi Kapoor">Rishi Kapoor</a><a href="#cite_note-295">[288]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a> rank Madhubala among their favorite artistes of Indian cinema.<a href="#cite_note-296">[289]</a> Research analyst Rohit Sharma has studied narratives about Madhubala and surmised the reason behind her continued relevancy among new generation: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">Today, teenagers identify with the insecurities she lived with in her youth, like acne and hair issues. Others relate to her for being the poster-girl of an era when curvy bodies were considered normal and even sensuous. Some, simply, love her for being an excellent actress—one who will never be matched by the here-today-gone-tomorrow Bollywood heroines.<a href="#cite_note-mill-291">[284]</a> </blockquote> On the occasion of her eighty-fifth birthday, Nivedita Mishra of Hindustan Times described Madhubala as "by far, the most iconic silver screen goddess India has produced."<a href="#cite_note-297">[290]</a> In the decades following her death, she has emerged as one of the most celebrated personalities in the Indian cinematic field,<a href="#cite_note-story_of_india-2">[2]</a><a href="#cite_note-m3-298">[291]</a> and her reputation has endured.<a href="#cite_note-mill-291">[284]</a> Also in polls and surveys, she is described as one of India's finest and most beautiful actresses of all-time.<a href="#cite_note-308">[h]</a> Khatija Akbar,<a href="#cite_note-:12-293">[286]</a> <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Deep" title="Mohan Deep">Mohan Deep</a> and Sushila Kumari have also written books about her.<a href="#cite_note-:10-274">[267]</a><a href="#cite_note-309">[301]</a><a href="#cite_note-:11-156">[154]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works_and_accolades">Works and accolades</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Works and accolades">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Madhubala_filmography" title="Madhubala filmography">Madhubala filmography</a></div> Madhubala appeared in 72 films between 1942 and 1964, including <a href="/wiki/Basant_(film)" title="Basant (film)">Basant</a> (1942), <a href="/wiki/Neel_Kamal_(1947_film)" title="Neel Kamal (1947 film)">Neel Kamal</a> (1947), <a href="/wiki/Mahal_(1949_film)" title="Mahal (1949 film)">Mahal</a> (1949), <a href="/wiki/Baadal_(1951_film)" title="Baadal (1951 film)">Badal</a> (1951), <a href="/wiki/Tarana_(1951_film)" title="Tarana (1951 film)">Tarana</a> (1951), <a href="/wiki/Amar_(1954_film)" title="Amar (1954 film)">Amar</a> (1954), <a href="/wiki/Mr._%26_Mrs._%2755" title="Mr. & Mrs. '55">Mr. & Mrs. '55</a> (1955), <a href="/wiki/Kala_Pani_(1958_film)" title="Kala Pani (1958 film)">Kala Pani</a> (1958), <a href="/wiki/Howrah_Bridge_(1958_film)" title="Howrah Bridge (1958 film)">Howrah Bridge</a> (1958), <a href="/wiki/Chalti_Ka_Naam_Gaadi" title="Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi">Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi</a> (1958), <a href="/wiki/Mughal-e-Azam" title="Mughal-e-Azam">Mughal-e-Azam</a> (1960), <a href="/wiki/Barsaat_Ki_Raat" title="Barsaat Ki Raat">Barsaat Ki Raat</a> (1960), <a href="/wiki/Half_Ticket_(1962_film)" title="Half Ticket (1962 film)">Half Ticket</a> (1962) and <a href="/wiki/Sharabi_(1964_film)" title="Sharabi (1964 film)">Sharabi</a> (1964). Her seventy-third and last film was the posthumously released <a href="/wiki/Jwala_(1971_film)" title="Jwala (1971 film)">Jwala</a> (1971). She was credited as a producer in <a href="/wiki/Naata_(film)" title="Naata (film)">Naata</a> (1955), <a href="/wiki/Mehlon_Ke_Khwab" title="Mehlon Ke Khwab">Mehlon Ke Khwab</a> (1960) and Pathan (1962).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep199615-310">[302]</a> For her work in Mughal-e-Azam, Madhubala was nominated for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare_Award_for_Best_Actress" title="Filmfare Award for Best Actress">Filmfare Award for Best Actress</a>; it was the only nomination she ever received.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012118-119">[117]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tributes_and_honours">Tributes and honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Tributes and honours">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/220px-Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/330px-Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/440px-Madhubala_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1091" data-file-height="1103" /></a><figcaption>A 2008 stamp of India commemorating Madhubala</figcaption></figure> As a tribute to Madhubala, Mandoubala, a Greek song dedicated to her, was performed at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics.<a href="#cite_note-311">[303]</a> Digitally-colorized versions of two of Madhubala's films—Mughal-e-Azam (in 2004) and Half Ticket (in 2012)—have been released theatrically.<a href="#cite_note-312">[304]</a><a href="#cite_note-313">[305]</a> In March 2008, <a href="/wiki/India_Post" title="India Post">Indian Post</a> issued a commemorative postage stamp featuring Madhubala, that was launched by her surviving family members and co-stars;<a href="#cite_note-314">[306]</a> the only other Indian actress that was honoured in this manner was Nargis, at that point of time.<a href="#cite_note-315">[307]</a> In 2010, <a href="/wiki/Filmfare" title="Filmfare">Filmfare</a> included Madhubala's performance as Anarkali in Mughal-e-Azam in its list of Bollywood's "80 Iconic Performances".<a href="#cite_note-iconic-283">[276]</a> Her introduction scene in Mughal-e-Azam was included by Sukanya Verma in <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a>'s list of "20 scenes that took our breath away".<a href="#cite_note-316">[308]</a> The film itself has been considered one of the greatest films ever made in polls by <a href="/wiki/British_Film_Institute" title="British Film Institute">British Film Institute</a> and <a href="/wiki/News18" class="mw-redirect" title="News18">News18</a>.<a href="#cite_note-bfipoll-317">[309]</a><a href="#cite_note-318">[310]</a> In August 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds_Delhi" title="Madame Tussauds Delhi">New Delhi center of Madame Tussauds</a> unveiled a statue of Madhubala inspired by her look in the film as a tribute to her.<a href="#cite_note-319">[311]</a> In 2018, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> published a belated obituary for Madhubala, comparing her life to that of <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe" title="Marilyn Monroe">Marilyn Monroe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:1-256">[250]</a> On 14 February 2019, her 86th birth anniversary, search engine <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> commemorated her with a <a href="/wiki/Doodle4Google" title="Doodle4Google">doodle</a>;<a href="#cite_note-Madhubala_on_Google_Doodle-320">[312]</a> Google commented: "While her breathtaking appearance earned comparisons to Venus, Madhubala was a gifted actor with an understated style well suited for comedies, dramas, and romantic roles alike. [...] Appearing in over 70 films over the course of a tragically brief career, Madhubala—who would have turned 86 today—was called "The Biggest Star in the World" in 1952 by Theatre Arts Magazine."<a href="#cite_note-Madhubala's_Google_Doodle-321">[313]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture_references">Popular culture references</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Popular culture references">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biographies">Biographies</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Biographies">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>In 1996, <a href="/wiki/Mohan_Deep" title="Mohan Deep">Mohan Deep</a> wrote the first biography of Madhubala, titled The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeep1996-322">[314]</a></li> <li>In 1997, Khatija Akbar wrote another biography, titled <a href="/wiki/Madhubala:_Her_Life,_Her_Films" title="Madhubala: Her Life, Her Films">Madhubala: Her Life, Her Films</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997-181">[177]</a></li> <li>Sushila Kumari published a biography titled Madhubala – Dard Ka Safar in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-:11-156">[154]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_film">In film</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: In film">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>The 1950 film <a href="/wiki/Madhubala_(1950_film)" title="Madhubala (1950 film)">Madhubala</a> was named after the actress as a tribute to her stardom.<a href="#cite_note-323">[315]</a></li> <li>In the 1958 film <a href="/wiki/Chalti_Ka_Naam_Gaadi" title="Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi">Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi</a>, Manmohan (Kishore Kumar), on seeing Renu (Madhubala) in his garage, excitedly says, "Hum samjha koi bhoot-woot hoga" ("Oh I thought it was a ghost"). The dialogue was a reference to Madhubala's portrayal of a ghostly woman in Mahal (1949).<a href="#cite_note-324">[316]</a></li> <li>Actress <a href="/wiki/Nishi_(actress)" title="Nishi (actress)">Nishi</a> parodied Madhubala in the 1960 film <a href="/wiki/Parakh_(1960_film)" title="Parakh (1960 film)">Parakh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-325">[317]</a></li> <li>In the 1970s, Greek singer <a href="/wiki/Stelios_Kazantzidis" title="Stelios Kazantzidis">Stelios Kazantzidis</a> produced the song "Mandoubala" as a tribute to Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-greece-210">[206]</a></li> <li>In the 1990 film <a href="/wiki/Jeevan_Ek_Sanghursh" title="Jeevan Ek Sanghursh">Jeevan Ek Sanghursh</a>, the characters of <a href="/wiki/Madhuri_Dixit" title="Madhuri Dixit">Madhuri Dixit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anil_Kapoor" title="Anil Kapoor">Anil Kapoor</a> imitated a dance sequence featuring Madhubala and Kishore Kumar from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958).<a href="#cite_note-:5-98">[96]</a></li> <li>Madhuri Dixit parodied Madhubala in the 1990 film <a href="/wiki/Kishen_Kanhaiya" title="Kishen Kanhaiya">Kishen Kanhaiya</a>.<a href="#cite_note-326">[318]</a></li> <li>In the opening credits of the 1995 film <a href="/wiki/Rangeela_(1995_film)" title="Rangeela (1995 film)">Rangeela</a>, a tribute to the <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Hindi film industry</a>, each name is accompanied with an image of a vintage film star, including Madhubala, Dev Anand and <a href="/wiki/Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-327">[319]</a></li> <li>Madhubala's Anarkali look has inspired Madhuri Dixit in <a href="/wiki/Lajja_(film)" title="Lajja (film)">Lajja</a> (2001) and <a href="/wiki/Mallika_Sherawat" title="Mallika Sherawat">Mallika Sherawat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Maan_Gaye_Mughal-e-Azam" title="Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam">Maan Gaye Mughal-e-Azam</a> (2008).<a href="#cite_note-328">[320]</a><a href="#cite_note-329">[321]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priyanka_Chopra" title="Priyanka Chopra">Priyanka Chopra</a> parodied Madhubala, <a href="/wiki/Meena_Kumari" title="Meena Kumari">Meena Kumari</a> and Nargis in the 2007 film <a href="/wiki/Salaam-e-Ishq" title="Salaam-e-Ishq">Salaam-e-Ishq</a>.<a href="#cite_note-330">[322]</a></li> <li>In 2017, actress <a href="/wiki/Mouni_Roy" title="Mouni Roy">Mouni Roy</a> dressed herself as Madhubala's Anarkali for a dance performance.<a href="#cite_note-331">[323]</a></li> <li>Madhubala has served as the inspiration behind the characters of actresses <a href="/wiki/Soha_Ali_Khan" title="Soha Ali Khan">Soha Ali Khan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kangana_Ranaut" title="Kangana Ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deepika_Padukone" title="Deepika Padukone">Deepika Padukone</a> in <a href="/wiki/Khoya_Khoya_Chand" title="Khoya Khoya Chand">Khoya Khoya Chand</a> (2007),<a href="#cite_note-332">[324]</a> <a href="/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time_in_Mumbaai" title="Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai">Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai</a> (2010),<a href="#cite_note-333">[325]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bajirao_Mastani" title="Bajirao Mastani">Bajirao Mastani</a> (2015),<a href="#cite_note-Deepika-334">[326]</a> respectively.</li></ul> In July 2018, Madhubala's sister Madhur Bhushan, announced that she was planning to make a biopic on her sister.<a href="#cite_note-Biopic-335">[327]</a> Bhushan wants <a href="/wiki/Kareena_Kapoor" class="mw-redirect" title="Kareena Kapoor">Kareena Kapoor</a> to play Madhubala, but as of 2018, the project remains in its initial stages.<a href="#cite_note-Biopic-335">[327]</a><a href="#cite_note-336">[328]</a> In November 2019, filmmaker <a href="/wiki/Imtiaz_Ali_(director)" title="Imtiaz Ali (director)">Imtiaz Ali</a> was considering a biopic of Madhubala, but later dropped the idea after her family denied permission.<a href="#cite_note-:15-337">[329]</a> Actresses including <a href="/wiki/Kriti_Sanon" title="Kriti Sanon">Kriti Sanon</a>,<a href="#cite_note-338">[330]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kangana_Ranaut" title="Kangana Ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</a>,<a href="#cite_note-339">[331]</a> <a href="/wiki/Kiara_Advani" title="Kiara Advani">Kiara Advani</a>,<a href="#cite_note-340">[332]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Janhvi_Kapoor" title="Janhvi Kapoor">Janhvi Kapoor</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Janhvi_Kapoor_as_Madhubala-341">[333]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yami_Gautam" title="Yami Gautam">Yami Gautam</a> have expressed their wish to play Madhubala in a biopic.<a href="#cite_note-342">[334]</a> In March 2024, Sony Pictures International announced their collaboration with Brewing Thoughts and Madhubala Ventures (the vehicle of her sister, Madhur Bhushan) to produce a biopic on Madhubala. It will be directed by Jasmeet Reen.<a href="#cite_note-343">[335]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Footnotes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a> In 2017, in an interview for <a href="/wiki/Filmfare" title="Filmfare">Filmfare</a>, Madhur Bhushan (née Zahida) reported that Kaneez is 92, Altaf is 87 and Chanchal is 83 years old.<a href="#cite_note-sick-8">[8]</a> Talking to the same magazine on another occasion, she told that she was born when Madhubala was 16 years old i.e. in 1949.<a href="#cite_note-Dilip_saab-9">[9]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a> According to actress <a href="/wiki/Vidya_Sinha" title="Vidya Sinha">Vidya Sinha</a>, her grandfather Mohan had given Madhubala her professional name.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-169"><a href="#cite_ref-169">^</a> News regarding the civil affair also reported Dilip's indelicate behaviour towards Madhubala and her father;<a href="#cite_note-166">[164]</a> the actor, on the other hand, denied this in court and also added that he never proposed her for marriage.<a href="#cite_note-167">[165]</a> However, actor <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash" title="Om Prakash">Om Prakash</a> recalled a similar incident from 1957 in which Dilip pressurized Madhubala to marry him and break up with her family.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012124-168">[166]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-176"><a href="#cite_ref-176">^</a> Biographer Kanana Jhingana cites the marriage date as 16 November 1960.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJhingana201030-172">[169]</a> According to Piyush Roy and Mohan Deep, Kishore, a Hindu, had converted to <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> and changed his name to "Karim Abdul" to marry Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERoy2019212Deep199699-173">[170]</a> However, in Akbar's book, <a href="/wiki/Leena_Chandavarkar" title="Leena Chandavarkar">Leena Chandavarkar</a> (Kishore's fourth wife) denied these claims,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997189-174">[171]</a> and so did Madhur Bhushan, in a 2022 interview.<a href="#cite_note-175">[172]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-232"><a href="#cite_ref-232">^</a> Madhubala was escorted by her then-boyfriend Dilip Kumar at the premiere of Insaniyat.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012122-161">[159]</a> Besides that, she had also attended the special screening of <a href="/wiki/Gateway_of_India_(1957_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gateway of India (1957 film)">Gateway of India</a> in 1957, held by director <a href="/wiki/Om_Prakash" title="Om Prakash">Om Prakash</a>, along with actress <a href="/wiki/Meena_Kumari" title="Meena Kumari">Meena Kumari</a> and director Kamal Amrohi.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar1997102-231">[227]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-240"><a href="#cite_ref-240">^</a> According to Madhubala's youngest sister, Madhur Bhushan, the contemporary media reports that documented Madhubala's early life presented Khan in a negative light for letting his teenager daughter to work instead of himself, which led to him banning a majority of journalists from interviewing or even meeting Madhubala.<a href="#cite_note-outlook-239">[234]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-271"><a href="#cite_ref-271">^</a> Although Madhubala became primarily known for her sex appeal and attractiveness, she was reluctant to be cited as a sex symbol and underappreciated frequent comparisons with <a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe" title="Marilyn Monroe">Marilyn Monroe</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAkbar199778-211">[207]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-308"><a href="#cite_ref-308">^</a> In 1990, a poll was conducted by the magazine Movie in which Madhubala polled 58 per cent as the most famous Indian actress ever.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELanbaPatel2012126-299">[292]</a> She yet again won a similar poll conducted by <a href="/wiki/Outlook_(Indian_magazine)" title="Outlook (Indian magazine)">Outlook</a> in 2008.<a href="#cite_note-300">[293]</a> In <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a>'s <a href="/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" title="International Women's Day">International Women's Day</a> 2007 special, Madhubala was ranked second in its top ten list of "Bollywood's best actresses".<a href="#cite_note-:16-215">[211]</a> In 2012, <a href="/wiki/India_Today" title="India Today">India Today</a> named her one of the top heroines of Bollywood,<a href="#cite_note-301">[294]</a> and in 2015 <a href="/wiki/Time_Out_(magazine)" title="Time Out (magazine)">Time Out</a> placed her at the first position in the list of The Ten Best Bollywood Actresses.<a href="#cite_note-302">[295]</a> In a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a> poll celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema in 2013, Madhubala was at the sixth position among the greatest Indian actresses of all-time.<a href="#cite_note-eastern-3">[3]</a> She has also placed in the top ten in polls by <a href="/wiki/NDTV" title="NDTV">NDTV</a> (2012),<a href="#cite_note-303">[296]</a> <a href="/wiki/Rediff.com" title="Rediff.com">Rediff.com</a> (2013),<a href="#cite_note-304">[297]</a> <a href="/wiki/News18" class="mw-redirect" title="News18">News18</a> (2013)<a href="#cite_note-305">[298]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo!">Yahoo.com</a> (2020).<a href="#cite_note-306">[299]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Economic_Times" title="The Economic Times">The Economic Times</a> featured her in the list of "33 women who made India proud" in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-307">[300]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Bibliography">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><style 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The Daily.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily&rft.atitle=%27The+Mystery+and+Mystique+of+Madhubala%27%E2%80%94Review&rft.date=1996-05-26&rft.aulast=Bajaj&rft.aufirst=Rajiv+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKamath1996" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/M._V._Kamath" title="M. V. Kamath">Kamath, M. V.</a> (1 June 1996). "Madhubala". The Daily.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily&rft.atitle=Madhubala&rft.date=1996-06-01&rft.aulast=Kamath&rft.aufirst=M.+V.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClifford1996" class="citation news cs1">Clifford, Sawhney (1 June 1996). "Madhubala". <a href="/wiki/Debonair_(magazine)" title="Debonair (magazine)">Debonair</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Debonair&rft.atitle=Madhubala&rft.date=1996-06-01&rft.aulast=Clifford&rft.aufirst=Sawhney&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingh1996" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Khushwant_Singh" title="Khushwant Singh">Singh, Khushwant</a> (23 June 1996). "Madhubala". <a href="/wiki/The_Observer" title="The Observer">Sunday Observer</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Sunday+Observer&rft.atitle=Madhubala&rft.date=1996-06-23&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=Khushwant&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAkbar1996" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/M._J._Akbar" title="M. J. Akbar">Akbar, M. J.</a> (5 August 1996). "Madhubala and Mughal-e-Azam". The Sunday Magazine.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sunday+Magazine&rft.atitle=Madhubala+and+Mughal-e-Azam&rft.date=1996-08-05&rft.aulast=Akbar&rft.aufirst=M.+J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaranjia2006" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/B._K._Karanjia" title="B. K. Karanjia">Karanjia, B. K.</a> (17 December 2006). "Dates with Diva". <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Chronicle" title="Deccan Chronicle">Deccan Chronicle</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Deccan+Chronicle&rft.atitle=Dates+with+Diva&rft.date=2006-12-17&rft.aulast=Karanjia&rft.aufirst=B.+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoshi2008" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Meera_Joshi" title="Meera Joshi">Joshi, Meera</a> (14 May 2008). "Madhubala: Tears in Heaven". <a href="/wiki/Filmfare" title="Filmfare">Filmfare</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Madhubala%3A+Tears+in+Heaven&rft.date=2008-05-14&rft.aulast=Joshi&rft.aufirst=Meera&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMadhubala" class="Z3988"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Madhubala&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 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