An actress who was very beautiful like a doll. Be it acting or dancing or her bubbly style, she made people crazy in her time. His stardom was such that the superstars of that era were always ready to work with him. This actress had the status of superstar in Hindi cinema. But very few people would know that there was a period like this in the life of this actress. When this beautiful actress worked in B grade films. She played many small roles on the set including that of a maid. The big stars of that era did not even like to talk to him.

Actually, actress Mumtaz’s father Abdul Salim Askari was from Iran. Her mother Habib Aga and her father divorced in 1947, just a year after Mumtaz’s birth. In such a situation, Mumtaz’s mother took her to her father’s house, where Mumtaz was brought up. Her family faced financial crisis for a long time, due to which Mumtaz and her sister Mallika decided to work in cinema. Mumtaz worked in the film Sone Ki Chidiya at the age of 13. This film was released in 1958. His role in this film was so small that no one even noticed.

Later she was seen in the film Faulad with wrestler-turned-actor Dara Singh. This film was released in 1963. This was a B grade film. In an interview, Mumtaz had said that to some extent, I can say that my career has been made by Dara Singh. She appeared in lead roles in 16 action films, which included Faulad, Veer Bhimsen, Tarzan Comes to Delhi, Sikandar. -e-Azam, Rustam-e-Hind, Raka and dacoit Mangal Singh. In all these he worked with Dara Singh. It is said that Dara Singh and she fell in love while working together. However, after this, Mumtaz kept getting films one after the other. And she kept moving away from Dara Singh. Later Dara Singh said in an interview that Bollywood snatched Mumtaz from him.

At that time she used to charge Rs 2 to 2.5 lakh. At that time his role in films was for some romantic scenes and some songs. She was seen in the lead role with Rajesh Khanna in the film Do Raaste. This film was released in 1969. His role in this film was small, but the songs filmed on him were very much liked. She became a star with this blockbuster film of Raj Khosla. That year her films Do Raaste and Bandhan with Rajesh Khanna became the highest grossing films.

Mumtaz has worked in ‘Do Raaste’, ‘Aap Ki Kasam’, ‘Prem Kahani’, ‘Dushman’, ‘Roti’, ‘Faulaad’, ‘Andhi Aur Toofan’, ‘Tarzan and King Kong’, ‘Boxer’, ‘Jawan Mard’. Worked in more than 100 films like this and most of them were successful.

She appeared in a total of 10 films with Rajesh Khanna. The audience liked their pairing very much. It is said that Rajesh Khanna cried a lot at Mumtaz’s wedding. Mumtaz married businessman Mayur Madhvani in 1974 at the age of 27. She said goodbye to the cinema industry and went to London. Rajesh Khanna liked Mumtaz a lot. Rajesh Khanna was hurt by Mumtaz’s decision to leave the industry and settle in London with her husband. Decades later, in an interview with Pinkvilla, the actress revealed that people close to Kaka told her that he was extremely unhappy after marrying Mayur Madhvani. I was not in India then, but people close to him later told me that when I got married and left India, Kaka said, “I have lost my right hand.”

He has two daughters Natasha and Tanya. One of his daughters, Natasha, is married to Fardeen Khan, son of actor Firoz Khan. Let us tell you that Mumtaz was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 at the age of 52. She recovered after treatment. She now pays a lot of attention to her health and fitness. She keeps interacting with her fans on the social media app Instagram. Even now she looks very beautiful and fit. She now lives with her husband in London, but she also visits India often.