On the day of love, i.e., Valentine’s Day, on February 14, 1933, a baby girl, Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi, had taken birth in a Muslim family living in Delhi and was the fifth of the eleven children to their father, Ataullah Khan and Ayesha Begum.
In search of work, the family had shifted to Bombay, and the city of dreams had transformed Mumtaz Jehan Begum to Madhubala.
The actress had taken the Indian cinema by storm in the 1950s and was one of her generation’s highest-paid actresses.
In a career spanning over just two decades, Madhubala had received several offers from Hollywood and was adored with titles like ‘The Venus of Indian Cinema’ and ‘Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood’.
Over the generations, we have seen many renowned filmmakers, writers, and critics naming Madhubala as the greatest actress in the history of Indian cinema because of the way she used to get inside the skin of her every character, which speaks volumes about her versatility till today.
However, it was her personal life that had completely overshadowed her illustrious career. The actress had given love multiple chances in her life with different people, only to end up being all alone on her deathbed.
Today, on February 23, 2021, the entire nation is remembering Madhubala on her 52nd death anniversary, and as a result, we bring you some of her brightest and darkest lesser-known facts that tell everything about the kind of life she had lived.
Bollywood’s beautiful and talented actress ‘Madhubala’ had left this world at the age of just 36. He died on 23 February 1969 but he is still alive in the hearts of people through his films.
There was a lot of discussion about his love life in that period, but this too is no less than a tragic story.
Madhubala’s last days:
Madhubala battled a serious heat-related illness for a long time. He came to know about this disease in 1950 but he did not let anyone know about it.
Although sometimes her condition suddenly deteriorated, sometimes she became very ill during the shooting.
It is said that when she finally went to London for treatment, the doctors refused to do her surgery. The life risk in this surgery was very high.
As a result, he had to spend the last nine years of his life in bed. After suffering for a long time, on 23 February 1969, Madhubala said goodbye to the world.
Astrological predictions of her death
According to media reports, at that time it is said that an astrologer had already told her parents that Madhubala would earn a lot of success and wealth but her life would be full of sorrows.
At one time her name was linked to actor Dilip Kumar, when she was 17 years old, but Madhubala’s father did not approve of this relationship and that is why Madhubala could not find love.
