Madhubala… a stunning beauty of the Hindi Cinema that is even today regarded a highly talented actress of her time. She blew the world of Bollywood away with her very first movie Basant which was released in 1942, which hit the box-office with a high rate of success. Mumtaz received her elegant name Madhubala which means “a woman of honey” from actress Devika Rani whom was very amazed with her great skills of acting at such a tender age, and understood the potential of her rising in the future. At the age fourteen she received her big break of a lead role in the movie Neel Kamal which went well but was unable to be her best. Finally at the age of 16 she gained all popularity on her hit Bombay Talkies captivating the audience’s eyes. Madhubala’s beauty left her fans dazzled and came to be the critic’s biggest issue. A beauty like her is not found on our Bollywood Cinema again. Our Cinema is so full of enlightment today only with the cause of actresses and actors like her who gave us the true meaning of acting. In her time it was not about having less clothes on and a face pounded with heavy make-up…it took a lot more than that to impress the audience. It took real acting. An acting which is not so much possessed lately in our Cinema I believe. The movie Mughal-E-Azam still lives in many of our hearts and many still hope to see such an incredible talent once more. At the young age of 36 she said good-bye to the screens of Bollywood due to her death. She had a hole in her heart but performed for her fans till her last breath. She never let her sickness disrupt her acting and continued to be dedicated and was able to appear in over 70 films. No words can praise her enough. Madhubala was a woman of grace.
Born on February 14th, 1933. And died in 1969.
-Syed Maria Alam
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