When
Mumtaz
Addressed
Rumours
Of
Her
Link-Up
With
Rajesh
Khanna
"Just
because
you
do
a
lot
of
films
together
and
vibe
well,
that
doesn't
mean
you
are
having
an
affair.
My
friendship
with
Rajesh
Khanna
was
also
misunderstood.
He
was
my
neighbour
and
we
got
along
very
well," Mumtaz
had
said
in
a
Cineplot
interview.
Their
Off-screen
Equation
"I
would
pull
his
leg
and
tease
him
about
his
female
fan
following.
Whenever
Rajesh
entered
a
hotel
in
Madras,
there
was
a
queue
of
600
girls
waiting
to
see
him
at
midnight!
As
a
result,
even
I
would
get
some
importance,
as
people
would
ask
for
my
autograph
as
well."
'I
Was
Like
His
Chamchi'
She
further
added
in
the
same
interview,
"I
was
not
a
patch
on
Rajesh
Khanna.
He
was
a
phenomenon
and
I
was
like
his
chamchi.
I
teased
him
a
lot
and
he
always
called
me
‘moti',
as
I
was
generally
on
the
plump
side."
Nostalgia
Bytes
In
yet
another
interview,
Mumtaz
revealed,
"I
met
him
on
the
sets
of
Do
Raaste.
He
was
choosy
about
his
friends,
very
reserved.
I
was
flattered
to
be
his
close
friend.
I
was
voluptuous
so
he'd
call
me
‘Aye
moti,
idhar
aa...' He
was
a
perennial
latecomer.
He
wasn't
strong
on
dance
or
rhythm,
so
combination
shots
main
sambhal
leti
thi.
The
dance
masters
would
cheat
with
close-ups
of
his
too
(laughs).
We
had
trouble
doing
the
Chal
dariya
mein
doob
jaaye
(Prem
Kahani)
song."