Happy Birthday Madhubala! Rare Interview That Reveals Many Sides To The Beauty Queen
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Lekhaka
Today
(February
14)
is
the
birthday
of
the
most
beautiful
actress
that
Hindi
film
industry
has
ever
seen!
Yes,
we
are
talking
about
none
other
than
Madhubala,
who
was
born
as
Mumtaz
Jehan
Begum
Dehlavi
in
1933.
In
fact,
it
wouldn't
be
incorrect
to
call
her
the
'Marilyn
Monroe'
of
India.
The
actress
breathed
her
last
in
1969
at
the
age
of
36.
On
the
special
eve
of
Madhubala's
87th
birth
anniversary,
we
have
brought
you
a
rare
interview
of
Madhubala,
wherein
the
actress
had
spoken
about
her
'strange'
life,
when
she
was
the
top
actress
of
her
time.
Speaking
about
her
life,
Madhubala
had
said,
"Mine
is
a
strange
life.
When
I
leave
the
house
in
the
morning,
my
little
sisters
are
still
in
bed.
When
I
come
home
late
in
the
evening,
they
are
either
out
for
a
walk
or
busy
with
their
homework.
By
the
time
they
are
through,
I
have
to
be
in
bed
to
be
able
to
get
up
early
the
next
morning.
You
know,
I
hardly
see
enough
of
my
family."
"People
tell
me
I
ought
to
get
married.
But
I
am
too
busy
right
now,
too
much
in
love
with
my
work."
In
the
same
interview,
Madhubala
had
also
said
that
she
is
very
much
like
her
father
in
most
respects.
"Like
him,
I
am
extremely
independent.
I
want
to
do
each
and
everything
by
myself.
When
I
think
of
large
homes
with
servants
twice
the
number
of
members
of
the
family,
I
always
say
to
myself
that
I'll
have
just
a
small
home
which
I
can
keep
and
look
after
by
myself."
You
would
be
surprised
to
know
that
off-screen,
Madhubala
never
used
to
wear
any
kind
of
jewellery.
She
had
explained,
"I
consider
it
a
waste
of
money;
and
that's
a
sin
when
so
many
people
in
the
world
have
not
the
means
to
buy
a
meal."