Mumtaz recalls turning down Shammi marriage proposal

• Mumtaz appeared on Indian Idol 13 .
• Talked about how she first responded to Shammi Kapoor’s marriage proposal.
• She also romanced actor Dharmendra on stage.

On Indian Idol 13, veteran actor Mumtaz made her first-ever television appearance and discussed her reaction to late star Shammi Kapoor’s marriage proposal. Mumtaz also made love to actor Dharmendra on stage in a recent promotional video that Sony Entertainment Television posted on Instagram on Saturday.

Mumtaz danced in the video to the Aap Ki Kasam song Jai Jai Shiv Shankar (1974). In the original song, Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna were the stars. She also danced to Brahmachari’s Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche (1968). Mumtaz and Shammi Kapoor were included in the original song.

She responded, “Unhone plain kaha tha” (He told her directly), after Aditya Narayan had said, “What a jodi (pair) Mumtaz ji and Shammi ji.” Mumtaz said, “17 saal ki thi main. Isliye shaadi nahi ki, mujhe shaadi nahi karna. (I was 17 at the time. Since I didn’t want to get married, I didn’t). But occasionally I do miss him.”

Mumtaz also stated in the video, “Aap puchte the Mumtaz kisse shaadi karegi, main bolti thi Shah of Iran k bete se” (They would inquire about Mumtaz’s intended marriage, and I would respond that she would wed the Shah of Iran’s son). She commented, “Dilip saab ko jaake mara, woh mera first shot tha unke saath (I went and hit Dilip saab, that was my first shot)” when speaking of her first scene with the late actor Dilip Kumar.

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Mumtaz referred to Dharmendra by saying, “I loved Dharam.” She also kissed and hugged him. Mumtaz ko dekh k feeling ajati hai (I feel something when I see Mumtaz),” Dharmendra retorted. The seasoned actor blushed at your comment.

In the films Kaajal (1965), Ram Aur Shyam and Chandan Ka Palna (1967), Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968), Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), and Loafer (1970), Mumtaz and Dharmendra appeared together (1973). Only two films with Shammi have featured Mumtaz: Brahmachari and Vallah Kya Baat Hai (1962). (1968).

Mumtaz discussed Shammi’s response to her refusal to get married to him in a previous interview with the Times of India. “However, when I rebuffed him, he began to wonder if I was the heroine he had fallen in love with and that I did not want to marry him. (When I rejected him, he began to question me. He said that I never fell in love with him and that I don’t want to marry him because I want to be a heroine.

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