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Reply to "THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA"

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

(Taken from an interview with Madhubala?s sister)

KS: When she married...
MB: Yes, she was already sick. We had decided on going to London for the diagnosis. But Kishore-bhaiyaa was adamant, he said, 'Look she is not sick, nothing's happened to her.' And indeed, she didn't look very sick. My father and others tried to convince Kishore-bhaiyaa, 'Let the diagnosis be done in London first, and then you can get married'. But he didn't relent. Finally, the marriage happened and thereafter, they went to London. On coming back from there, I don't know what happened to Kishore-bhaiyaa, he came and insisted on her being kept at our house. He said, 'She is very sick, I can't take care of her. Even the doctor has given her little more time.' We said, 'Whatever little time she has now, she would love to spend with you.' But then he said, 'No, I have to go to shootings.' We suggested he keep a nurse. But again, he didn't relent. So we sisters, till today, have a regret somewhere deep within us, that the love she always desired, she never got.

(Quote) It so happened that in real life Dilip Kumar was already in love with Madhubala. And obviously this romantic pair clicked at the box office. The shooting of Mughal-e-Azam started in 1950 and it took ten years to complete.

FM
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