THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

Notably happy on receiving the colour Mughal-E-Azam DVD copy, Dilip sahab and Saira Banu relived the nostalgia of the movie's black-and-white and colour premieres and how times had changed since.

Mughal e azam dvd release, Dilip kumar happy with the the print and Madhubala poster besides him stuck up in his house.

Dilip Kumar said he still remembered all the dialogues of the film and could recite them without having to read them again. His wife Saira Banu said that it was after a long gap of forty years that Dilip Kumar had visited the Eros theatre to watch any film.

'She loved Dilipsaab till the day she died'

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

On her romance with Dilip Kumar

The reason Madhubala broke up with Dilip Kumar was B R Chopra's film Naya Daur, not my father.

Madhubala had shot a part of the film when the makers decided to go for an outdoor shoot to Gwalior. The place was known for dacoits, so my father asked them to change the location. They disagreed because they wanted a hilly terrain. So my father asked her to quit the film. He was ready to pay the deficit.

Chopra asked Dilip Kumar for help. Dilipsaab and Madhubala were engaged then. Dilipsaab tried to mediate but Madhubala refused to disobey her father.

Chopra's production filed a case against her, which went on for a year. But this did not spoil their relationship.

Dilipsaab told her to forget movies and get married to him. She said she would marry him, provided he apologised to her father. He refused, so Madhubala left him. That one 'sorry' could have changed her life. She loved Dilipsaab till the day she died.

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

December 2012

Dilip Kumar on his 90th birthday

Meanwhile, it is impossible for any of Dilip Kumar?s talks to take place without the mention of his lost love Madhubala. So, when sources quizzed him about the late actress and girlfriend, he said, ?Madhubala was very vivacious as an artiste and person. It was in Tarana that our pairing became noticed, though most film lovers cherish her gorgeous screen presence in Mughal E Azam.?

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

A CHAPTER IN DILIP KUMAR LIFE OR MANY CHAPTERSL: MAYBE WE SHALL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH OR DO WE? WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THEY WERE LOVERS:

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

LOVING AND LOSING

‘‘Apa (Madhu) first fell in love with Premnath. The relationship lasted six months. It broke on grounds of religion. He asked her to convert and she refused. The next relationship was with Dilip Kumar. She met Bhaijan (Dilip Kumar) on the sets of Tarana. They later worked in Sangdil, Amar and Mughal-e-Azam.  It was a nine year long affair. They even got engaged. Unki apa aayee thi, chunni lekar (his sister had come with a chunni as is the custom). Bhaijan was also a Pathan. Contrary to reports, my father never stopped her from getting married. We already had enough money by then and were financially secure. Apa and Bhaijan looked made for each other. He’d often come home. He has even seen me in my school uniform. He was respectful towards us children and addressed us with ‘aap’. The two would go for a drive or sit in the room and talk. ‘‘The breakup with Dilip Kumar happened due to the court case during Naya Daur in the mid ’50s. The unit was to shoot somewhere in Gwalior.  During the shooting of another film Jabeen Jaleel, at the same location, a mob had attacked the women and even torn their clothes off. My father was wary and just asked that the locale be changed. It’s not that he didn’t let her go outdoors. Apa had shot in Mahableshwar, Hyderabad and other places before. Bhaijan called my father ‘a dictator’ in court and sided with the Chopras (late BR Chopra was the director). Darare padh gayee, rishtey toot gaye (relationships were broken).‘‘We love and respect Bhaijan but I have just one question, ‘Aapki mohabbat yahan thi, aapki chahat yahan thi, phir aapne aisa kyun kiya (why didn’t you side with your love)?’ Bhaijan could’ve simply said let’s change the location. Or remained neutral. Apa used to cry a lot those days. They had conversations on the phone trying to patch up. He kept saying, ‘Leave your father and I’ll marry you’. She’d say, ‘I’ll marry you but just come home, say sorry and hug him’. It was zid (ego) which destroyed their love. But my father never asked her to break the engagement or ever demanded an apology from him.

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

THE LAST YEARS

‘‘On the rebound Apa got involved with Kishore Kumar who was going through a divorce with Ruma Devi Guha Thakurta (actor-singer). What attracted her to Kishore? Maybe it was his singing or maybe his ability to make her laugh. Their love affair went on for three years through Chalti Ka Naam Gadi and Half Ticket. They got married in 1960, when she was 27. After marriage they flew to London where the doctor told her she had only two years to live. After that Kishore left her at our house saying, ‘I can’t look after her. I’m on outdoors often’. But she wanted to be with him. He’d visit her once in two months though. Maybe he wanted to detach himself from her so that the final separation wouldn’t hurt. But he never abused her as was reported. He bore her medical expenses. They remained married for nine years.  ‘‘The hole in her heart (ventricular septal defect) was detected when she was shooting for SS Vasan’s Chalak in Madras 1954. She had vomited blood. She was advised bed rest for three months but continued working as her films would suffer. While shooting for Mughal-e-Azam she was tied with chains and had to walk around with them. That was stressful. By the end of the day her hands would turn blue. She’d even refuse food saying that she had to look anguished and weary for the jail scenes. The ‘feather scene’ between her and Bhaijan (considered the most romantic in Hindi cinema) was shot after the breakup. ‘‘Due to her ailment, her body would produce extra blood. So it would spill out from the nose and mouth. The doctor would come home and extract bottles of blood. She also suffered from pulmonary pressure of the lungs. She coughed all the time. Every four to five hours she had to be given oxygen or else would get breathless. She was confined to bed for nine years and was reduced to just bones and skin. She’d keep crying, ‘Mujhe zinda rehna hai, mujhe marna nahin hai, doctor kab ilaaj nikalenge (I want to live, I don’t want to die, wonder when the doctors will find a cure)’.

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‘‘During her last days, I was suffering from chicken pox and so was advised to stay away from her. But when the doctor said that she was sinking,
I rushed up to see her. But she had passed away (February 23, 1969). She was only 36 to my 19.‘‘Though Bhaijan never visited her when she was unwell, he flew down from Madras to pay his last respects at the kabrastan (cemetery). Food was sent from his home to ours for three days (as is the custom).

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

‘‘I remember when Bhaijan married Saira Banu, Apa was sad because she loved him. She’d say, ‘Unke naseeb mein woh (Saira Banu) thi, main nahin’. But she’d also say, ‘He’s got married to a very pretty girl. She’s so devoted. I’m very happy for him’. But a vacuum remained in her heart. A few years back her tomb was demolished as it was in a Wahabi (a Muslim sect that doesn’t allow building of tombs) cemetery. They wiped away the last memories of a legend.’’

THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN DILIP AND MADHUBALA

A few years back her tomb was demolished as it was in a Wahabi (a Muslim sect that doesn’t allow building of tombs) cemetery. They wiped away the last memories of a legend.’’

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"Bollywood chooses to believe Dilip and Saira have the perfect marriage. They didn't and they don't know. He's grown to love her and he totally depends on her in his old age but was he ever IN LOVE with Saira? I don't think so. To this day, he has a giant picture of Madhubala in MEA hanging over the reception in his house. What does that tell you?

DK-Saira marriage is a sham. People romanticize it for the sake of it. They were a mismatch from the get go, the generation apart huge age difference should have stopped DK from marrying her. Sounds similar to Rajesh Khanna-Dimple doomed marriage. The younger ambitious actress awestruck by his status/position, blinded by his legendary fame wants a piece of it falls for his flattering attention and it wears off sooner than later. He wanted to be a father so he married a much younger actress. She must be fun company to have around initially with her youthful nakhras/jhatkas, it is hollow. He should have married Waheeda Rehman they belonged to the same era/genre, share mindsets/maturity levels, grown old together and aged gracefully too. DK is unlucky he never found a partner in the true sense. Madhubala died young she would have widowed him. DK-Saira marriage is heavily lopsided, more a father-daughter kinda bond where she became a crutch that he depends on and is handicapped without her around. The crush that becomes the crutch. That is not LOVE at all. Very unfortunate indeed. How does a man live happily with a woman who goes to the Press to divulge dirt on him or his family or threatens him? Saira could have found a compatible husband not a father to take care of. Both are stuck. DK is indeed a very good actor to keep the happy image alive. Maybe if he had kids with Asma or adopted an orphan he would be happier. I don't think kids make a happy marriage, the right partners do. I feel sorry for both. I wish they spend the rest of their years together in happiness."unquote

The Muslim burial ground located opposite Juhu Garden is a historical site of sorts, given that artistes like Rafi, Madhubala, Naseem Bano, Sahir Ludhianvi, Naushad, Ali Sardar Jafri, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Talat Mahmood and Parveen Babi are, or were, interred there.

The process began five years ago, but was brought to the attention of the Economic Times, following the latest celebrity burial of Aamir Khan’s father Tahir Hussain on February 3 whose fresh grave is on the new second tier. 

Already Mumbai's graves are starting to sound like parking lots.

"Once a corpse enters these gates it becomes our property," Asgar Ali, president of the Muslim Majlis, which manages the burial ground said, defending the trust's actions as within Islamic law. "Moreover, there is an acute shortage of space since the Muslim population in the area is expanding and everyone wants to be buried in our graveyard given how clean and high-profile it is."

The Muslim burial ground located opposite Juhu Garden is a historical site of sorts, given that artistes like Rafi, Madhubala, Naseem Bano, Sahir Ludhianvi, Naushad, Ali Sardar Jafri, Khwaja Ahmed Abbas, Jan Nisar Akhtar, Talat Mahmood and Parveen Babi are, or were, interred there.

Their memories and their legacy of songs and lyrics, (poems) are still with us to cherished.

THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA:  

POPULAR SONGS OF MADHUBALA: continues

I am not upset nor do I have any complaints
I pray that you remain safe and sound
I do not have any complaints
The road to love is very difficult

MOVIE : AMAR 1954
SINGER: LATA MANGESHKAR
MUSIC : NAUSHAD ALI
LYRICS: SHAKEEL BADAYUNI

5) NA SHIKWA HAI KOI
http://www.mastimag.com/download.php?song_id=29680

(Na shikwa hai koi, na koi gila hai)3
I am not upset or have any complaints
Salaamat rahe tu, yeh meri duaa hain
I pray that you remain safe and sound
Na shikwa hai koi
I have no complaints

(Bahut hi kathin hain mohabbat ki raahein)2
The road of love is very difficult
Zara bachke chalna zamana bura hain
Be careful when walking on this dangerous road of love
Na shikwa hai koi
I have no complaints

oooh
(Ajab tere mehfil mein dekha tamasha
I am seeing strange happenings in your party(world)
kahi roshani hain kahi hain andhera)2
Some where it is bright and other place it is dark
Kahi hain andhera
somewhere it is dark

(Mukaddar chiraago ke badle hue hain)2
Each little lamp has a fate of its own
Koi bujh raha hain koi jal raha hain
some are burning whilst some are extinguished.
Na shikwa hai koi
I have no complaints

oooh
(Mubarak tujhe ho tere dil ki duniya
My congratualtions on your new life
meri zindagi ka koi gam na karna)2
Don't think about my sorrow
Koi gam na karna
don't care for my sorrow

(Yeh sab gardishen hain naseebon ke pyaare)2
All these tribulations are destined my friend
Na meri khata hain na teri khata hain
it is neither your fault nor mine
na shikwa hai koi
I have no complaints

Trans:Ranjana

THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA

I am not upset nor do I have any complaints
I pray that you remain safe and sound
I do not have any complaints
The road of love is very difficult

MOVIE : AMAR 1954
SINGER: LATA MANGESHKAR
MUSIC : NAUSHAD ALI
LYRICS: SHAKEEL BADAYUNI

5) THE VIDEO: NA SHIKWA HAI KOI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cbtxuBP-gk

THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA:

MOVIE : EK SAAL 1957 
SINGER: LATA MANGESHKAR
LYRICS: PREM DHAWAN .
MUSIC :  RAVI

6) SAB KUCH LUTA KE HOSH MEIN  
http://link.songspk.cab/indian.../download.php?id=345

Na Poochho Pyar Ki Hamane Jo Haqiqat Dekhi,
Do not ask of what truth about love I saw
Wafa Ke Naam Pe Bikti Huye Ulfat Dekhi,
I did saw love being lost in the name of loyalty
Kisi Ne Loot Liya Aur Hameim Khabar Na Huye,
Someone robbed me whils't I was unaware
Khuli Jo Aankh To Barbaad Muhabbat Dekhi
Coming to my senses, I realised that destruction of love

(Sab Kuch Luta Ke Hosh Mein Aaye To Kya Kiya)2,
I became awake after losing all, so what of it?
Din Mein Agar Charagh Jallaye To Kya Kiya,
If my heart burned like a lamp, what use was it?
(Sab Kuch Luta Ke Hosh Mein Aaye To Kya Kiya)2,
I became awake after losing all, so what of it?

(Main Woh Kali Hoon Jo Na Baharon Mein Khil Saki)2,
I became a flower bud that could not bloom in the spring
Woh Dil Hoon Jis Ko Pyar Ki (Manzil Na Mil Saki)2
I am the heart that could not get to its destination
Patthar Pe Ham Ne Phool Charaye To Kya Kiya,
Even if I try to plant the flower on stone, so what?

Dil Mein Agar Charagh Jallaye To Kya Kiya,
If my heart burned like a lamp, what use was it?
(Sab Kuch Luta Ke Hosh Mein Aaye To Kya Kiya)2,
I became awake after losing all, so what of it?

Jo Mil Na Saka Pyar Gham Ki Sham Toh Mile
That Love was not given let there be a sad evening
Ek Bewafa Ke Pyar Ka Anjaam toh Mile
How unfaithful he has become towards me? 
(Aye Maut Jaldi Aa)2 Zara Aaraam Toh Mile
Let me die so I can rest peacefully

Do Din Ki Khushi Dekh Na Paye Toh Kya Kiya?
If I did not see two days of happiness, so what?
(Sab Kuch Luta Ke Hosh Mein Aaye To Kya Kiya)2,
I became awake after losing all, so what of it?
Din Mein Agar Charagh Jallaye To Kya Kiya,
If my heart burned like a lamp, what use was it?

Trans: Radha

THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA:

MOVIE : EK SAAL 1957 
SINGER: LATA MANGESHKAR
LYRICS: PREM DHAWAN .
MUSIC :  RAVI

6) THE VIDEO: SAB KUCH LUTA KE HOSH MEIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M06qGuUH0fo

THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA:

MOVIE : BARSAAT KI RAAT 1960
SINGER: LATA & RAFI
LYRICS: SAHIR LUDHIANVI
MUSIC : ROSHAN LALL

7) ZINDAGI BHAR NAHI BHOOLENGE
http://www.mastimag.com/download.php?song_id=29413

Lata:
Zindagee bhar naheen bhoolegee wo barasaat kee raat
Never will I forget that rainy night for my whole life
Ek anajaan musaafir se mulaakaat kee raat
The night of meeting with a stranger

Zindagee bhar naheen bhoolegee

Haay jis raat mere dil ne dhadakanaa sikhaa
Yes, the night when my heart learned to beat
Shaokh jazabaat ne seene mein Bhadakanaa sikhaa
When the feelings of love started to make an impact on my heart
(Meree takadeer se nikalee wahee,)2 sadamaat kee raat
My fate has made that beautiful night most traumatic of my life

Zindagee bhar naheen bhoolegee wo barasaat kee raat
Never will I forget that rainy night for my whole life

Rafi:
(Ruthhane waalee)2 meree baat se maayoos naa
Oh displeased one do not get fraustrated by my conversations
Bahake bahake se khayaalaat se maayoos naa ho
Do not be upset with the provoking thoughts
(Khatm hogee naa kabhee tere mere,)2 saath kee raat
Never will we forget this night of our association

Zindagee bhar naheen bhoolegee wo barasaat kee raat
Never will I forget that rainy night for my whole life
Ek anajaan musaafir se mulaakaat kee raat
The night of meeting with a stranger

Zindagee bhar naheen bhoolegee wo barasaat kee raat
Never will I forget that rainy night for my whole life

Trans:Ranjana

THE MAGIC OF MADHUBALA:

MOVIE : BARSAAT KI RAAT 1960
SINGER: LATA & RAFI
LYRICS: SAHIR LUDHIANVI
MUSIC : ROSHAN LALL

7) THE VIDEO: ZINDAGI BHAR NAHI BHOLENGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBcOORmJLPA

This one goes out to my dear friend Fareeda, we did have so much discussions on this so my way of saying thanks for giving me unknowingly a few points. Thanks once again