Mumtaz-Biography

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Mumtaz,born on 31st July 1947,a Leo is a well known Bollywood actress who won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award for the movies Tere Mere Sapne in 1971 and Khilona in 1970.

She stepped in Bollywood as an extra in 1960's.She was seen playing small roles in films like Mujhe Jeene Do and big roles in small budget movies like Samson,Tarzan and King Kong.She appeared in a number of movies with famous wrestler cum actor Dara Singh and hence was labelled as a stunt actress.

She first caught director's attention when she played a role of a vamp in the movie Mere Sanam released in the year 1965.Her hit songs,Yeh Hai Reshmi and "Aye Dushman Jaan" in the movie Patthar Ke Sanam showed her sex appeal.

Her popularity rose when she was seen in the lead opposite Dilip Kumar in the film Ram Aur Shyam in the year 1967.The film went one to become a huge hit of its time.It was then that she received her first Filmfare nomination for the Best Supporting Actress.She appeared in movies like Yeh Raat Phir Na Ayegi,Mere Humdum Mere Dost ,Sawan Ki Ghata in a supporting role with Sharmila Tagore in the lead.

Mumtaz made the whole nation dance to her tune when she paired up with her then boyfriend Shammi Kapoor in the hit song,"Aaaj Kal Tere Mere" in the movie "Bhrahmachari"(1968).
Mumtaz became a full fledged star with the movie Do Raaste starring Rajesh Khanna.Shashi Kapoor who had earlier refused to work with her,wanted her in his next movie "Chor Machaye Shor"
Mumtaz starred in movies with many popular actors of their time like Jeetendra,Rajesh Khanna,Dharmendra,Sanjeev Kumar,Feroz Khan.

She retired from acting after her film Aaina in the year 1977 which bombed at the box office.She later on married millionaire Mayur Madhvani and returned to the big screen after 12 long years in the movie "Aandhiyan" in the year 1989 which too was a big flop.She then decided to quit acting for good.

She received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966.She was honoured for her "Achievement in Indian Cinema" by IIFA in Bangkok.