“My thick thighs …” just wore bikini, Mumtaz and Sharmila Tagore

At the age of just 11, Mumtaz started his career as a child artist. He worked with all the big superstars like Shammi Kapoor, Jitendra, Rajesh Khanna, Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, Sunil Dutt and Dharmendra. He lived a career of about 17 years in Bollywood and worked in more than 100 films. But when he decided to get married at the age of 27, Mumtaz said goodbye to films.

Mumtaz’s father, who is 77 years old, used to be Indian and mother Irani. His father had the task of selling dry fruits. He also has an elder sister who married Indian Wrestler Randhawa. Mumtaz himself made the Hindi film industry step. Initially, due to many small rolls, he started being typped as a B-grade heroine. Once he himself told in the interview that when he tried to make his mark as a big heroine, many actors refused to work with him. In an interview to ‘The Don’ about this, Mumtaz said:

I just got my eyes closed and was working. I thought that whatever will happen now God is trusting. My start in the film industry was not right. I will not blame it for any hero. Because everyone also thinks about their success. This is also correct.

Then how to remove small heroine

Mumtaz did several films with Dara Singh to remove the heroine of short films from his head. Such as ‘Veer Bhimsen’, ‘Samson’, ‘Tarzan Cums to Delhi’, and ‘Tarzan and King Kong’. Along with this, Mumtaz also got the status of stunt heroine or action heroine.

Later, Mumtaz got support from Dilip Kumar. Due to whose generosity, Mumtaz got an important role in his film Ram and Shyam. His pair in this film became with Rajesh Khanna. This experiment of Dilip Kumar succeeded. People liked the film and pair everything. Then with time, Mumtaz made his image and did a lot of work. At one time it also came that she became the highest fee of Hindi cinema.

Mumtaz also talked about the insufficiency of the second heroine in the film journey in many interviews. While on one side she used to be close friends of Dara Singh, Rajesh Khanna and Shammi Kapoor, on the other hand it was also sorry that no heroine was his friend. Talking to Filmfare about this, Mumtaz said:

I do not know what is in his heart. I was a girl like Tomboy. Boys have good friendship. But the heroines never tried to be my friend. The heroines should ask why she was not close to me. Nobody tried to befriend me. People can burn you or love you. But it does not matter.

Mumtaz on competition with Sharmila Tagore

Mumtaz was considered to be quite competition from Sharmila Tagore at that time. In this other interview with ‘Times Entertainment’, he said, “Heroine cannot be friends, nor then now. We did not eat food together or do not go for a walk. It has always been the same. “

Mumtaz wearing bikini

In this interview, Mumtaz also talked about wearing bikini and fitness at that time. At that time, Sharmila Tagore, Parveen Bobby, Zeenat Aman and Dimple Kapadia gave such bikini scenes in many films. But Mumtaz agreed to give such scenes for only one film crime by Feroz Khan. Why did he do this? She states in the interview that the thighs of Iranians are thick. He also felt so. Because of this, I ride seven kilometers of bicycle daily. In an interview to Zoom, Mumtaz said:

I wore a bikini for Feroz Khan. I was not confident but he trusted me. I was uncomfortable with my thick Iranian thighs. Then he explained to me that if I do not like the scenes, he will remove it. Then I also agreed. When the shooting was over, I saw the scenes, I liked to see. I looked right. After this, many filmmakers contacted me for bikini scenes. But I refused. I never wore a bikini after that.

Where does Mumtaz live

Let me tell you that now Mumtaz is 77 years old. Those who live mostly in London, sometimes come to India. His daughter Natasha is married to Fardeen Khan, son of her favorite co-star,.