Mumtaz, who appeared on Indian Idol 13 for the first time, discussed how she reacted when late actor Shammi Kapoor proposed marriage to her in the 1960s. Mumtaz also romanced actor Dharmendra on stage in a new promo video shared by Sony Entertainment Television on Instagram on Saturday.
Mumtaz danced to the song Jai Jai Shiv Shankar from Aap Ki Kasam in the video (1974). Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz starred in the original song. She also performed Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche by Brahmachari (1968). Mumtaz and Shammi Kapoor were featured in the original song.
When Aditya Narayan said, “What a jodi (pair) Mumtaz ji and Shammi ji,” she responded, “Unhone straightforward kaha tha (He told you directly, ‘I want to marry you.'” Mumtaz also stated, “This is the 17th saal. If shaadi nahi karna, then shaadi nahi ki. (I was 17 at the time. I didn’t want to get married, so I didn’t). But I do miss him from time to time.”
Mumtaz also said in the video, “Aap puchte the Mumtaz kisse shaadi karegi, main bolti thi Shah of Iran k bete se” (They would ask who Mumtaz would marry, and I would say with the son of the Shah of Iran). “Dilip saab ko jaake mara, woh mera first shot tha unke saath (I went and hit Dilip saab, that was my first shot),” she said of her first scene with late actor Dilip Kumar.
“I was very fond of Dharam,” Mumtaz said of Dharmendra. She also kissed and hugged him. “Mumtaz ko dekh k feeling ajati hai (I get feelings when I see Mumtaz),” Dharmendra replied. The veteran actor blushed at this remark.
Mumtaz and Dharmendra appeared together in several films, including Kaajal (1965), Ram Aur Shyam and Chandan Ka Palna (1967), Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968), Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969), and Loafer (1970). (1973). Mumtaz has only appeared in two films with Shammi: Vallah Kya Baat Hai (1962) and Brahmachari (1963). (1968).
Mumtaz spoke to the Times of India last year about Shammi’s reaction when she refused to marry him. “However, when I refused him, he began to doubt ki nai tujhe heroine banna hai isiliye you don’t want to marry me, you were never in love with me. (When I refused, he began to doubt me. He told me that I didn’t want to marry him because I wanted to be a heroine and that I had never been in love with him),” she had stated.