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Known For

Madhubala is known for:

  • Mughal-e-Azam
    In the 16th century, when Prince Salim falls in love with a beautiful courtesan named Anarkali, Emperor Akbar's disapproval leads to a battle between father and son.
  • Mahal
    A young lawyer is involved with a ghostly woman in his new house, where the builder and his fiancée died shortly after it was built.
  • Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi
    Three woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.

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Biography

Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi; February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969) was an Indian film actress who is often regarded as the "Marilyn Monroe of India". The highest-grossing star of the 1950s, she was active between 1942 and 1960. She is also considered to be one of the most beautiful actresses to have worked in the industry and is highly regarded as "The Venus of Indian Cinema" and "The Beauty with Tragedy". Her performance as the alluring court dancer Anarkali in the historical epic Mughal-E-Azam (1960) cemented her status as an iconic and irreplaceable figure in Indian cinema.