Mumtaz opens up about her love life
YESTERYEAR actor Mumtaz recently opened up about her love life with Shammi Kapoor, and also revealed why she never married him.
The veteran star shared that no one ever believed she turned him down and instead chose Mayur Madhvani as her life partner.
In a full-blown interview, Mumtaz said that given Shammi Kapoor was rich and popular, people would not understand why she refused to tie the knot with him. However, she did confess that she never experienced ‘so much love as Shammi gave me’.
“The world wanted to marry me but I had to decide who I shall remain happy with. Shammi
Kapoor was very loving and caring with me. Nobody would believe that we were in love. Nobody believed that I had said ‘no’ to him for marriage because Shammi’s status in riches was higher; they said ‘how can Mumtaz refuse Shammi?’. Today when I am married to Mayur Madhvani who by the grace of God has money, people believe that I had refused Shammi. Still, all said and done, I don’t think I have ever experienced so much love as Shammi gave me,” she told ETimes.
In an earlier interview with the publication, the Khilona actor had shared that the Kapoors did not want their daughter-in-laws to be in showbiz. Since she was doing well for herself and was ambitious, she did not want to sit at home. “Kapoors didn’t like it if the
bahus in their family were in the film line. Shammiji told me that if I wanted him to be happy with me, I would have to give up my career. Now at that young age I was very ambitious and wanted to reach somewhere. I wanted to settle my family as well. Just to sit at home didn’t go down with me,” she was quoted in a 2020 interview.
Mumtaz also opened up about rumours of a marriage with Feroz Khan and shared that he never proposed to her. She also said they were very close friends and he would open up his heart in front of her.