5 min learnNew DelhiAug 21, 2026 12:19 PM IST
Madhubala lived a tragic life throughout which she skilled many heartbreaks. After making her debut within the early Nineteen Forties as a 9-year-old, she obtained her first main hit on the field workplace in 1949 with Mahal, which was directed by Kamal Amrohi. And through the making of this movie, Madhubala and Kamal fell in love, as per Kamal’s son Tajdar Amrohi. In a current interview, Tajdar revealed that his father, who was married with kids on the time, broke up with Madhubala as a result of she wished him to divorce his spouse, Sayeda and let go of his household.
‘Kamal Amrohi broke up with Madhubala’
In a chat with Vickey Lalwani on his YouTube channel, Tajdar mentioned that Kamal had a short-lived relationship with Madhubala, which was approach earlier than he met and married actor Meena Kumari. “My father was the one who… I gained’t say rejected, however he was the one who stepped again from the connection. He known as it off,” he mentioned.
When requested in regards to the motive for a similar, he mentioned, “Madhubala wished my father to divorce my mom.” Later, when Kamal married Meena, she didn’t make any such calls for. Tajdar recalled that he was simply 3-4 years previous when his father had an affair with Madhubala.
‘Madhubala had different relationships’
“There was quite a lot of gossip round their relationship. It had leaked to the papers and everybody within the business knew about it,” he mentioned and added, “Madhubala wasn’t an atypical heroine. She was a serious star of her time, and she or he was so lovely.” He then proceeded to record Madhubala’s different failed relationships and mentioned, “There have been many tales of her relationships with others as nicely. It’s well-known that she was with Dilip Kumar.”
Madhubala and Dilip Kumar through the shoot of Mughal-e-Azam. (Picture: Specific Archives)
He mentioned that when Madhubala positioned this “unusual demand” in entrance of his father, he rejected it. “She was a serious star and a producer as nicely. She had plenty of cash too. She mentioned, ‘I will provide you with x amount of cash. You give this a lot to your spouse and to your children, and get them out of your life’,” Tajdar claimed. To this, Kamal mentioned, as per his son’s claims, “My father instructed her, ‘We gained’t meet from right here on as a result of I promote tales and dialogues, not my kids and spouse. You need me to go away my spouse. That gained’t occur. She is a girl of my household’.” Tajdar shared that his mom was the daughter of Kamal’s maternal uncle and so they got here from the identical household.
‘My mom didn’t learn about my father’s affair’
He additionally claimed that Madhubala was “disillusioned” once they broke up. Though her father, Attaullah Khan, had “no objection” to this union as Kamal had grow to be a “large identify” after the success of Mahal.
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When requested if his mom was conscious of this affair, Tajdar shared, “My mom didn’t learn about Madhubala. She simply knew that Mahal was being made, and it was my father’s first directorial.”
In an earlier chat with News18 Urdu, Kamal’s daughter Rukhsar had mentioned that her mom learnt of Kamal’s marriage to Meena by way of movie magazines as she was residing of their village in Uttar Pradesh with the kids. She ultimately inspired her kids to begin correspondence with Meena Kumari by letters. They developed a robust relatonship along with her and began addressing her as ‘Choti Ammi’.
Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari on the set of Pakeezah. (Picture: Specific Archives)
After Kamal’s marriage to Meena, he didn’t go to his spouse or kids and so Sayeda, determined to pay him a shock go to in Mumbai. “I nonetheless keep in mind sweat dripping from his forehead; he had no thought what to do. He requested why my mom had proven up with out informing him, and instructed her that he had grow to be too busy with Pakeezah to pay us a go to,” she mentioned. Rukhsar mentioned that her mom had truly visited Mumbai to vist Meena Kumari as she had a medical emergency and she or he wished to indicate her assist in direction of the latest member of the household.
About Kamal Amrohi
Kamal married 4 instances throughout his lifetime. After his first spouse Bilkis’s loss of life, he married Sayeda, who was Tajdar and Rukhsar’s mom. In 1952, he married actor Meena Kumari and the 2 shared a tumultuous relationship till her loss of life in 1972. Kamal stayed married to Sayeda by this marriage and Tajdar spent a couple of years of his childhood with Meena, earlier than Kamal and Meena’s separation. After Meena’s loss of life, Kamal married his physician in his final years. He died in 1972.
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Kamal Amrohi is finest recognized for making movies like Pakeezah and Razia Sultan. He additionally wrote the dialogues for Mughal-E-Azam.
