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Madhubala is a Actor Indian born on 14 february 1933 at New Delhi (Inde)

Madhubala

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Birth name Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi
Nationality Inde
Birth 14 february 1933 at New Delhi (Inde)
Death 23 february 1969 (at 36 years) at Mumbai (Inde)

Mumtaz Jehan (February 14, 1933 – February 23, 1969), more popularly known as Madhubala (literally "honey belle"), was an Indian Bollywood actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi Cinema. She was active between 1942 and 1960. Along with her contemporaries Nargis and Meena Kumari, she is regarded as one of the most influential personalities of Hindi movies. She is also considered to be one of the most beautiful actresses to have worked in the industry.

Madhubala received wide recognition for her performances in films like Mahal (1949), Amar (1954), Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955), Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Barsaat Ki Raat (1960). Madhubala's performance in Mughal-e-Azam established her as an iconic actress of Hindi Cinema. Her last film, Jwala, although shot in the 1950s, was released in 1971. Madhubala died on 23 February 1969 after a prolonged illness.

Biography

Madhubala est née le 14 février 1933 à Delhi dans une famille pachtoune conservatrice originaire d'Afghanistan. Ses parents, Ataullah Khan et Begum Ayeeshah, ont eu onze enfants dont seules six filles ont survécu au delà de l'âge de six ans, Madhubala étant la troisième fille. Ataullah travaillait comme chauffeur pour l'Imperial Tobacco Company à Delhi, mais licencié et en proie a de graves difficultés financières, il a l'idée de la faire travailler dans le cinéma à Bombay. Remarquée par Devika Rani, alors directrice du studio Bombay Talkies, la petite fille âgée de neuf ans débute sous le nom de Baby Mumtaz dans Basant qui sort sur les écrans en 1942.

Le film est un succès au box-office et son interprétation de la chanson Ek Choti Si Duniya Re est remarquée. Elle n'a que 14 ans et a déjà tourné dans six films lorsqu'en 1947, elle donne la réplique au jeune Raj Kapoor dans Neel Kamal. C'est la dernière fois qu'elle est créditée sous le nom de Mumtaz. Dès ses films suivants, Mere Bagwan puis Chitor Vijay, sortis également en 1947, elle adopte son nom de scène définitif : Madhubala. Ce pseudonyme qui signifie « fille de miel », parfois orthographié Madhu Bala ou Madhu-Bala, lui aurait été donné dit-on par Devika Rani. Elle est présentée comme une débutante.

Elle atteint la célébrité en 1949 quand elle est mise en vedette par le studio de Bombay Talkies dans Mahal, avec un rôle destiné initialement à la célèbre star Suraiya. C'est probablement la première histoire de fantôme du cinéma indien. Un jeune homme est à la recherche d'une beauté éthérée et voilée, qui fait des apparitions dans une maison. Ce film connaît un grand succès, faisant de l'actrice, qui a à peine 16 ans, une star. Pendant plusieurs décennies, la plupart des Indiens vont reconnaître la mélodie de la chanson emblématique du film, Aayega aane wala (il viendra), évoquant l'amour perdu et la réincarnation. Elle accepte autant de films que possible, pour soutenir financièrement sa famille. Elle est déjà apparue dans 17 films au moment où elle joue dans Mahal, l'un des neuf films qu'elle interprète en 1949.



Après le succès de Mahal, elle continue à multiplier les tournages. De 1947 à 1964, elle est présente dans pas moins de soixante-dix films. Dans une Inde indépendante depuis peu de temps, elle interprète souvent des jeunes femmes modernes qui testent les limites des traditions. Ses rôles incarnent l'optimisme de sa génération. Contrairement à d'autres actrices de Bollywood, elle n'est pas enfermée dans un type de rôle. Son style d'actrice naturel et discret lui permet de jouer dans les drames sociaux graves, comme dans les comédies légères, ou encore des films d'époque.

Au début des années 1950, elle suscite l'intérêt d'Hollywood. Elle apparaît dans le magazine américain Theatre Arts : dans un numéro d'août 1952, elle est présentée avec une photo pleine page sous le titre: « The Biggest Star in the World - and she's not in Beverly Hills ». L'article décrit sa popularité en Inde, et spécule sur son potentiel de succès à l'international. Frank Capra, Jr., de passage en Inde, lui propose de venir à Hollywood, mais son père Ataullah Khan refuse de la laisser partir.

En 1951, elle joue le rôle principal féminin dans Tarana et y est associée à une autre star, masculine, Dilip Kumar, qui interprète le rôle d'un médecin tombant amoureux d'elle. Elle devient éprise de Kumar, de 10 ans son aîné. C'est le début d'une longue romance entre les deux acteurs, qui passionne leurs fans. Dilip Kumar recommande le choix de Madhubala comme autre vedette principale et partenaire dans le film Mughal-E-Azam, consacré à la passion d'un prince moghol, Salim, pour Anarkali, une esclave et une danseuse. C'est le film indien le plus cher de son époque, et pendant des années, le plus réussi, même si sa réalisation dure une petite dizaine d'années. L'une de ses séquences les plus connues, la seule filmée initialement en couleur (le film a été colorisé ultérieurement), est une danse dans un palais. Anarkali y déclare son amour, en présence de l'empereur, désapprobateur, avec un refrain audacieux : « Je suis seulement tombée amoureuse, je n'ai rien à craindre ». Une autre scène où Salim caresse le visage d'Anarkali, avec une plume est considérée comme l'une des plus érotiques du cinéma indien. Mais au moment où la scène est tournée, leur flirt est déjà terminé. Bien qu'impatients de se marier, ils se sont heurtés aux conditions multiples posées par le père de Madhubala. Kumar exige qu'elle choisisse entre lui et son père. Elle choisit de rester fidèle à sa famille.


Vie privée
Madhubala est née avec une anomalie septale ventriculaire (un trou dans son cœur), détectée en 1954. Il n'y avait pas à cette époque de traitement possible et l'issue était généralement fatale dans les cas les plus graves. Les examens médicaux réalisés à Londres juste après son mariage ne lui laissent que deux ans à vivre et lui imposent autant de calme et de repos que possible.

À la surprise de leurs entourages et malgré l'hostilité de leurs familles, Kishore Kumar épouse Madhubala en secondes noces en 1960 au cours d'une discrète cérémonie civile. Leur union n'est pas heureuse et Kishore s'éloigne, prétendant être incapable de s'occuper d'elle. Madhubala s'installe alors, quasiment recluse et le plus souvent alitée, dans sa villa de Bandra tandis que Kishore part vivre avec sa mère à Juhu.

Elle ne tourne presque plus au début des années 1960. Sa santé défaillante ne lui permet plus de jouer et elle doit même être parfois remplacée par une doublure, comme sa sœur Chandal sur le plateau de Boy Friend en 1961 par exemple. La réalisation en 1964 de son dernier film, Sharabi, est également gravement perturbée par le fait qu'elle n'ait pu assurer une grande partie des scènes de la seconde moitié du film. En 1969, elle espère néanmoins faire son retour comme réalisatrice. Mais elle meurt au matin du 23 février 1969, quelques jours après son 36e anniversaire.

Usually with

Helen Khan
Helen Khan
(6 films)
Dev Anand
Dev Anand
(4 films)
O. P. Nayyar
O. P. Nayyar
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Madhubala (38 films)

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Priyasakhi
Priyasakhi (2005)
, 2h38
Directed by K.S. Adiyaman
Genres Drama, Action
Actors R. Madhavan, Sadha, Madhoobala Shah, Kovai Sarala, Aishwarya, Rehman
Rating46% 2.344052.344052.344052.344052.34405
Sandhana Krishnan (Madhavan), also known as Sakhi works in an automobile company and lives in a joint family. He comes across a model named Priya and the two fall in love with each other. Eventually they get married. Here begins the story. Unlike that of Sakhi's family, Priya's family is 'cosmopolitan' and too outgoing. Her mother(Aishwarya), is a party going socialite, while her father(Pratap K. Pothen) restricts himself to his house and doesn't bother to have a social life of his own. Priya always goes out partying and doesn't spend much time with her family. Brought up in such a situation, Priya finds it hard to adjust to the family of Sakhi because his family doesn't like all this going out and partying stuff. They prefer to stay home and mix with family. Sakhi tries to make his wife understand the realities of life and the importance of family but is unsuccessful. After their honeymoon Priya gets pregnant. Sakhi is on top of the world but Priya has doubts as she feels shes too young to be a mother. Priya does not want the baby and she tells sakhi but sakhi tells her that the whole family is happy and if now he goes and tell them then they would be upset but priya says she doesn't care about them making sakhi angry and Sakhi fires her. She tells her mother about it, who insists shes too young and under a guise that one of her relatives is ill, takes Priya to the hospital for an abortion. Sakhi finds out in time and rushes to the hospital where a reluctant Priya is being pulled towards the abortion room by her mother. When he calls to her she turns but is hit by a stretcher in her abdomen. The story moves ahead with Priya finding her diary in Sakhis suitcase (he had stolen it at the beginning of the movie in order to woo her) accusing him of tricking her she leaves to her parents house. At the same time she wants a divorce but Sakhi wants the child. The judge presiding rules that Priya will have to have the baby. Sakhi moves into Priya's parents house with her in order to take care of his unborn child, claiming he doesn't trust them, they might try to abort his baby. Months pass and Priya has the baby. As it needs to be fed mothers' milk, Priya moves back in with Sakhis family for a period of two months. These two months find Priya getting closer to her baby then the day before the last, regretting her decision of leaving the house but convinced that Sakhi hates her, decides to go through with it. The next day her parents come to get her, her mother has already selected another husband for her.Sakhi acts unbothered and taking the baby tells her to leave. Halfway home Priya gets out of the car; her dad and herself finally stand up to her mother. She stands lost on the island in the middle of the road when Sakhi drives by,and then priya and sakhi ask forgiveness from each other and hug each other in the middle of the road and they both return home happily.
Iruvar
Iruvar (1997)
, 2h38
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Mohanlal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Gautami, Tabu, Madhubala
Roles Actress
Rating83% 4.194694.194694.194694.194694.19469
Set in the 1950s, the film begins with Anandan (Mohanlal), a struggling actor, seeking opportunities which will give him a big break in the film industry. Under his uncle's help, Anandan is given an opportunity to audition for the lead role in a forthcoming film. He arrives in the studio and practices his combat skills with sword props provided on the sets while waiting for the director and the crew. At this, he meets Tamizhselvan (Prakash Raj), a small time writer who enters the studio with some sarcastic poetry and this prompts both into a little debate. The debate turns into a mutual respect into each other, and impressed by Tamizhselvan's skills, Anandan requests Tamizhselvan to write dialogues for him to recite during the audition.
Half Ticket
Genres Comedy
Actors Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Pran Krishan Sikand, Manorama, Helen Khan, Shammi
Rating72% 3.637023.637023.637023.637023.63702
Vijay (Kishore Kumar) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich industrialist, who becomes bored of his father’s constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him "settled" in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh in the big city, but he doesn’t have enough money to get himself a ticket!
Boy Friend
Boy Friend (1961)

Actors Shammi Kapoor, Madhubala, Dharmendra, Amirbai Karnataki, Anant Balwant Dhumal, Mohan Choti
Roles Sangeeta
Rating74% 3.711853.711853.711853.711853.71185
Eight-year-old Madan is separated from his wealthy parents, Thakur Harcharan Singh (Shivraj) and his wife Rajni. Their other son, Sunil (Dharmendra) grows up to become a police inspector and is searching for his lost brother Madan.
Jaali Note
Jaali Note (1960)
, 2h35
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Actors Dev Anand, Madhubala, Om Prakash, Madan Puri, Helen Khan, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri)
Roles Renu / Beena
Rating72% 3.639973.639973.639973.639973.63997
Inspector Dinesh (Dev Anand) lives a middle-class lifestyle along with his mother in Bombay. On his 5th birthday his father leaves them never to return. Now Dinesh has grown up, is working for the Criminal Investigations Department and has been assigned to stop the circulation of fake currency notes. His investigations take him to Sunderdas, who is killed. He then masquerades as Social Worker Abdul Rashid to try and get some information from a jailed convict, Banwarilal, to no avail. Finally, he dons the disguise of wealthy Kunver Vijay Bahadur, rents a suite in Hotel Paris and befriends Manohar (Madan Puri) and several other gangsters. He gets himself arrested and lodged in the same cell as Banwarilal. From there both men break out and join Manohar and the rest of the gang. It is here Dinesh will find out the king-pin behind this racket but before he can do anything he will not only find himself confronting his past, but will be trapped in an underwater fortress along with his sweetheart, Press Report Renu (Madhubala).
Mughal-e-Azam, 2h53
Directed by K. Asif
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Théâtre, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Bollywood, Films about royalty
Actors Prithviraj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Durga Khote, Nigar Sultana, Ajit Khan
Roles Nadira (Anarkali)
Rating80% 4.045544.045544.045544.045544.04554
Emperor Akbar (Prithviraj Kapoor), who does not have a male heir, undertakes a pilgrimage to a shrine to pray that his wife Jodhabai (Durga Khote) give birth to a son. Later, a maid brings the emperor news of his son's birth. Overjoyed at his prayers being answered Akbar gives the maid his ring, and promises to grant her anything she desires.
Do Ustad
Do Ustad (1959)

Genres Action, Crime
Actors Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Sulochana, Daisy Irani, Randhir Kapoor
Rating70% 3.532013.532013.532013.532013.53201
The film begins with a criminal Jagannath (Sheikh Mukhtar) being convicted in court offence. He has no lawyer to defend him so the judge asks him if he has anything to say on his behalf. He refuses to say anything, but his younger brother Rajan (Raj Kapoor) asks him to say something otherwise he would break his vow. Jagannath then starts narrating his story and the film goes into flashback. Jagannath and Rajan are two brother who have lost their parents and work for Seth for a living. One day the Seth finds an excuse and kicks them out. To make their ends meet, the younger brother decided to become a thief, though the elder brother is a forthright, idealistic man who refuses to follow his brother. One day a guy asks them to get him some out of the railway go down against which he would pay them money. When Rajan goes to the go down, he is caught by the police and the two brothers are separated. The elder brother also decides to enter the big bad world of crime. After this Jagannath is shown to be a seasoned criminal who has made a fortune by robbing places and he leads a team now. He leads a dual life as his wife is totally unaware of her husband's profession.Jagannath steals a valuable necklace worth 12 Lakhs and the police want to catch the thief. Rajan is released from jail at the same time and he helps the police to track the thief. The first time the two brothers meet is when Rajan tries to pick the pocket of Jagannath after coming out of jail through the two of them are unaware of each other’s identity.Rajan sees a girl Madhu (Madhubala) and tries to impress her impersonating as Raj Kapoor for a while. Madhu's wicked uncle wants to get hold of all her property and wants to get her married off, knowing which Madhu runs away from home. She lands at the place where Rajan and Jagannath stay and all want to get hold of her as her uncle has announced a reward for anyone who might bring her home. Rajan gets hold of Madhu and lands her over to tell Jagannath who pays him rs 10000. She manages to free from Jagannath's den ends lands up at his house while fleeing. When she tells Jagannath wife the real identity of her husband. She refuses to believe her so she hatches a plan instead. She leads herselh to Jagannath without his men having realised who they had taken to their boss. When both Jagannath and his wife meet, they are equally shocked and his wife leaves him and decides to go away. She tries to commit suicide, but is saved by Rajan Rajan looks after her and becomes a motor mechanic, a changed man. Jagannath's wife who was pregnant gives birth to a boy. Madhu gets a false impression that Rajan's wife is pregnant and so she decides to see all her with him. She concentrates on her career end becomes a famous dances. One day when Madhu is travelling in a car, her uncle chases her in a car and Madhu's car hits Raja, son of Jagannath. Madhu takes Raja away for treatment. When Rajan comes to take Raja back Madhu comes to know the truth and things become normal between both of them. Meanwhile a party is organised by Jagannath in the honour of a well to do person from a place, who is actually Rajan in disguise. The police are there and arrest Jaganath, Rajan and Ramlal Sharma (Madhu's uncle). All of them are released except Jagannath, who is imprisoned. Jagannath is freed from jail as he desparetly wants to see his son, but in the process gets shot by the police while coming across them. An injured Jagannath lands up at a place near to where Rajan stays with Jagannath’s wife and son. He comes across Raja who looks after and lends to his injury. They spend some time together and develop a bond. Ramlal Sharma appears there and there is a scuffle between Jagannath and Ramlal in which Ramlal gets shots. The police also appear soon after and chases. Jagannath to a tall building under construction where Jagannath climbs to the top with Raja still in his possession. Rajan tells him that Raja is Jagannath's son and asks him to come down, but in vain. Jagannath, only believes Rajan when he sees his wife. Jagannath surrenders to the police and asks Rajan never to tell Raja his father’s name. Then one comes to the present scene in the court where Jagannath is convicted in court and before he goes to jail. Rajan asks Raja to call Jagannath, "Baba" (father) once as he has been told that Jagannath is yet to find his son. Jaganath goes to jail and the film ends.
Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, 2h53
Directed by Satyen Bose
Genres Comedy
Actors Kishore Kumar, Madhubala, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar, K. N. Singh (Krishan Niranjan Singh), Helen Khan
Roles Renu
Rating78% 3.9390253.9390253.9390253.9390253.939025
Brijmohan Sharma (Ashok Kumar) and his brothers Manmohan Sharma (Kishore Kumar) and Jagmohan Sharma (Anoop Kumar) run a garage. The eldest brother Brijmohan hates women and doesn't allow any women or pictures of them in his garage unless it is an emergency. One day, while Manmohan is on the night shift, Renu (Madhubala) comes to the garage seeking help as her car breaks down. Renu gets angry at Manmohan because he is sleeping when he is supposed to be on duty. Manmohan doesn't like the fact that Renu shouted at him and initially refuses to repair her car, but finally agrees. Manmohan fixes the car, and Renu leaves, forgetting to pay Manmohan for his services. He tells his brother Brijmohan about this and realizes that Renu forgot her purse in the garage. Manmohan goes through it and finds a pass to a concert. Manmohan goes to this concert to recover his money. When Manmohan reaches the venue, he is not allowed to enter as the pass has Renu's name on it. Not wanting to let go of his money, Manmohan waits in Renu's car and to meet her when she comes out. He, however, falls asleep and Renu doesn't notice him; she drives home and parks in her garage with Manmohan in the car. When Manmohan wakes up, he gets hungry and looks for some food in Renu's garage. A servant in the house sees this and chases Manmohan, who manages to escape. On his way home, he notices a few men dumping a dead body on the road and fleeing. When he tells his brothers about his night the next morning, they have a hearty laugh at his expense.