{"id":135757,"date":"2025-09-11T17:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135757\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T17:46:13","slug":"rajesh-khanna-felt-sad-when-got-mumtaz-married-missed-her-but-was-too-proud-to-show-we-made-such-a-great-pair-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/135757\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajesh Khanna felt sad when got Mumtaz married; missed her but was too \u2018proud\u2019 to show: \u2018We made such a great pair\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rajesh Veteran actress Mumtaz<\/a> is a well-known name in Bollywood. She started acting at just 11 years old and soon went on to become one of the highest-paid actresses of her time. She worked with many famous actors at that time, like Rajesh Khanna<\/a>, Dev Anand, Feroz Khan<\/a>, Dara Singh, Shammi Kapoor<\/a>, Amitabh Bachchan<\/a>, and Dharmendra.<\/p>\n

Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna\u2019s iconic on-screen pairing<\/p>\n

Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna made a very popular on-screen pair. The duo gave hit films like, ‘Do Raaste’, ‘Ram Aur Shyam’, ‘Khilona’, ‘Aap Ki Kasam’, ‘Sachaa Jhutha’, ‘Brahmachari’, ‘Patthar Ke Sanam’, ‘Suraj’, ‘Loafer’, and ‘Dushmun’. Their chemistry and bond were loved by audiences around the world.
Their friendship also sparked romance rumoursOff-screen, Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna were very good friends. They always supported each other in their work. Fans often wondered if they were romantically involved, but both always said their relationship was only friendship based on respect and trust.<\/p>\n

Poll<\/p>\n

How do you feel about the on-screen pairing of Mumtaz and Rajesh Khanna?<\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna\u2019s reaction to Mumtaz’s marriage<\/p>\n

When Mumtaz decided to leave Hindi films and marry Ugandan businessman Mayur Madhvani, many people said Rajesh Khanna was very sad. Decades later, Mumtaz spoke about this in an past interview with Pinkvilla. She said, “People say so though I wasn\u2019t here. Kaka was too proud a man to say it on my face. But people close to him told me that when I got married and left India, Kaka said, \u2018I have lost my right hand!\u2019 Apparently, he missed me a lot because we clicked so well and made such a great pair.”<\/p>\n

Mumtaz remembers Rajesh Khanna after his demise<\/p>\n

Mumtaz also shared her feelings when Rajesh Khanna passed away in 2012. She said she was very sad to hear about his death. She added that his family had taken good care of him, and even now, when she sees his films on TV, she misses him a lot. She added, “The family looked after Kaka extremely well. Even I miss him. When I happen to watch him on TV, I wonder kyun itni jaldi chale gaye.”Mumtaz married Mayur Madhvani in 1974 and decided to focus on her family instead of acting. The couple has two daughters, Tanya and Natasha. On the other hand Rajesh Khanna married actress Dimple Kapadia<\/a>, and they had two daughters, Twinkle and Rinke. Kaka passed away in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran actress Mumtaz is a well-known name in Bollywood. She started acting at just 11 years old and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[8344,64,63,4057,447,58261,134,93549,93548,28730,93550,58259,93547,28729],"class_list":{"0":"post-135757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amitabh-bachchan","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-bollywood","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-dimple-kapadia","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-feroz-khan","16":"tag-kaka","17":"tag-mumtaz","18":"tag-mumtaz-marriage","19":"tag-rajesh-khanna","20":"tag-rajesh-khanna-mumtaz-pairing","21":"tag-shammi-kapoor"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}