{"id":30342,"date":"2025-07-29T16:15:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30342\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:15:04","slug":"when-shammi-kapoor-called-romance-with-mumtaz-a-nightmare-revealed-he-was-a-widower-that-time-and-she-was-beautiful-we-had-dreams-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30342\/","title":{"rendered":"When Shammi Kapoor called romance with Mumtaz a ‘nightmare’, revealed he was a widower that time and she was beautiful: ‘We had dreams..’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When The legendary Shammi Kapoor<\/a> and Mumtaz<\/a> were in a relationship and while there was an age difference between them, the duo shared great onscreen chemistry. While Mumtaz has often spoken about him, admitted to their relationship and also revealed why they broke-up; in a rare interview, even Shammi had spoken about it. When he was asked about his film \u2018Brahmachari\u2019 and about working with Mumtaz, he said during a chat with Lehren Retro, \u201cAt that time, I was a widower and Mumtaz was a very beautiful thing in that movie. For a short while, we both had dreams but then it turned into a nightmare. So, it\u2019s fine. I am happy as I am today.\u201d Their romance was short lived but they had a deep impact on each other\u2019s lives. For those in the know, Shammi was married to Geeta Bali but she passed away in 1965. After that, Shammi was dating Mumtaz. In an interview with Rediff, Mumtaz admitted that Shammi Kapoor had proposed to her when she was just 17. But she turned down his proposal as women in the Kapoor family were expected to not act. She said, \u201cHe wanted me to give up my career when I was just 17. I don\u2019t think anyone can give me the same amount of love that he showered on me. I never forgot him. Even today when his name is mentioned, tears well up in my eyes. It was not a love affair, it was much more. We loved each other deeply.\u201d She added further, \u201cUnfortunately, womenfolk in the Kapoor family did not work during those days. He had to respect his family\u2019s wishes, I had to respect my career. I had a family to support. I was being paid Rs 8 lakh even as a struggler. I was the highest paid actress of my time. As a child, when my mother asked whom I wanted to marry when I grow up, I\u2019d say I wanted to marry the son of the Shahenshah of Iran. I wanted only the best in life.\u201d Shammi went on to marry Neila Dev after that, while Mumtaz tied the knot with businessman Mayur Madhvani.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The legendary Shammi Kapoor and Mumtaz were in a relationship and while there was an age difference between…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,28730,28736,28731,28729,28732,28735,28734,28733],"class_list":["post-30342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-mumtaz","tag-mumtaz-bollywood-actress","tag-mumtaz-shammi-kapoor-interview","tag-shammi-kapoor","tag-shammi-kapoor-brahmachari-movie","tag-shammi-kapoor-geeta-bali","tag-shammi-kapoor-mumtaz-romance","tag-shammi-kapoor-relationship-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30342","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=30342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}