# Madhubala asked filmmaker to divorce wife, son claims 2026-08-22T21:15:37+00:00 | Entertainment | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet In a new interview, filmmaker K. Asif's son Tajdar has claimed that Madhubala wanted his father to divorce his wife Nigar Sultana and marry her. He said the relationship was widely gossiped about in the industry and had been reported in newspapers at the time. Tajdar also spoke about Madhubala's relationship with Dilip Kumar, saying she was in love with him and that the two had a deep bond. The revelations offer a fresh glimpse into the personal life of one of Hindi cinema's most iconic stars. Madhubala and Dilip Kumar never married, she later married Kishore Kumar. K. Asif directed the classic Mughal-e-Azam starring Madhubala and Dilip Kumar. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The claim adds to the known tensions on the set of Mughal-e-Azam, where Asif's real-life equation with his lead actress was already complicated. Madhubala's romantic link with Dilip Kumar was an open secret, but the assertion that she pushed Asif to divorce his wife is new. Asif was married to actress Nigar Sultana, and his son Tajdar's account is a rare family perspective. What remains unverified is whether Asif ever seriously considered the request. The next step for historians and biographers will be to weigh Tajdar's statement against earlier accounts and any contemporaneous reports from the 1950s. ## Coverage - ndtv.com Reports the son's claim without endorsement or counter, straight coverage of a celebrity revelation. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Dilip Kumar, K Asif, Madhubala, Mughal-E-Azam Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/madhubala-asked-filmmaker-to-divorce-wife-son-claims/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/madhubala-asked-filmmaker-to-divorce-wife-son-claims/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/