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Mumtaz reveals Kapoor family ban on working bahus
Mumtaz, now 74, told Pinkvilla that in the 1960s she loved Shammi Kapoor but could not marry him because the Kapoor family was strict about their bahus not working in films. She…
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Mumtaz, now 74, told Pinkvilla that in the 1960s she loved Shammi Kapoor but could not marry him because the Kapoor family was strict about their bahus not working in films. She was 17, he was 35, and she wanted to prove herself as an actress. They parted without bitterness. She later married Mayur Madhvani in 1974. Mumtaz also revealed that her husband confessed to one extramarital affair, and she had a brief affair in response. She credited Mayur with saving her life during her cancer treatment, insisting on additional surgery that found cancer in one of 22 lymph nodes. She underwent six chemotherapies and 35 radiations.
The Indian Opinion
The nostalgic framing of Mumtaz’s disclosures risks papering over the Kapoor family's regressive rule about daughters-in-law not working. That a 17-year-old star had to choose between love and her career is not a romantic tragedy but a systemic failure. The real test is whether today’s film families openly let women pursue both marriage and work without social penalty. Will any current Kapoor bahu speak out as honestly as Mumtaz did?
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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