Mumtaz (born July 31, 1947 in Bombay, India) is a famous Bollywood actress, most remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne (1971) and Khilona (1970), which got her Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself, won Filmfare Best Movie Award.
Mumtaz was born to Abdul Saleem Askari and Sardar Shadi Habib Agha in Bombay, India, on July 31, 1947. Orignally they are from Afghanistan. She entered Bollywood at the age of twelve.
She started as an...
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Mumtaz (born July 31, 1947 in Bombay, India) is a famous Bollywood actress, most remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne (1971) and Khilona (1970), which got her Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself, won Filmfare Best Movie Award.
Mumtaz was born to Abdul Saleem Askari and Sardar Shadi Habib Agha in Bombay, India, on July 31, 1947. Orignally they are from Afghanistan. She entered Bollywood at the age of twelve.
She started as an extra in films in the early 1960s. She accepted small roles in big films like Mujhe Jeene Do and big roles in small budgeted stunt films like Boxer, Samson, Tarzan, and King Kong. In the 1960s, she starred in as many as 16 action films with freestyle wrestler Dara Singh and was labelled as a stunt film heroine.
She first gained attention in a supporting role as a vamp in the A grade color hit film Mere Sanam (1965). The memorable sexy song yeh hai reshmai was picturized on her. The success of the film led to another sizzling song "Aye dushman...
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