Mumtaz says she liked Shammi Kapoor ‘tremendously’ however their marriage ‘would not have labored’: ‘The Kapoor household was strict about their bahus’

In a current chat with Pinkvilla, Mumtaz shared that she “loved him tremendously” and he liked her too. The Aap Ki Kasam actor shared that she “felt sad” that she could not marry him. She mentioned, “I was only around 17. He was 18 years older than me. It was too early for me to get married. Mujhe kucch banna tha. (I wanted to achieve something).”

Mumtaz mentioned that their break-up was nice as they parted methods “with understanding” as he was “very sweet and caring towards” her. Recalling these days, the Roti actor mentioned that had she gotten married to Shammi Kapoor on the time, “it wouldn’t have worked” as a result of she would have at all times “held a regret in my heart.”

“I wanted to act. I wanted to achieve something. The Kapoor family was strict about their bahus not working in films,” she mentioned. Talking about Shammi’s Kapoor’s second spouse Neela Devi, Mumtaz mentioned that she was a “wonderful lady, a beautiful person.” “She suited him perfectly and handled him so well,” she added.

In a earlier interview with ETimes, Mumtaz had mentioned that nobody believed that she had refused to marry him. She mentioned, “Shammi Kapoor was very loving and caring with me. Nobody would consider that we had been in love. Nobody believed that I had mentioned ‘no’ to him for marriage as a result of Shammi’s standing in riches was larger; they mentioned ‘how can Mumtaz refuse Shammi?'”

Mumtaz’s look in Shammi Kapoor’s Brahmchari was her first large break. She later went on to have a extremely profitable profession within the motion pictures.