‘Tum Mumtaz mat bano…’; This heroine of Rajesh Khanna came for shoot in best dress, was insulted by director, the actress is…

The famous actress of Hindi cinema, who worked with Rajesh Khanna in the all-time blockbuster film ‘Aradhan’ in 1969. But on the set of a film, the director insulted the actress so much that he got angry. That famous actress is Farida Jalal. She worked with Rajesh Khanna in the beginning of her career, when Rajesh Khanna was new and she was already working in the industry. Rajesh Khanna’s luck shone only after working with her.

In Rajesh Khanna’s 1969 film ‘Aradhan’, she played a double role in which she played his wife. This film did not leave the theatres for 50 weeks. In this film, veteran actress Farida Jalal, along with Kaka won the hearts of the people. Veteran actress Farida Jalal was also seen with Kaka in this film. Farida gave a tough competition to Sharmila Tagore in this film. Apart from this film, she worked in many other films later on.

Farida Jalal was fond of acting since childhood and she worked as a child artist in the 1963 film ‘Yeh Raaste Hai Pyar Ke’ and after that she never looked back, in a film released in 1975, the director even insulted her on the set. Gulzar told her that if you look like this then what will I answer to Hema ji? Your role is not like this. Go remove this wig and come with a ponytail. Your role is simple. Farida got very angry on hearing this. She felt very insulted at that time.

The actress told that at that time Gulzar had given her advice that she has to show her work, for which all this is not necessary. Then she told that when she was shooting for the song ‘Bechara Dil Kya Kare’, Gulzar had told her, ‘Don’t become Mumtaz, extra fool and this and that…people praise that you speak dialogues naturally, you have to sing in the same way.

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