Chandigarh, February 13: Recently, veteran actor Mumtaz opened up about her love story with late Shammi Kapoor. There was a picture of her ex, Shammi Kapoor, in her living room. 

When asked about her love life, break-up with Anju Mahendroo, Mumtaz spoke about Shobhaa De, Jeetendra, Dev Anand, Feroz Khan and several others. She also said that Shammi Kapoor asked Mumtaz to marry him but she walked away as she wanted to be successful actor and she also knew that having a career and being his wife at the same time was just not an option. 

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Mumtaz while speaking to reporters opened up about one of her last meetings with the late actor and recalling those memories, she broke down.

Mumtaz later shared that it Shammi’s wife Neela Devi who invited him for his birthday party. “Shammi ji’s wife (Neela Devi) called me and I said ‘It’s lovely to hear your voice’. She said that he has asked her to invite me for the party,” she recalled.

Mumtaz further added, “When I entered, I saw him. He was sitting on a wheelchair and he had red wine in his hand. I didn’t know how bad his health was. So, when I entered I looked at him and asked, ‘why are you drinking?’. He called me near him and asked me to sit. He said, ‘you know I like drinking, I always have’ and I said, ‘yeah’. So, there I got to know that he had few months to live.”

Mumtaz had tears in her eyes as she recalled this meeting. “I am sorry, I am feeling bad. So he (Shammi) said ‘don’t you think I should drink?’ I said ‘I am very sorry. I didn’t know that. If this is the situation, then you should enjoy your life, be happy.’ After that I sat for a while and left for home. But it was so sad. I am a very emotional person. Voh manzar aaj bhi mujhe yaad hai. Main kabhi bhi nahi bhulungi. (I still remember that scene. I will never forget it.)”

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- With inputs from agencies

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