Renowned actress Shashikala shares her first encounter with the legendary actress Madhubala

However much praise of Madhubala falls short. “How beautiful is this girl?“, was my first thought when I saw her first film. Shashikala speaks of her first encounters with the actress Madhubala, and extolls her beauty. 6 pm each day she would leave her sets, on time, to get home. Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi (born 14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969), better known by her stage name Madhubala, was an Indian film actress who appeared in Hindi films. She was active between 1942 and 1964. Speaking in chaste Urdu, Madhubala’s sister recalls many instances about the famous actress, as her younger sister or even daughter. Madhubala was the middle of ten children. She did not realize in her childhood that Madhubala would touch the sky, in her lifetime. She was married to the famous Kishore Kumar. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collection from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000 hours of high quality broadcast imagery, m
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