Mumtaz

“Be it career or marriage, spirituality helps you believe in yourself.”

“I am very good friends with Shatrughan Sinha.”

“I like staying at home and indulging in cooking sometimes.”

“I've kept alive my childlike innocence. I don't let anything or anyone dampen my zest for life. Now, that's very important.”

“I couldn't join my husband's business as, according to my father-in-law's unwritten convention, women of the house aren't allowed to meddle in the family business.”

“I'm a practical woman.”

“I wish I had 10 hands and were blessed with 48 hours a day! Work just does not seem to end.”

“I survived cancer thanks to the support of my family.”

“I had two beautiful daughters and a husband who loved me immensely.”

“To a certain extent, I can say I owe my career to Dara Singh because after doing films with him, I started getting good offers. I have very high regards for him. As a person, he was very protective about me and used to take care of me on the sets. He was very soft-spoken and a fine gentleman. He was disciplined and punctual.”

“I left India after marriage and built a home in U.K.”

“I never underestimated or overestimated myself. You should know where you stand. Moreover, you should have confi'dence in yourself because if you don't, what is the point of struggling? You don't know where you are headed!”

“Everybody loves me but I can't make everybody my close friend. I don't make friends easily.”

“I have no regard for people who say, 'I can't.'”

“Some years ago, I landed in Mumbai with no eyebrows, no eyelashes, or hair. I wore a mask over my nose and yet people came up to me and asked, 'aren't you Mumtaz?'”

“I have been a homemaker after bidding Bollywood adieu and, therefore, been a caregiver to my family.”

“Nobody can replace Dev sahab. He changed the trend of Indian cinema. He was an icon.”

“I had lost my mother during 'Boond Jo Ban Gaye Moti.'”

“I was just 15 years old when I did my first film, 'Faulad,' in 1963, opposite Dara Singh. Although I had worked earlier as a child actress, this was my first break as a lead heroine.”

“Dara Singh worked very hard to maintain his physique. I remember he would work in two to three films at a time and would work for 16 hours at a stretch. He would always do all his stunts by himself. His stamina was unbeatable.”