Bollywood’s Marilyn Monroe To Come Alive

Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood, Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi or popularly known as Madhubala, charmed the audience in her hey-days, to date no actress could match up the persona of this legendary actor. In reality Madhubala’s life was melancholic, and she died a lonely death at the mere age of only 36. Lately Bollywood has diverted its focus on biopics from former Indian skipper MS Dhoni to Manikarnika- The Queen of Jhansi, Super 30 based on the life of Mathematician Anand Kumar, The Accidental Prime Minister on former PM Manmohan Singh, 83 on former cricketer Kapil Dev and many more; it is time for a biopic on Bollywood’s Marilyn Monroe. It might happen soon as there is news that director Imtiaz Ali has acquired the rights from the family that owns a company called Madhubala Ventures Pvt. Ltd, as per the source says,

He has acquired the rights from the family who owns a company called Madhubala Ventures Pvt. Ltd vide a Life Story Rights Assignment Agreement for the Hindi language only, under his company Window Seat Films LLP.” 

Madhubala started her career as a child artist with the film Basant and she debuted as a heroine in Neel Kamal at the age of 14 opposite Raj Kapoor. There are stories about her relationship with Dilip Kumar and her marriage with Kishore Kumar. She was suffering from ventricular septal defect and was bed-ridden at the time of her death. 

Imtiaz Ali is known for his unconventional movie scripts, he has given us some amazing movies like Jab We Met, Rockstar, Love Aaj Kal and Highway. The biopic that Imtiaz is planning could be as a web series or a movie, that’s still undecided. Also, who might play the role of Madhubala has not yet been decided. Previously, Madhubala’s sister Madhur Brij Bhushan shared, 

There was a time when I wanted Madhuri Dixit to play the role of Madhubala in her biopic but now it has to be Kareena Kapoor Khan as she has the same naughtiness that Madhubala used to have and she is a beautiful actor too."

Let’s see who lands up in the part. There have also been suggestions for considering Priyanka Kandwal, who is better known as ‘Tik Tok Madhubala’.     

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