Madhubala, also known as, Baby Mumtaz, Madhu, Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood, The Beauty with Tragedy, was one of the most stunning women to walk on the face of the earth. She had started her acting journey when she was just a kid and left for her heavenly abode when she was just 36. Her death was one of the most unfortunate incidents in the Indian cinema.
In a viral Twitter thread, Madhubala’s sister Madhur Bhushan reveals shocking details of the late actress’ struggles. The hole in her heart (ventricular septal defect) was detected when Mabhubala was shooting for SS Vasan’s Chalak in Madras 1954 and since then life became a struggle.
A part of the thread reads, “She had vomited blood. She was advised bed rest for three months but continued working as her films would suffer. While shooting for Mughal-e-Azam she was tied with chains and had to walk around with them. That was stressful. By the end of the day her hands would turn blue.”
“She’d even refuse food saying that she had to look anguished and weary for the jail scenes. The ‘feather scene’ between her and Bhaijan (considered the most romantic in Hindi cinema) was shot after the breakup. Due to her ailment, her body would produce extra blood,” it read.
“So it would spill out from the nose and mouth. The doctor would come home and extract bottles of blood. She also suffered from pulmonary pressure of the lungs. She coughed all the time. Every four to five hours she had to be given oxygen or else would get breathless.”
“She was confined to bed for nine years and was reduced to just bones and skin. She’d keep crying, ‘Mujhe zinda rehna hai, mujhe marna nahin hai, doctor kab ilaaj nikalenge (I want to live, I don’t want to die, wonder when the doctors will find a cure). During her last days, I was suffering from chicken pox and so was advised to stay away from her. But when the doctor said that she was sinking, I rushed up to see her. But she had passed away (February 23, 1969). She was only 36 to my 19. Though Bhaijan never visited her when she was unwell, he flew down.”
The thread also talks of the fact that Dilip Kumar visited her grave to pay respect. ( Zoom Tv )
