shammi kapoor dara singh and now rajesh khanna a week before her 65th birthday mumtaz revisits men movies and marriage she was only 26 when she left the musty studios of mumbai to marry mayur madhwani head of one of the largest conglomerates in uganda and moved into manors in mombasa and london the last few months have given actress mumtaz a reason to revisit a world she left behind with ease the deaths of shammi kapoor dara singh and now rajesh khanna make the mumtaz story fresh again shammi who she loved intensely but couldnt marry dara singh who agreed to pair opposite a bgrade rookie and gave her stunt princess status and rajesh khanna in whose superstardom she shimmered right from bindiya chamkegi to jai jai shiv shankar their ditties rocked the airwaves and box office excerpts from a longdistance chatwhat memories of rajesh khanna do you carry with you i met him on the sets of do raaste he was choosy about his friends very reserved i was flattered to be his close friend i was voluptuous so hed always say aye moti idhar aa he was a perennial latecomer he wasnt strong on dance or rhythm so when we did combination shots main sambhaal leti thi the dance masters would cheat with his closeups laughs we had trouble doing the chal dariya mein doob jaaye prem kahani song but we managed somehowwhen did you last meet him rajesh wasnt meeting anyone for a while thanks to dimple kapadia and anju mahendroo i got to meet him at his bungalow aashirwaad we spoke about my fight against cancer and surviving chemotherapy dimple said they were ordering all the things he liked to eat but he wouldnt eat anything she joked that they ended up eating all the stuff i gave him duas and said hed survive his ailmentthey say shammi kapoor and jeetendra were in love with you i was lucky that men wanted to marry me there was an attraction yes but i didnt act on it id wake up at 4 am every day and reach the studios on the dot at 9 i had far too many responsibilities to have affairs there was no time for love and romance of course i was fond of jeetu dharmendra was an attractive man dev saab was so handsome but its not always necessary to have an affair with your costars you can admire them from a distance laughsbut shammiji was keen to marry you i was all of 18 and in love with shammi kapoor while we were filming brahmachari he wanted me to give up my career but i wasnt ready i had my family to look after i had lost my mother during boond jo ban gaye motiwhat comes to mind when i say rajesh khanna and shammi kapoorjaise meri life mein doosra rajesh khanna nahin ho saktawaise hi doosra shammi kapoor bhi nahin ho sakta is it true that heroes had refused to