Was there a fight between Sharmila Tagore and Mumtaz?

Sudha Subbiah

Was there a fight between sharmila tagore and Mumtaz? 

Veteran actress mumtaz has given many hit films to the industry. Mumtaz's on-screen pairing was most hit with Rajesh Khanna. She debuted at the age of 11 and worked in the industry for 3 decades. mumtaz was often in the news for some reason or the other. Her fight with actress sharmila tagore was also in the news a lot. mumtaz also reacted to it.

How was Mumtaz's relationship with Sharmila?

mumtaz had said in an interview to Rediff - I respect sharmila tagore a lot. She is more educated and sophisticated than me. I started working at the age of 8, so I learned everything while working. Be it sharmila or any other heroine, I did not have time to interact with anyone. In a conversation with Times Entertainment, mumtaz talked about her fight with sharmila Tagore. She had said- Actresses can never be friends. Not then and not even today. We never had dinner and hung out together. Their equation has been like this.

mumtaz had said- There was no competition between us. She was born with a golden spoon. She became a star after her first film. She got the lead role with shammi kapoor and I started with a side role. sharmila and I worked with rajesh khanna, that's why such news got published.

Let us tell you that mumtaz and sharmila have done films like Mere Humdum Mere Dost, Ye Raat Phir Na Aayegi, Sawan Ki Ghata and raja Rani together. Both of them worked with Rajesh Khanna. No film of mumtaz and rajesh khanna together has flopped.

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