By Jagmohan Singh Barhok

On Her Death Anniversary

इंसान किसी से दुनिया में
एक बार मुहब्बत करता है
इस दर्द को लेकर जीता है
इस दर्द को लेकर मरता है

There is no denyting the fact the Madhubala reigned supreme and was adored more than any other actress of her time in matters concerning beauty and allure( it includes,smile,playfulness coquttishness & shyness).Infact ,she was a vision of loveliless.She was also the one who bewitched and beguiled more hearts than any other actress who graced the cinematic world.Reknowned Hollywood director Frank Capra wanted to cast her in movies but her father discouraged his moves.Madhubala’s popularity can be gauged by the fact that her photographs regularly appeared in an American magazine titled Life known for its excellent photographic work in fifties.It was a weekly which turned into a monthly magazine in 1978 & became part of the lives of the rich & the affluent.Bestowed with titles like’Venus of India’,Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood ‘ & ‘The Beauty with Tragedy’ Madhubala,who enthralled millions worldwide died of a chronic heart ailment diagnosed as ‘Ventricular septal defect’,a hole in the interventricular septum is one of the four congenital defects of the condition of tetralogy of Fallot.Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is a type of heart defect present at birth. Symptoms at birth may vary from none to severe.Her beauty infatuated many Hollywood filmmakers & publishers.She was the first Indian actress to be featured in a Hollywood magazine- Theatre Arts, founded by Sheldon Warren Cheney in 1916.A full article in the magazine was dedicated to her titled “The Biggest Star in the World.

Many believe that if Dr. C. Walton Lillehei,the renowned American surgeon, also called” father of Open Heart Surgery” was born a little earlier or Madhubala had lived a little longer, she could have been alive & would have enjoyed a ripe age.

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Madhubala was rightly called the Epitome of beauty. Despite Enduring sufferings throughout her life, she always kept her cinema audience awestruck with her magical smile. I watched one of her old films, at a cinema hall in Kanpur, as a Tribute to the departed Soul, on the day of her death in 1969. Died due to a hole in the wall separating Ventricles.
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