Madhur Brij, younger sister of actress Madhubala at the inauguration of Madhubala’s wax statue at Madame Tussauds in New Delhi, on Aug 10, 2017. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal)

Madame Tussauds Museum, New Delhi

Madhubala was born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi, on 14 February 1933 (Valentine’s Day) in  Delhi. Her father, Attaullah Khan  was a musician. He married Ayesha Begum.  His daughter Mumtaz Jehan, later to be known as Madhubala, was a most beautiful actress of Indian cinema.

Her popular and famous  film was K Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam  opposite Dilip Kumar. This film was released on 5 August 1960, and became the most successful  on Box office.