The Venus of Hindi cinema wilted when she was only 36. It may be a small measure of compensation but Madhubala's early death has added immeasurably to her legend. One never saw Madhubala look anything less than gorgeous.
Starting work as a child star in the 1940s superhit, Basant, Madhubala achieved stardom at the young age of 16 with her Miss Mystery performance in the suspense thriller, Mahal.
Throughout the 1950s, she balanced the ups and downs of a demanding career with the knowledge that she was living on borrowed time -- she had a weak heart. Amazingly, her illness never cast a shadow on her luminous beauty. She also managed to maintain a cheerful full-of-giggles personality through it all.
Ironically, in 1960, at the time of Madhubala's greatest creative achievement -- Mughal-e-Azam -- she was declared not fit enough to toil in the studios anymore. Her creativity was stifled; and her marriage to Kishore Kumar was also troubled. The bed-ridden actress languished for nine agonising years before she breathed her last in 1969.
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