Tragedy Queens: These Timeless Divas Of Bollywood Had The Most Troubled Love Lives
Updated : July 10, 2018 05:52 PM ISTBollywood is what can be called the dream merchants of romance. The industry runs on love stories and even in real life it gives birth to love stories that can put any film to shame. While some end up in being fairytale romances and some gets lost behind the glitz and glamour, some are just remembered through the passage of time for the being the ultimate definition of doomed and tragic romance. Some of the most beautiful actresses of Bollywood who lit up the screen with their beauty and talent, actually had some of the most troubled lives ever. For these timeless beauties the search for true love remained elusive forever. While we gear up for tragic beauty Madhubala’s bipic that would throw light on her romantic misadventures, here are a few actresses of Bollywodo who were tragically unlucky in love and can rightly be called the tragic beauties of Bollywood.
One of the most beautiful faces to have ever graced the world of cinema, Madhubala was not only a pretty face, but one of the most talented actors that Bollywood has produced. From a humble start she rose to dizzying heights of fame and popularity and earned the title of ‘Venus of Indian Cinema’. But all her beauty and talent aside, she had an extremely tragic love life. She dated a number of men in her lifetime, but never found true love and ultimately died an untimely death.
Madhubala was only 17 years old when fell in love the tragedy king Dilip Kumar. Madhubala’s father who extremely protective of her did not approve of the match an thus they had to keep their affair a secret. But when Madhubala was replaced by Vaijayanthimala opposite Dilip Kumar in B.R. Chopra’s Naya Daur, her father sued the director and Chopra counter sued. The matter was dragged to court and it was during the trials that details of Dilip Kumar and Madhubala affair came to the forefront. Madhu
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