Veteran actor Mumtaz opened up about her infatuation for Shammi Kapoor, and admitted that she wanted to marry him. But she decided not to because his father, the legendary Raj Kapoor, had a rule that the women of the family couldn’t work after marriage. Mumtaz decided to focus on her career, but Raj Kapoor wasn’t convinced. He refused to cast her in the film Mera Naam Joker, because he was afraid that she and Shammi might change their minds and get married anyway. She would have been required to wear short clothes in the movie, which didn’t sit right with Raj Kapoor’s idea of Kapoor women. She was asked about her relationship with Shammi Kapoor in an interview with Vickey Lalwani, and she said, “Shammi Kapoor was a very good-looking man, and I liked him. There is nothing to hide, nothing to deny. There was a 17-18 years difference between us, but I didn’t care. I wanted to marry him. Whoever he married is a very nice person, a very good human being, a good …

Veteran actor Mumtaz opened up about her infatuation for Shammi Kapoor, and admitted that she wanted to marry him. But she decided not to because his father, the legendary Raj Kapoor, had a rule that the women of the family couldn’t work after marriage. Mumtaz decided to focus on her career, but Raj Kapoor wasn’t convinced. He refused to cast her in the film Mera Naam Joker, because he was afraid that she and Shammi might change their minds and get married anyway. She would have been required to wear short clothes in the movie, which didn’t sit right with Raj Kapoor’s idea of Kapoor women. She was asked about her relationship with Shammi Kapoor in an interview with Vickey Lalwani, and she said, “Shammi Kapoor was a very good-looking man, and I liked him. There is nothing to hide, nothing to deny. There was a 17-18 years difference between us, but I didn’t care. I wanted to marry him. Whoever he married is a very nice person, a very good human being, a good …