For many young people today, Madhubala could be the name of a television series that did not work, or simply a name that is taken in passing, when we talk about the golden age of Bollywood. Very few people today would know that Madhubala was, and is still considered to be, one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the screen. This is the complete review of the book Madhubala – I don’t want to die, written by Manju Gupta.

The Madhubala biography is an important part of Indian culture and the glorious past of Indian cinema, as it is one of the few books that talks about Madhubala as both an actress and a person, and tries to find answers to questions in her personal and professional life. . life.

The book has quotes from peers, family members, and people closely associated with Madhubala, and could be considered a balanced account of the sequence of events leading up to the final moments of Madhubala, one of the first women to make her presence felt. in Hollywood too.

The book discusses in detail Madhubala’s personal life and, more importantly, the men in her life. While the book succeeds in creating a picture of the person Madhubala was, what is missing is a detailed journey from Mumtaz Jehan to Madhubala, the stunningly beautiful lady, whose love affair with Dilip Kumar is said to be the stuff that girls are made of. legends. .

The life of the book is the impromptu quotes Madhu’s contemporaries have provided and the detailed conversation the author of the book has had with Dilip Kumar and his ex-wife, Saira Banu.

For anyone wanting to research Bollywood from the 1920s to the 1950s, the book provides relevant and valuable information, but should be considered as an introduction only. Of course, no book can do justice to tracing thirty years of Indian cinema, but Madhubala offers just a small glimpse into the life of arguably the world’s most beautiful actress and a bygone era of Indian cinema.

The book strives to recreate in the reader’s mind all the situations and scenarios that a young Madhubala may have gone through in her life.

This is a must read for anyone who wants to know more about Bollywood in the golden age and of course for those who want to have an intimate reading of Madhubala, the face that no one forgets.