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Madhubala’s sister, Madhur Bhushan, has rejected claims by actress Mumtaz that Dilip Kumar ended their relationship upon learning of Madhubala’s heart condition and inability to have children. Madhur stated the heart problem developed later, saying, 'She got heart problem much later. Dilip Kumar was nowhere in the picture.' The couple reportedly separated in 1957 during the making of Mughal-E-Azam, with tensions arising between Dilip Kumar and Madhubala’s father, Ataullah Khan, over plans for a film studio.
Madhubala was diagnosed with a hole in her heart after fainting and vomiting blood while shooting Bahut Din Huwe in 1954, according to Madhur, though she also mentioned Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) as a possible time. She was told in London, after Kishore Kumar married her and took her for treatment, that she had about two years to live. Madhubala died in 1969 at age 36. She and Dilip Kumar are buried five to 10 metres apart in Mumbai’s Juhu Muslim Kabrastan.
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