Meena Kumari and her tragic end is one of the heartbreaking stories from the dark chapters of Bollywood. A superstar, who died young, on the age of 38, after she completely immersed herself in alcohol and addiction. Reports say that when she died, her family couldn’t afford even Rs 3500 to pay the hospital. The doctor who treated her settled the bills in order that the family could take the dead body!
When the Pakeezah actress died, her contemporary and shut friend Nargis congratulated her in an open letter, which was essentially the most heartbreaking tribute by a up to date to her friend and competitor! Within the letter, Sanjay Dutt’s mother also recalled what pushed her friend towards death!
Maut Mubarak Ho Meena!
On Meena Kumari’s death, Nargis wrote an open letter, which was published in an Urdu magazine and it read, “Maut Mubarak Ho Meena, Meena, today your baaji congratulates you in your death and asks you to never step into this world again. This place shouldn’t be meant for people such as you.”
The Traumatic Marriage
The superstar and Kamal Amrohi fell in love and got married but it changed into a traumatic one owing to the actress’s stardom and the director’s decline as a creative spirit. A lot so that when Nargis needed to interfere and ask Kamal Amrohi‘s assistant to stop using the actress for his or her financial gain since she was suffering quite a bit!
Meanwhile, a slap incident made her move out of her husband’s home, but she drowned herself in alcohol, which landed her in a hospital. Nargis‘s open letter mentions how she tried cajoling Meena out of this addiction, but she couldn’t!
Dharmendra – The Man She Loved!
The letter within the Urdu magazine was translated and published in Yeh Un Dinon Ki Baat Hai: Urdu Memoirs of Cinema Legends by Yasir Abbasi, which has been excerpted in an article by Indian Express. The letter further said, “If Meena has ever loved anyone passionately, the person is Dharmendra. If Meena ever turned crazy in love for somebody, it was Dharmendra.” Nonetheless, after a misunderstanding, Dharmendra walked out of Meena Kumari’s life, and “Slowly, she began to inch towards death,” said the letter.
Meena Kumari died on March 31, 1972, on the age of 38, after scuffling with liver cirrhosis. Meanwhile, Nargis passed away nearly a decade afterward May 3, 1981, after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Dharmendra, alternatively, continued to have a successful profession in Bollywood, alongside a loving marriage of 43 years with Hema Malini. The actor was recently admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital. Following his hospitalization, a rumor suggested that the veteran passed away. Nonetheless, his relations confirmed that he’s stable and recovering.
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