Mumtaz

What draws me to Mumtaz isn't the stardom but the climb. She began as a child actor and slogged through B-grade films before turning herself into one of the highest-paid leading ladies of the late 1960s and early 1970s. That arc tells me everything about her grit. Filmfare wins and an IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award are the headline, but the real story sits in the unglamorous years that came first. I respect performers who earn their place rather than inherit it, and Mumtaz clearly earned hers the long, patient way.

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Name (English)

Mumtaz

Name (Japanese)

ムムターズ

Reading

むむたーず

Born

July 31, 1947 (age 79)

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Occupation

actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Boar

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Awards
• IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumtaz%20(Indian%20actress)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3111131

Tags

• Bombay State
• actor

Last updated

September 23, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.