{"id":294491,"date":"2025-04-30T22:03:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/yash-chopra-asked-mumtaz-to-marry-him-1000-times-but-she-friend-zoned-him-aye-moti-i-love-you-yaar-marry-me\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T22:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T22:03:25","slug":"yash-chopra-asked-mumtaz-to-marry-him-1000-times-but-she-friend-zoned-him-aye-moti-i-love-you-yaar-marry-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/yash-chopra-asked-mumtaz-to-marry-him-1000-times-but-she-friend-zoned-him-aye-moti-i-love-you-yaar-marry-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Yash Chopra asked Mumtaz to marry him \u20181000 times\u2019, but she friend-zoned him: \u2018Aye moti, I love you yaar, marry me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/data.indianexpress.com\/election2019\/track_1x1.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yash Chopra asked Mumtaz to marry him \u20181000 times\u2019, but she friend-zoned him: \u2018Aye moti, I love you yaar, marry me\u2019\" title=\"Yash Chopra asked Mumtaz to marry him \u20181000 times\u2019, but she friend-zoned him: \u2018Aye moti, I love you yaar, marry me\u2019\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"pcl-full-content\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/dilip-kumar-broke-up-with-madhubala-because-she-couldnt-birth-children-9973927\/\" class=\"\">Veteran actor Mumtaz<\/a><\/strong> admitted that the late filmmaker Yash Chopra, founder of the Yash Raj Films banner, was smitten by her back in the day. He was working as an assistant to his brother, BR Chopra, who produced a few films that Mumtaz starred in. She said in an interview that he would also show up at her house, and would propose marriage to her on a regular basis. But she was never romantically attracted towards him, she said, as she emotionally recalled his passing. Yash Chopra died in 2012, just before the release of his final film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, starring Shah Rukh Khan.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with journalist Vickey Lalwani, she was asked if the reports of Yash Chopra pursuing her were true. She said, \u201cNot once, he must\u2019ve asked me 1000 times. But I was not in love with him, so how could I have married him? I\u2019m exaggerating about 1000 times, but he told me several occasions, \u2018Aye moti, I love you yaar, marry me\u2019. But, you see, to have such a close relationship with anybody, you have to fall in love with the person. You have to be close to the person, and for that, you have to have chemistry. If you don\u2019t have the chemistry, how can you live together as a married couple? I never had that chemistry with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><ev-engagement group-name=\"contentLogin\"\/><ev-engagement group-name=\"myNotification\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ev-meter-content ie-premium-content-block\">\n<p><strong>Also read \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/rajesh-khanna-wouldve-been-alive-had-he-not-married-dimple-kapadia-anju-mahendru-9973995\/\" class=\"\">Rajesh Khanna would\u2019ve been alive had he married Anju Mahendru; sudden wedding with Dimple Kapadia was shocking, unexpected: Mumtaz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"osv-ad-class\" style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;height: 375px;margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<p>Story continues below this ad<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She said that she liked him as \u2018a director and producer\u2019, but it never went beyond that. \u201cAs a human being, he was one of the best people to be around. He would always make people laugh on set. I wept when he passed away. I was in London at the time. He\u2019d called me a little while earlier and told me to watch his new film. He said to me, \u2018Promise you\u2019ll watch it\u2019. I said yes. But he was gone. It was very sad, because he was a nice person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through tears, Mumtaz continued, \u201cHe was such a wonderful person. I don\u2019t know why he died so young. I don\u2019t know what illness he had. I\u2019m sure his family must\u2019ve tried their best, but they couldn\u2019t save him. His daughter-in-law Rani met me at a party, and she was telling me, \u2018Yash ji wanted you to visit the studio. When will you come? I\u2019ll give you a round.\u2019 I really wanted to see it, because it was his last wish. But it would be inappropriate to call and ask for a tour now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"subscriber_hide\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/subscribe\/upsc-special\/?utm_source=IESITE&amp;utm_medium=Banner&amp;utm_campaign=Inarticle\" title=\"Festive offer\" data-ie-event-category=\"Event_banner\" data-ie-event-action=\"Article\" data-ie-event-label=\"Desktop\"><img class=\"lazyloading\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-bottom: 10px;\" data-lazy-type=\"lazyloading-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2025\/04\/UPSC_banner_640x70.jpg\" alt=\"Festive offer\" width=\"640px\" height=\"99px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She said that Yash Chopra would show up at her house when she was out for work, and that her mother would say that he\u2019s a nice man. \u201cHis wife was a nice person too. I\u2019ve been to their house a few times. She entertained us very well. She was a very nice person,\u201d Mumtaz said. She worked with Yash Chopra\u2019s brother, BR Chopra, on two films, Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969) and Hamraaz (1967). In the same interview, she admitted that she was very attracted to <a rel=\"noamphtml\" class=\"keywordtourl\" href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/about\/rajesh-khanna\/\">Rajesh Khanna<\/a> and Shammi Kapoor, but she <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/raj-kapoor-didnt-allow-women-of-the-family-to-work-mumtaz-recalls-cancelling-wedding-with-shammi-kapoor-9974112\/\" class=\"\">couldn\u2019t pursue relationships with them<\/a><\/strong> for different reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '444470064056909');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/entertainment\/bollywood\/yash-chopra-asked-mumtaz-to-marry-him-1000-times-but-she-friend-zoned-him-9974194\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran actor Mumtaz admitted that the late filmmaker Yash Chopra, founder of the Yash Raj Films banner, was smitten by her back in the day. 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