After independence, the trend of Hindi cinema changed rapidly and within 10 years, the industry got rare stars like Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Nargis, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman and Ashok Kumar. But as soon as the 60s came, the speed of this list of superstars doubled. 

In which the name of actress Mumtaz was also included. Mumtaz ruled Hindi cinema as an actress for about 2 decades. During this time she was known for superhit films with Rajesh Khanna. But do you know that before Rajesh, Mumtaz had done hit movies with other legendary actors. 

Mumtaz's pairing with this actor was very good

In 1962, Mumtaz made her debut in Hindi cinema through actor Nasir Hussain's film Doctor Vidya. After this, she gained a lot of popularity from Sunil Dutt's Khandaan and Ashok Kumar's Bahu Beti. But she got real recognition from Rustam-e-Hind i.e. Dara Singh's film Sikandar-e-Azam. 

Yes, Dara Singh was the actor with whom Mumtaz's pairing was very good. Both of them worked together in many successful films. At one time, cinema lovers started calling Dara Singh as Mumtaz's lucky man, because any movie in which she appeared with Dara Singh, its chances of becoming a hit increased. 

dara singh and mumtaz movies

Mumtaz worked with Dara Singh in many films in the 1960s. Most of these films proved to be successful in terms of success rate. The names of selected movies of these two are as follows- 

Heracleus

Storm and hurricane

tarzan and king kong

Sikandar e Azam

Rustam-e-Hind

Boxer 

Dacoit Mangal Singh

War and Peace 

In this way, the pair of Dara Singh and Mumtaz were seen together in about 16 movies. Whereas the number of films of the actress with Rajesh Khanna was around 10. These include the names of many cult movies like Aapki Kasam, Do Raaste and Roti. It is known that due to doing more action movies with Dara Singh, she was also called the first stunt woman of the industry.