Feroz Khan and Mumtaz shared a close friendship over the years. The actress did her first and ever bikini scene for ‘Apraadh’. They also did films like ‘Aadmii Aur Insaan’, ‘Mela’, ‘Upaasna’ together. In a recent interview, she spoke about her relationship with the late actress Mumtaz and clarified that there was no romance between them, even though they were very close. Feroz Khan also admitted to a woman he was not physically attracted to because he was very handsome, but they were not physically close. In a chat with Vickey Lalwani she said, “Feroz Khan always loved me. But take away his girlfriend, so we weren’t close physically. He was one of the most handsome guys in our film industry. Aaj bhi unki barabari mein koi nai hai. Feroz ko jab se jaanti hu tabse jab se unki shadi nai hui thi. He had an Anglo-Indian girlfriend. He was very close to her. I’ve known him ever since. But I don’t know why he didn’t marry her.’ He further added, “You may ask, itna khubsurat heroi tha toh Mumtaz ko offer kiya ya nai. Aisi duniya ki koi aurat nai hogi joh Feroz Khan ko dekhke na ho he was physically attracted to him. He was a good looking man. But joh khoobsurat aadmi hai ya aurat hai you have to be one, we both had to be Muslim, that’s right. Irani family. We are still very good friends with his younger brother (He was so good looking, no there is a woman who would look at him and not be physically attracted to him. But just because someone looks good doesn’t mean you’re in a relationship. He already had a girlfriend). In 1971, Mumtaz left the industry and married a Gujarati businessman, Mayur Madhvani. Interestingly, Feroz and Mumtaz remained such good friends that eventually, years later, his daughter Natasha married their son. Fardeen Khan. In the same interview, he stated that Fardeen and Natasha’s union was an arranged marriage, not a love marriage.
