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Veteran star Aruna Irani has performed many pivotal roles in movies from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. The actress, who primarily portrayed detrimental roles throughout her youthful days, was rumoured to be married to the legendary comic Mehmood. However, in a current chat with Zoom, the actors refuted the rumours and clarified that they had been simply “good friends,” with Aruna even labelling Mehmood as her “guru.” She stated, “We did a lot of films together. We were very good friends, hum bahut acche dost the [We were very good friends]. At that time Mumtaz became a heroine and Shubha Khote got married. The makers called girls to work opposite him and they selected me. Usually, it takes time to get tuning right in comedy. Comedy is difficult but I learnt a lot from him. He was my guru, he taught me timing.”

Aruna Irani opened up about how she stopped getting movies as a result of rumours of her marrying Mehmood. She added, “Two of my films Caravan and Bombay To Goa – both were running in theatres and both were jubilee and I got a lot of praise for them… But I didn’t get work (afterwards). And this was because there were rumours that I had married Mehmood. But there was nothing like that. We also were fools not to clear it out. We should have called the media and cleared it. We were friends but nothing else and because of that rumour my track got changed in the Hindi film industry.”

There was additionally an incident the place Mehmood’s spouse requested him to cease working with Aruna Irani, the actress shared. She additionally recalled Mehmood telling her, “Bahut jhagde ho rahe hai, isliye hum kaam nahi kar skte [Too many fights are happening. That’s why we can not work together],” and he or she expressed her acceptance of the choice. “Prabhu ne phir doosre raaste khol diye [After that, God opened more doors for me],” Aruna added.

In the identical interview, Aruna Irani shared why she saved her wedding ceremony with Kuku Kohli a secret and mentioned the couple’s determination to not have youngsters. She stated, “I didn’t tell anyone about our marriage because he was a married man. I don’t know where this stupid news came from that I was not aware of his first marriage. His wife would come on the sets along with the kids. I knew about it. It was a tough decision to make. Somehow we got married. It was not a right decision for us to not have kids. But he fought the world to marry me.”

Aruna Irani began her appearing profession in 1958 with the movie Shikwa. She additionally appeared in lots of hits of the golden era akin to Patthar Ke Sanam, Aan Milo Sajna, Roti Kapda Aur Makaan, Jaani Dushman, Ghar Ek Mandir, and extra. Aruna has additionally been a part of tv exhibits like Tum Bin Jaaoon Kahaan, Babul Ki Bitiya Chali Doli Saja Ke, and Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki.