Dilip Kumar and Madhubala apart from being a successful pair on-screen, were also madly in love with each other off it. After seven years of courtship, Dilip Kumar was said to be keen to get married to Madhubala. But her father Ataullah Khan was said to be against the match as Madhubala was the only earning member of the Khan family and he didn’t want to lose her.

Dilip Kumar and Madhubala in 'Mughal-E-Azam'