What screen name did Devika Rani give to actress Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi?

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Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi, was a popular Hindi film actress who starred in several successful films in the 1950s and early 1960s. She was famously known by her screen name "Madhubala". Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi, famously known by her screen name Madhubala, was born in Delhi, India on February 14th 1933. She was Muslim and an ethnic Pathan, the 5th child of a conservative Afghan family of 11 children. In search of a better life for his impoverished family her father Ataullah Khan relocated them to Bombay. There they struggled for over a year, when Mumtaz entered films aged 9 under the name “Mumtaz”. Her first film was Basant (1942). She then went on to act in several films as a child artist. It was the celebrated actress Devika Rani, impressed by her performances and potential, who changed her name to Madhubala. Her talent was clearly evident and she soon garnered a reputation as a reliable and professional performer. By the time she was an adolesant her uncommon good looks and tall, lithsome figure, meant she was already being groomed for lead roles. http://weyouth.wordpress.com/2007/09/12/diva%E2%80%99s-of-indian-cinema-1/ [Added reference - McG] Mar 01 08, 7:09 AM