- Origin: Iranian
- Was engaged to Yash Chopra.
- Her daughter, Natasha, married Bollywood actor, Fardeen Khan, in January, 2006.
- In-law of Hrithik Roshan.
- Family hails from Shiraz, Iran.
- Sister Malika Askari Randhawa married actor and pro wrestler Randhawa (Brother of Dara Singh). They have 3 children. A son named Shaad who is a actor. A daughter named Shehnaz who was involved with Kamal Sadanah in 1996. A daughter named Aalam who married a boy named Amrik in 2002. Amrik is the son of wrestler Harbhajan Singh.
- Mother: Sardar Begum Habib Agha
- Father: Abdul Sameed Askari
- In-law of Feroz Khan.
- Mumtaz was paired opposite Dara Singh in 16 films and 10 were box office hits.
- From late 1976 she left India and stayed in UK/Uganda as a home maker : Her marriage took place in 1974 but she stayed back in India till 1976 to complete her film shootings. (May 1974)
- Daughter Tanya is married to Marco Cilia.
- Daughter Natasha received a offer to be launched from Dev Anand. Mumtaz declined as she said her husband was against his daughters acting.
- Was engaged to Dara Singh.
- Daughter Tanya was approached for the film Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. When Sohail realized she had a very heavy accent when she spoke Hindi, he dropped the idea. Feroz Khan was also considering Tanya for Janasheen. He too later opted for another heroine.
- Was engaged to Shammi Kapoor.
- Was involved with Yash Chopra in the late 60's.
- Was involved with Mehmood in the early 60's.
- Gulshan Grover stated in his book that Mumtaz's nephew Vicky (Wasim) Khan attended Roshan Taneja acting school with him. He debuted in the film Bandhan Anjaana. He is the son of Shehzad Askari. Shehzad was the driver of Shashi Kapoor for years. Shehzad also acted in Mahesh Bhatt's Arth opposite Gita Siddharth.
- Her daughters: Natasha and Tanya.
- Mother-in-Law of Fardeen Khan.
- Cousin of actress Naseem. (Kabhi Kabhie).
- Her filmography is often mixed up with actress Mumtaz Begum, Mumtaz Ali ( Mehmoods Father) and Minoo Mumtaz ( Mehmoods sister). This mix up is due all the mentioned actors having similar names.
- Daughter Natasha was born on April 4, 1977.
- Daughter Tanya was born in October of 1980.
- Has two brothers Shahrukh Askari (who is into fitness and health) and Shazhath from her mother's second marriage.
- Husband's sister name is Kalpana.
- Brother Shahrukh Askari starred in the film Dhoom Dhadaka.
- Husband's brother was involved with actress Jyoti Bakshi.
- In 1976,Mallika Sarabhai was engaged to Nitin Madhvani. Nitin was the son of Meera Madhvani. Meera was married to Mayur Madhvani's eldest brother. Mayur is the husband of actress Mumtaz.
- When she saw the rushes of her film Loafer (1973), she thought it would flop, but it became one of the biggest hits of 1973. It did have one of her favorite songs "Main Tere Ishq Mein", which she and her leading man Dharmendra reenacted 50 years later on Indian Idol (2004).
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