Dilip Kumar later revealed that her father eventually gave them permission to marry and was "glad to have two stars under the same roof." However, her father, who owned his own production company, wanted to make "a business venture out of their proposed marriage" according to Dilip Kumar, which he did not approve of, after which the relationship began turning sour. The "Naya Daur" court case happened in 1956 when Dilip Kumar testified against Madhubala and her father in favour of director B.R. Chopra in open court. This struck a fatal blow to the Dilip-Madhubala relationship as it ended any chance of reconciliation between Dilip Kumar and Madhubala's father. Reflecting on this, while Kumar said he was "trapped", Shammi Kapoor felt "this was something which went beyond him (Dilip) and he couldn't control the whole situation..."