Raakhee Gulzar

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Raakhee Gulzar

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: 8/15/1947

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Biography : Raakhee Gulzar also known as Raakhee or Rakhi, is an Indian Bollywood actress originally from the state of West Bengal . Raakhee Gulzar's career spans from the late 1960s to 2003. While still a teenager, Raakhee had a very brief unhappy marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas. She is now married to famous film director, poet and lyricist Gulzar. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003. She has a daughter called Meghna (Bosky) who had directed a film named Filhaal starring Sushmita Sen, Tabu, Sanjay Suri and Palaash Sen.

Filmography : Raakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970. She shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. She has since starred in many more Hindi blockbuster films most notably Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979) and Lawaaris (1981). She also did some memorable films like Daag (1973), Tapasya (1976) , Jurmana (1979) and Bemisal (1982). Towards the 1980s and 1990s she often played elderly mother roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999). Her last film was Dil Ka Rishta in 2003 and she has not appeared in any films since.

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