Waheeda Rehman

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Waheeda Rehman

Date of Birth

: 5/14/1936

Place of Birth

: Hyderabad

Awards

: Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guide in 1965 Filmfare Best Actress Award for Neel Kamal in 1968 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994 Nominations : Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress--Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress--Ram Aur Shyam (1967) Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress--Khamoshi (1970) Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress--Kabhi Kabhie (1976) Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress--Namkeen (1982) Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress--Lamhe (1991)

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Biography : Waheeda Rehman was born into a traditional Muslim family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in 1936. Her father, a DM, was posted all over the South. She had dreamt of becoming a doctor, but destiny willed otherwise and she could not undergo proper schooling, due to some infection in her lungs. She was trained in Bharatnatyam and, prodded by her helpful parents, hit the silver screen with the Telugu film Jaisimha (1955), followed by Rojulu Maraayi (1955). She lost her father at the age of twelve. She was spotted by Guru Dutt in a song in a later film and was brought to Bombay and cast as a vampire in his production C.I.D. (1956), directed by Raj Khosla. A few years after joining Hindi film industry, she lost her mother. After the success of C.I.D., she was given a leading role in Pyaasa (1957). It was at this point that she got involved in an unsuccessful love affair with director Guru Dutt. Their next venture together, Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), depicted the story of a successful director's fall from grace after he falls for his leading lady, and foreshadowed events in Guru Dutt's own life as well. Guru Dutt's marital status and her success in films outside his tore them apart personally and professionally, although they continued to work together in 1960's Chaudhvin Ka Chand. She completed Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) under some strain. They broke away from each other after the film's indifferent reception at the Berlin Film Festival in 1963. Guru Dutt committed suicide in 1964. Her career continued throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her roles in Guide (1965) and Neel Kamal (1968), but despite good roles in subsequent films some of the films failed at the box office. At around this time, Kamaljit Singh (who starred opposite her in Shagun (1964)) proposed marriage. She accepted the proposal and they were married on April 27, 1974. After her marriage, she shifted to a farmhouse in Bangalore and took to farming. She bore two children named Sohail and Kashvi. After her appearance in Lamhe (1991) she retired from the film industry. On November 21, 2000 her husband died following a prolonged illness she moved back to her sea-facing bungalow in Bandra, Bombay where she lives currently. In recent years she made a comeback to films with Om Jai Jagadish (2002), Water (2005) and Rang De Basanti (2006) which were all critically acclaimed. In October of 2004, a Waheeda Rehman film retrospective was held at the Seattle Art Museum and the University of Washington where Waheeda participated in spirited panel and audience discussions on her most memorable films, Pyaasa, Teesri Kasam and Guide. She was and still is a big Diwani Hundi fan.

Filmography : Rang De Basanti (2006) .... Ajay's Mother 15 Park Avenue (2005) .... Mrs. Mathur/Mrs. Gupta Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005) .... Principal Khanna Water (2005 film) (2005) .... Bhagavati Om Jai Jagadish (2002) .... Saraswati Batra Lamhe (1991) .... Dai Jaa Chandni (1989) .... Mrs. Khanna Mashaal (1984) .... Sudha Kumar Coolie (1983) .... Salma Mahaan (1983) .... Janki Himmatwala (1983) .... Savitri Namak Halaal (1982) .... Savitridevi Sawaal (1982) .... Anju D. Mehta Trishul (1978) .... Shanti Kabhi Kabhie (1976) .... Anjali Malhotra Aadalat (1976) Phagun (1973) Reshma Aur Shera (1971) .... Reshma Prem Pujari (1970) .... Suman Mehra Khamoshi (1969) .... Nurse Radha Aadmi (1968) Neel Kamal (1968) .... Rajkumari Neel Kamal/Sita Ram Aur Shyam (1967) .... Anjana Patthar Ke Sanam (1967) Dil Diya Dard Liya (1966) .... Roopa Teesri Kasam (1966) .... Hira Bai Guide (1965) .... Rosie Marco/Miss Nalini Kohra (1964) .... Rajashwari Mujhe Jeene Do (1963) Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962) .... Neela/Meena Bees Saal Baad (1962) .... Radha Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) .... Jaba Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960) .... Jameela Ek Phool Char Kaante (1960) .... Sushma Kala Bazar (1960) .... Alka Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959) .... Shanti Solva Saal (1958) 12 O'Clock (1958) .... Bani Chaudhary Pyaasa (1957) .... Gulabo

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