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3rd February 1938 Waheeda Rehman Was Born In Chengalpattu Tamil Nadu


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Date of Birth3 February 1938, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India
Height5' 1" (1.55 m)
Waheeda Rehman
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Waheeda Rehman
WaheedaRehman.jpg
Waheeda Rehman in 2012
Native nameவஹீதா ரஹ்மான்
Born3 February 1938(age 76)[1][2][3]
Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, British India
Other namesWaheeda Rahman
OccupationActress
Years active1955–1991, 2002–present
Notable work(s)Reshma in Reshma Aur Shera
Rosie Marco/Miss Nalini inGuide
Rajkumari Neel Kamal/Sita in Neel Kamal
Nurse Radha in Khamoshi
Spouse(s)Shashi Rekhi (1974–2000 his death)
Waheeda Rehman (3 February 1938[1][2][3]) is an Indian actress who has appeared in mainly Hindi films, as well as Tamil and Telugu films. She is noted for her contributions to different genres of films from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s. She has received a Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality, a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, a National Film Award for Best Actress and two Filmfare Awards for Best Actress, throughout her career. She has been cited as the Bollywood's "most beautiful" actress by various media outlets, a title for which she has received substantial publicity.[4][5][6][7]
Rehman was born in Chengalpattu, Madras Province (now Tamil Nadu), British India. She was in her teens when her father died. Her dream was to become a doctor but, due to her family circumstances and her mother illness, she abandoned her goal. In order, to help her family, she hit the silver screen with Telugu films, Jayasimha (1955), followed by Rojulu Marayi(1955) and a Tamil film Kaalam Maari Pochu (1956). It is in Vijaya-Suresh'sRam aur Shyam (a remake of Telugu movie Ramudu Bheemudu) in 1967 that she acted again under the direction of the topnotch Telugu director Tapi Chanakya who incidentally directed her movies Rojulu Maaraayi in Telugu (1955) and Kaalam Maaripochu in Tamil (1956).
Her first initial appearance in a Hindi film was in CID (1956). Later, she was seen in a series of successful films including Pyaasa (1957), 12 O'Clock(1958), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1961). Her other notable works include Solva Saal (1958), Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962), Kohra (1964), Bees Sal Baad (1962), Guide (1965), Teesri Kasam, Mujhe Jeene Do (1966), Neel Kamal and Khamoshi (1969).

Early life and background[edit]

Waheeda Rehman was born into a Muslim family in Chengalpattu, Madras Province (now Tamil Nadu), British India.[8]She and her sister learnt Bharatnatyam in Chennai, where Guru Trichunder Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and in Bombay Guru Jayalaxmi Alva, doyen among nattuvanars taught[9] and performed on stage together. Her father, who was a district commissioner, died while she was in her teens.[10][11]
It is a common misconception that Rehman was born in Hyderabad.[8] "It's a long story," she says, "When I was in Chennai, I did four Telugu and two Tamil movies. In the first one, Kaalam Maari Pochu (tamil) along with Gemini Ganesan a bilingual film which was made in Telugu and Tamil as Rojulu Maraayi, I did only a folk dance number in both Telugu and Tamil versions. However, it went on to become a hit! I was in Hyderabad celebrating its success and Guru Dutt happened to be there. He was on a lookout for new faces and heard that I could speak in Urdu. It is because he spotted me in Hyderabad that people assume I was born there."[8]
Her dream was to become a doctor but, due to circumstances of illness, she abandoned this goal. Instead helped by her supportive parents, she hit the silver screen with Telugu films Jayasimha (1955), followed by Rojulu Marayi (1955) andTamil film Kaalam Maari Pochu (1956). It is in Vijaya-Suresh's Ram aur Shyam (a remake of Telugu movie Ramudu Bheemudu) in 1967 that Waheeda acted again under the direction of the topnotch Telugu director Tapi Chanakya who incidentally directed her movies Rojulu Maaraayi in Telugu (1955) and Kaalam Maari Pochu in Tamil (1956).

Acting career and personal life[edit]


Waheeda Rehman in Pyaasa
Waheeda Rehman, started her career in films in 1954 and her first successful films were the Telugu films Jayasimha (1955), Rojulu Marayi (1956) and Tamilfilm Kaalam Maari Pochu (1955).
In the success party of Rojulu Maaraayi, Guru Dutt noticed her and decided to groom her and have her act in Hindi films. Waheeda considered Guru Dutt as her mentor. Dutt brought her to Bombay (now Mumbai) and cast as a vamp in his production CID (1956), directed by Raj Khosla. A few years after joining the Hindifilm industry, she lost her mother. After the success of C.I.D., Dutt gave her a leading role in Pyaasa (1957). Their next venture together, Kaagaz Ke Phool(1959), depicted the story of a successful director's decline after he falls for his leading lady. Dutt's existing marriage and her film successes with other directors caused them to drift apart personally and professionally, although they continued to work together into the 1960s (Chaudhvin Ka Chand). She completed Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962) under some strain. They broke away from each other after its indifferent reception at the Berlin Film Festival in 1963. Soon afterward, Guru Dutt died on 10 October 1964 in Mumbai reportedly from an overdose of sleeping pills and alcohol.
Waheeda Rehman established a great working relationship with Dev Anand, and together as a pair had number of successful films to their credit. The box office hits of the pair include CID (1956), Solva Saal (1958), Kala Bazar (1960),Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962) and Guide (1965); box office duds were Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1961) and Prem Pujari(1970). She reached her peak with Guide (1965) and was much in demand. Rehman was cast as Gulabi in Satyajit Ray'sBengali film Abhijan in 1962. She worked in comedy film Girl Friend in 1960 with Kishore Kumar. She was offered lead actress's role in films even opposite actors junior to her by experience like Dharmendra, but they flopped. But she continued to taste success in the late sixties when she was paired with well established stars. She delivered hits oppositeDilip Kumar in three successive years; Dil Diyaa Dard Liyaa in 1966, Ram Aur Shyam in 1967 and Aadmi in 1968 and some box office duds but critically acclaimed films with Rajendra Kumar – Palki, Dharti and Shatranj ; two films opposite Raj Kapoor – Ek Dil Sau Afsane and the acclaimed Teesri Kasam which was the debut film of Basu Bhattacharyya; a few films opposite Biswajeet like, Bees Saal Baad and Kohra; this helped her continue to get lead roles in the early seventies. Her career's biggest hit Khamoshi came in 1970, opposite Rajesh Khanna.
Her career continued throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her roles inGuide (1965), where she hit the peak of her career, and Neel Kamal (1968), but despite excellent offbeat roles in subsequent films, including a National Award winning performance in Reshma Aur Shera (1971), some of the films failed at the box office. Seeing her films being successful, Waheeda decided to experiment with roles at this stage of career. She accepted Reshma Aur Shera, opposite her old co-star Sunil Dutt, with whom she had previously in the sixties had hits like Ek Phool Char Kaante, Mujhe Jeene Do, Meri Bhabhi and Darpan. Her performance was appreciated by critics, but the film failed at the box office. But Waheeda continued to experiment with roles and accepted the offer to play a mother to Jaya Bhaduri in Phagun (1973). This she regards the mistake of her career as after this film flopped suddenly people started offering her motherly roles to heroes.
Film expert Rajesh Subramanian informs that Manmohan Desai had approached her on behalf of Shammi Kapoor during the making of Naseeb. In the song John jani janardhan, Shammi Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman make a grand entry holding hands. Incidentally this was the first time the two stars appeared together on screen. Later she also did Manmohan Desai's Coolie and Allah Rakha.
From the mid seventies, Waheeda's career as lead heroine ended and her career as character actor began. At around this time, Kamaljit, who starred opposite her in Shagoon (1964), proposed and they got married in 1974. After her appearance in Lamhe (1991), she retired from the film industry for 12 years.
In her new innings from seventies her successful films, where she played pivotal roles include, Kabhi Kabhie(1976),Trishul (1978), Jwalamukhi (1980), Namkeen and Namak Halaal (1982),Mashaal (1984), Chandni(1989), Rang De Basanti(2006). She played the central character in the Mahesh Bhatt directed film Swayam that starred Akash Khurana and Anupam Kher. She also appeared in a tele-series being directed by Gulzar.
In recent years she made a comeback playing elderly mother and grandmother roles in Om Jai Jagadish (2002), Water(2005) and Rang De Basanti (2006), 15, Park Avenue and Delhi 6 (2009) which were all critically acclaimed.

(L-R) Nanda, Waheeda Rehman, Helen and Sadhana
In October 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—although her most successful film is still considered to beKhamoshi, with costar Rajesh Khanna.
After her marriage to Shashi Rekhi (screen name Kamaljeet)[12] on 27 April 1974, she shifted to a farmhouse in Bangalore. She has two children named Sohail and Kashvi, who are writers. On 21 November 2000, her husband died following a prolonged illness. She moved back to her ocean view bungalow in Bandra, Mumbaiwhere she currently lives.

Filmography[edit]

[hide]YearTitleRoleLanguage
1955Rojulu MarayiTelugu
1955JayasimhaPrincessTelugu
1955Kaalam Maari PochuGuest Appearance in the song
"Yeru thooki povayae annae chinnanae"		Tamil
1955Alibabavum 40 ThirudargalumDancerTamil
1956CIDKaminiHindi
1957PyaasaGulaboHindi
195812 O'ClockBani ChoudharyHindi
1958Solva SaalLaajHindi
1959Kaagaz Ke PhoolShantiHindi
1960Kala BazarAlkaHindi
1960Ek Phool Char KaanteSushmaHindi
1960Chaudhvin Ka ChandJameelaHindi
1960Girl FriendHindi
1961Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka RajaHindi
1962Sahib Bibi Aur GhulamJabaHindi
1962Bees Saal BaadRadhaHindi
1962Baat Ek Raat KiNeela/MeenaHindi
1962RakhiHindi
1962AbhijanGulabiBengali
1963Mujhe Jeene DoChameli JaanHindi
1963Kaun Apna Kaun ParayaAshaHindi
1963Ek Dil Sau AfsaneSunitaHindi
1964KohraRajashwariHindi
1964ShagoonGeetaHindi
1964MajboorSushila MehtaHindi
1965GuideRosie Marco/Miss NaliniHindi
1966Teesri KasamHira BaiHindi
1966Dil Diya Dard LiyaRoopaHindi
1967Patthar Ke SanamTarunaHindi
1967Ram Aur ShyamAnjanaHindi
1967PalkiMehrooHindi
1967Ghar Ka ChiragHindi
1968Neel KamalRajkumari Neel Kamal/SitaHindi
1968AadmiMeenaHindi
1968BaaziHindi
1969KhamoshiNurse RadhaHindi
1969ShatranjMeena ThakurHindi
1969Meri BhabhiMayaHindi
1970Prem PujariSuman MehraHindi
1970Man Ki AankhenGuddi (Geeta)Hindi
1970DhartiJwala/Princess ChitralekhaHindi
1970DarpanMadhviHindi
1971Man MandirKrishna and RadhaHindi
1971Reshma Aur SheraReshmaHindi
1972Zindagi ZindagiMeeta SharmaHindi
1972TrisandhyaInduHindi
1972Subha O ShamShirinHindi
1972Dil Ka RaajaLaxmiHindi
1973PhagunShanta Bangan/Shamrao DhamleHindi
1973JusticeHindi
1974Bangaru KalaluTelugu
1976AadalatRadhaHindi
1976Kabhi KabhieAnjali MalhotraHindi
1978TrishulShantiHindi
1979Aaj Ki DharaHindi
1980Jyoti Bane JwalaMaltiHindi
1980JwalamukhiSavita DeviHindi
1982SawaalAnju D. MehtaHindi
1982Namak HalaalSavitrideviHindi
1982NamkeenJugni (Jyoti)Hindi
1982Dharam KantaRadha SinghHindi
1983HimmatwalaSavitriHindi
1983MahaanJankiHindi
1983CoolieSalmaHindi
1983Pyaasi AankhenHindi
1983GhungrooRani MaaHindi
1984SunnyGayatri InderjeetHindi
1984MashaalSudha KumarHindi
1984MaqsadShardaHindi
1985Bayen Hath Ka KhelHindi
1986SimhasanamTelugu
1986SinghasanRajmata VardhanHindi
1986Allah RakhaAdv.Salma AnwarHindi
1989ChandniMrs. KhannaHindi
1991LamheDai JaanHindi
1991SwayamHindi
1994Ulfat Ki Nayee ManzilenHindi
2002Om Jai JagadishSaraswati BatraHindi
2005WaterBhagavati (Narayan's Mother)Hindi
2005Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin MaraPrincipal KhannaHindi
200515 Park AvenueMrs. Mathur/Mrs. GuptaEnglish/Bengali
2006Rang De BasantiAjay's MotherHindi
2006Chukkallo ChandruduArjun's Grand-MotherTelugu
2009Delhi 6Dadi (Annapurna Mehra)Hindi
2013Love in BombayHindi
2015Vishwaroopam 2Tamil
2015Vishwaroop 2Hindi

Awards[edit]

Nominations[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Rachana Dubey (2014-05-15). "Waheeda Rehman's date issues". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 January2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to:a b http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1447973?c=people
  3. ^ Jump up to:a b http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96035018.html
  4. Jump up^ "I am not very keen on doing films: Waheeda Rehman". timesofindia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. Jump up^ "Interview : Waheeda Rehman". glamsham.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  6. Jump up^ "Waheeda Rehman : The Quintessential Beauty of Bollywood". firstpost.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  7. Jump up^ "'I did not consider myself beautiful' – Waheeda Rehman". india.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  8. ^ Jump up to:a b c Guru Dutt was my mentor: Waheeda/
  9. Jump up^ "Life dedicated to dance". The Hindu. 3 January 2003.
  10. Jump up^ Gulzar, p. 22
  11. Jump up^ eenadu.net-heart & soul of andhra
  12. Jump up^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436405/bio
  13. Jump up^ "The Winners – 1966". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  14. Jump up^ "The Winners – 1968". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  15. Jump up^ "Lifetime Achievement (Popular)". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  16. Jump up^ "Brajesh Mishra, Azim Premji, Montek in list of 128 Padma awardees". The Times of India.
  17. Jump up^ 32nd Annual BFJA Awards
  18. Jump up^ "The Nominations – 1962". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  19. Jump up^ "The Nominations – 1967". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  20. Jump up^ "The Nominations – 1970". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  21. Jump up^ "The Nominations – 1976". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  22. Jump up^ "The Nominations – 1982". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.
  23. Jump up^ "The Nominations – 1991". Filmfare Awards. Retrieved15 December 2010.

References[edit]

  • Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, ed. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan.ISBN 81-7991-066-0.

External links[edit]

  • Waheeda Rehman at the Internet Movie Database
  • Waheeda Rehman Interview
  • A Film Retrospective in Seattle. October 2004 *[1]
  • Popular Waheeda Rehman songs
  • Queen of Hearts an interview with Rehman published in The Hindu
Authority control
  • WorldCat
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  • VIAF: 9746303
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  • LCCN: nr96035018
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  • ISNI: 0000 0001 1872 8700
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  • GND: 141776110
  • SUDOC: 059544376
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