Waheeda Rehman

Infobox actor
name = Waheeda Rehman


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birthdate = birth date and age|1936|5|14
location = Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
yearsactive = 1957-1991, 2002- Present
occupation = Actress
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othername =Waheeda Rahman
Waheeda
Waheeda Singh
Waheeda Kanwaljeet Singh
Waheeda Rahman Singh
Waheeda Rehman Singh
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notable role = Gulabo in "Pyaasa"
Kamini in "C.I.D."
Shanti in "Kaagaz Ke Phool"
Rosie/Nalini in "Guide"
Jameela in Chaudhvin Ka Chand
Jaba in "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam"
Hira Bai "Teesri Kasam"
filmfareawards = Best Actress: "Guide" (1965)
Best Actress: " Neel Kamal" (1969)
Lifetime Achievement (1995)
nationalfilmawards=Best Actress: "Reshma Aur Shera" (1972)
spouse = Kanwaljeet Singh ( 1974 - 2000 His Death )

Waheeda Rehman (Hindi: वहीदा रहमान) (born May 14, 1936) is a famous Indian Actress.

Early life

Waheeda Rehman was born into a traditional Muslim family in Andhra Pradesh on 14 May 1936. Her father a DM (District Magistrate), was posted all over the South and he settled in Vizag where she was brought up and had her schooling. [ [http://eenadu.net/htm/2vnewfeatureshow.asp?qry=12&reccount=12 e e n a d u . n e t - h e a r t & s o u l o f a n d h r a ] ] 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.

Hindi Films

She was spotted by Guru Dutt in a song in a film and was brought to Mumbai and cast as a vamp 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 overdosed on sleeping pills and alcohol in 1964.Waheeda Rahman was cast as "Gulabi" in Satyajit Ray's Bengali film 'Abhijan' in 1962, which she obliged canceling her usual schedules in Mumbai.

Late career

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, Kamaljeet (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 for 12 years. 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 playing elderly mother and grandmother roles in "Om Jai Jagadish" (2002), "Water" (2005) and "Rang De Basanti" (2006) which were all critically acclaimed.

In October 2004, a Waheeda Rahman 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.

Awards

*National Film Award for Best Actress for Reshma Aur Shera in 1971.
*Filmfare Best Actress Award for Guide in 1965
*Filmfare Best Actress Award for Neel Kamal in 1968
*Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994
*Taj Enlighten Tareef Award for contribution to the world of cinema in 2008

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)

elected Filmography

* "C.I.D." (1956)
* "Pyaasa" (1957) .... Gulabo
* "12 O'Clock" (1958) .... Bani Chaudhary
* "Solva Saal" (1958)
* "Kaagaz Ke Phool" (1959) .... Shanti
* "Kala Bazar" (1960) .... Alka
* "Ek Phool Char Kaante" (1960) .... Sushma
* "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" (1960) .... Jameela
* "Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam" (1962) .... Jaba
* "Bees Saal Baad" (1962) .... Radha
* "Baat Ek Raat Ki" (1962) .... Neela/Meena
* "Mujhe Jeene Do" (1963)
* "Kohra" (1964) .... Rajashwari
* "Guide" (1965) .... Rosie Marco/Miss Nalini
* "Teesri Kasam" (1966) .... Hira Bai
* "Dil Diya Dard Liya" (1966) .... Roopa
* "Patthar Ke Sanam" (1967)
* "Ram Aur Shyam" (1967) .... Anjana
* "Neel Kamal" (1968) .... Rajkumari Neel Kamal/Sita
* " Aadmi" (1968)
* "Khamoshi" (1969) .... Nurse Radha
* "Prem Pujari" (1970) .... Suman Mehra
* "Reshma Aur Shera" (1971) .... Reshma
* "Phagun" (1973)
* "Aadalat" (1976)
* "Kabhi Kabhie" (1976) .... Anjali Malhotra
* "Trishul" (1978) .... Shanti
* "Sawaal" (1982) .... Anju D. Mehta
* "Namak Halaal" (1982) .... Savitridevi
* "Himmatwala" (1983) .... Savitri
* "Mahaan" (1983) .... Janki
* "Coolie" (1983) .... Salma
* "Sunny" (1984) ..... Sita devi
* "Mashaal" (1984) .... Sudha Kumar
* "Chandni" (1989) .... Mrs. Khanna
* "Lamhe" (1991) .... Dai Jaa
* "Om Jai Jagadish" (2002) .... Saraswati Batra
* "Water (2005 film)" (2005) .... Bhagavati
* "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara" (2005) .... Principal Khanna
* "15 Park Avenue" (2005) .... Mrs. Mathur/Mrs. Gupta
* "Rang De Basanti" (2006) .... Ajay's Mother
* "Chukkallo Chandrudu" (2006) .... Hero's Grand-Mother
* "Dilli 6" (2008).... Hero's Grandmother

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References

External links

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* [http://movies.currentsamachar.com Waheeda Rehman]
* [http://www.filmsutra.com/telugu-film-news/waheeda-rehman-bags-ntr-award.html Waheeda Rehman bags NTR Award] at [http://www.filmsutra.com Film Sutra]
*A Film Retrospective in Seattle. October 2004 * [http://www.geocities.com/chchamuk_chchaili/WaheedaRehman.html?1092378902750]