Zarina Wahab

Zarina Wahab is an Indian actor and former model, who was critically acclaimed for starring roles, such as Chit Chor, Gopal Krishna in the 1970s. Like actress Waheeda Rehman before her, Zarina came from a Muslim family in the Southern state of Andhra Pradesh. She was born in Vishakapatnam and is fluent in Telugu and Hindi. She was trained at FTII. Filmmaker Raj Kapoor wasn't impressed with her look, when he met her at FTII. So Zarina worked on her appearance and attended film parties and events, and the industry people took notice and decided to cast her in films. [ [http://www.parinda.com/profile/1012/zarina-wahab Zarina Wahab | Parinda.com ] ] She was usually cast as the middle-class, natural beauty. She had a major hit film in Basu Chatterjee's Chit Chor (1976) and starred in other films, such as Gharonda (1977), for which she earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress. [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ] She has acted in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam films, and has become fluent in Malayalam. She met her husband actor Aditya Pancholi on Kalan Ka Tika. [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031030/cth2.htm The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories ] ] They married in 1986 and have a daughter, Sana and son Suraj. Her husband is almost 15-years younger than her, and their turbulent marriage has been in the gossip columns, regarding her husband's temper and rumors of infidelity. [ [http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/kangana-ranaut-030506.html Adityas rishta with Kangana ] ] Yet, their marriage perservered and they are still together. [ [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1039294 DNA - After Hrs - ‘I have a short memory for bad things’ - Daily News & Analysis ] ] Her daughter Sana Pancholi has tried her hand at acting in 2006. [ [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2007/March/citytimes_March222.xml&section=citytimes&col= City Times - To be or not to be... like mum? ] ] Wahab's roots in Andhra Pradesh remain strong, as she prefers to watch Telugu films, and has encouraged daughter Sana to start out acting in a South Indian film, the way she had.

Zarina currently plays older roles in television serials. [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040208/spectrum/tv.htm The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television ] ]

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