Achala Sachdev is an Indian actress who mainly appears in classic Bollywood films. She is best known for her role as Laxmi Kedarnath, the wife of Balraj Sahni’s character (Lala Kedarnath) in the Bollywood film “Waqt” (1965). She is also popular for her role as Simran’s grandmother in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
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Achala Sachdev was born on Monday 3 May 1920 in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India (now part of Pakistan) (he died aged 91). Her zodiac sign is Taurus. When she was a teenager, she began working as a child actress.
appearance
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: black
family and caste
Not much is known about her parents. Achala was introduced to Clifford Douglas Peters, a mechanical engineer who owned a well-known business in Bhosali, through Yash Chopra on a film set in Mumbai. A factory for Morris Electronics, which produces diodes and other small electronic parts). Peters’ first wife was dead by then, and Acharla himself was divorced. The couple eventually tied the knot. After marrying Peters, Sachdev moved to Pune with her husband. They lived in a bungalow in Bhosali for some time and then moved to Hadapsa. Her husband died in 2002. Achara had a son named Jyotin with her first husband, who lived in the United States. In 2006, she visited him in the United States for her granddaughter’s wedding. She also has a daughter living in Mumbai with whom she has no contact.
Profession
as a radio jockey
Achala Sachdev started his career as a radio jockey at All India Radio in Lahore (pre-Partition India). She then worked at All India Radio in Delhi.
as an actor
Acharla started her career as an actress in 1938 with the Hindi film “The Fashionable Wife”. Next, she appeared in Bollywood films such as “Rahi” (1952), “Sabse Bada Rupaiya” (1955), “Sampoorna Ramayana” (1961), “Dil Ek Mandir” (1963) and “Sangam” ( 1964). In 1965, she became popular for her role as Lala’s wife in the Bollywood film “Waqt”, in which the hit song “Aye Meri Zohra Jabeen” was based on her.
Her best known works include Mera Naam Joker (1970), Daag: A Poem of Love (1973), Chandni (1989) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).
Achala Sachdev as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
She also appeared in the films “The Nine Hours of Rama” (1963) and “The Housekeeper” (1963).
In her career that spanned approximately 74 years, Atchara acted in more than 250 films. The last film she acted in was Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003). Achala plays a cameo in the film.
die
After the death of Achara’s husband Clifford Douglas Peters, she lived alone in Pune. On September 8, 2011, she slipped and fell in the kitchen, breaking her leg. Following the incident, Achala was admitted to Pune Hospital and Research Center by her caregivers but was discharged soon after. On October 21, 2011, she was readmitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with multiple embolisms in her brain, resulting in quadriplegia – complete paralysis of the limbs and trunk. The condition further resulted in her becoming completely paralyzed and losing her vision. Achara passed away on April 30, 2012.
Achara Sachdev hospitalized
Facts/Trivia
- Achara likes to meditate. After her husband’s death in 2002, Atchara spent much of her time meditating, listening to meditative music, and giving sermons.
- Five years before her death, Achala donated her Pune apartment to the charitable organization Janseva Foundation. In return, the organization’s founder and chairman, Dr. Vinod Shah, took upon himself the responsibility of caring for her as long as she lived.
- According to reports, no Bollywood celebrities visited her while she was admitted and undergoing treatment at a hospital in Pune before her death.
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