Waheeda Rehman is a veteran Indian film actress who mainly stars in Hindi films. She has also appeared in Telugu, Tamil and Bengali films. She has been named the “most beautiful” actress by various media platforms.
Wiki/Biography
Waheeda Rehman was born on February 3, 1938, in the town of Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, India (age 85 in 2023). Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.
She received her education at St. Joseph’s Convent in Visakhapatnam. She and her sister learned Bharatanatyam in Chennai from her Guru Trichunder Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai and Guru Jayalaxmi Alva, who were “Nattuvanars (people who train dancers and sing vocal rhythms with them in performances , called Sollukattu)” Doyen. In Mumbai.
Waheeda Rehman performs Bharatnatyam
She dreamed of becoming a doctor, but gave up her dream due to her mother’s illness.
appearance
Height: 5′5″
Weight: 55kg
Eye color: black
Hair color: white
family, caste and wife
Waheeda Rehman belongs to a Dakini Muslim family. Her father, Mohammed Abdul Rehman, a district commissioner, died when Wahida was a teenager. Her mother’s name is Mumtaz Begum. She has three sisters namely Sayeeda Malik, Shahida and Zahida. Zahida is the eldest sister.
Waheeda Rehman with sisters Sayeeda and mother
Sayida Malik
She is married to veteran film producer and actor Kamal Jeet (née Shashi Raishi).
Waheeda Rehman and husband Shashi Rekhi
She has a son Sohail Rekhi and daughter Kashvi Rekhi, both of whom are writers.
Waheeda Rehman and her daughter Kashvi
Sohail married Dehen Peldon.
Waheeda Rehman with her son Sohail, daughter-in-law Dechhen Pelden and daughter Kashvi
She is rumored to be in a relationship with veteran filmmaker and actor Guru Dutt.
Profession
She made her film debut in 1955 with the Telugu film Jayasimha.
Jayasinghe
She made her debut as a Tamil actress in 1956 with the film Kaalam Maari Pochu.
In 1956, she made her debut in a Hindi film with the film “CID”.
She made her breakthrough in Bollywood with the film “Guide” (1965) and became the most popular actress of the 1960s and 1970s.
She has worked with many famous actors such as Dev Anand, Kishore Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, etc. The biggest success of her career was Khamoshi (1970) opposite Rajesh Khanna.
From the mid-1970s, she ended her career as a leading actress and began her career in supporting roles. After starring in the film Lamhe (1990), she took a 12-year break from acting. In 2002, she made a comeback with the movie “Om Jai Jagadish”.
Awards
Government of India Award
- Padmasambhava in 2011
Waheeda Rehman meets Padma Bhushan
- Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award (October 2023)
Waheeda Rehman receives Dadasaheb Phalke Award from President Droupadi Murmu
national film award
- In 1971, she won the Best Actress Award for the film “Reshma Aur Shera”
Film Audience Award
- In 1967, she won the Best Actress Award for “Guide”
Waheeda Rehman wins Filmfare Award
- 1968 Best Actress for “Neil Kamal”
- 1994 Lifetime Achievement Award
Other awards
- 2006 NTR National Award
- Teesri Kasam won the Bengal Film Journalists Association Award for Best Actress (Hindi) in 1967
favorite thing
- Food: Bhelpuri, Panipuri, Bhutta
fact
- Dance is her passion and it is her dance that provides the foundation for her performances. She played a dancer in the Telugu film Rojulu Marayi (1955).
- During the success party of ‘Rojulu Maraayi’, Guru Dutt noticed Waheeda and decided to train her. Guru Dutt brought her to Bombay and cast her as a “vampire” in his production CID (1956).
- According to sources, Guru Dutt later signed Waheeda for three films on a salary basis without any audition or look test.
- When she was preparing to make her debut as an actor in CID, the film’s director Raj Khosla asked her to change her name because he thought it was too long. Waheeda disagrees; she says her parents gave her the name and she likes it. Raj points out that everyone has changed their names, from Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan) to Nargis (Fatima Rashid), Meena Kumari (Mahjabeen Bano) to Madhubala (Mumtaz Jahan); he further adds that she is adamant. To this, Waheeda replied:
I’m not everyone. “
- Some sources claim that before Waheeda signed her first Bollywood contract, she insisted on a clause that gave her the right to refuse an outfit if she didn’t like it.
- Dewanand is her favorite co-star. In her first film with Dev Anand, she was very shy and did not have the courage to call him “Dave”. Dev Anand said he couldn’t have a romantic relationship with her if she didn’t call her by her name. After some effort, she finally called him Dev.
Waheeda Rehman and Dev Anand
- She has made films in almost every genre and played countless roles, from teenage heroine to mother to grandmother.
- She considered her role as Jaya Bachchan’s mother in Phagun (1973) to be “the biggest mistake of her career”; because after the film’s release, people began recommending her for the mother’s role .
- Waheeda plays both Amitabh Bachchan’s lover and mother. She played Amitabh’s lover in Adalat (1976) and Amitabh’s mother in Trishul (1978).
- In October 2004, a retrospective of Waheeda Rehman’s films was held at the University of Washington, Seattle Art Museum, where Waheeda participated in lively panel discussions and audience discussions about her most memorable films; Pyaasa ( 1957), Teesri Kasam (1966) and Guide (1965).
- She loves making ‘Sevaiya’; it is something she will not forget to make on Eid.
- Her best friend is veteran actress Nanda.
- Even Asha Parikh and Helen are her best friends. The three of them are often seen out together.
Nanda, Waheeda Rehman, Helen and Asha Parikh
- She considers Guru Dutt her mentor.
Waheeda Rehman and Guru Dutt
- She learned Urdu and Tamil from her parents.
- She enjoys photography and is interested in wildlife photography.
- Waheeda sang with her own voice for the first time in the film Scorpion Song (2017). The film had its world premiere at the 70th Locarno Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland.
Waheeda Rehman as ‘Zubaida’ in ‘The Song of the Scorpion’
- Nasreen Munni Kabir wrote her biography Conversations With Waheeda Rehman, which was published in 2014.
- She is an ambassador for the non-profit organization Rang De, which helps people fight poverty.
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