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Profile of Waheeda Rehman
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Waheeda Rehman |
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14th May 1936 |
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New Delhi, India |
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Waheeda Rehman (May 14, 1936) was an Indian actress.
Waheeda Rehman was born into a traditional Muslim family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in 1936. Her father, a DM, was posted all over the South. 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 Jaisima (1955), followed by Rojulu Marayni (1955). She lost her father at the early age of 12. She was spotted by Guru Dutt in a song in a later film and was brought to Bombay and cast as a vamp in his production C.I.D. (1956), directed by Raj Khosla. After a few years of joining Hindi films, she lost her mother. After the success of C.I.D., she was given a role in Pyaasa (1957). It was at this point that she got involved in an unsuccessful affair with tragedy king Guru Dutt. Kagaz Ke Phool (1959), depicted the story of forlorn lovers - Dutt and Rehman. Guru Dutt's marital status and her success in films outside his tore them apart personally and professionally. 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 Featival in 1963. Guru Dutt could never really get over her and commited suicide in 1964. She continued doing films and most of them made her very famous. Her career continued throughout the 1960s, 1970s 1980s, 1990s and the 2000s. Though she gave some very good films after Guide (1965) and Neel Kamal (1968), they failed at the Box office. At around this time, Kamaljit (who starred opposite her in Shagun (1964) proposed marriage. She accepted the proposal and they were married in 1974. After her marriage, she shifted to a farmhouse in Bangalore and took to farming. She had two children from then on: Sohail and Kashvi. Sadly, in 1999, her husband past away following a prolonged illness. She cut down her film assignments and moved back to her Bandra Bungalow in Bombay where she lives currently.
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