20 Facts About Waheeda Rehman

Veteran actresses have a strange charm of their own. They were not fit like the actresses today are, they were not accustomed to the wide variety of cosmetics and makeup tips that today’s actresses are, and they were not exposed to international fashion and yet, they were so beautiful that actors would forget their lines when they looked at them. They did not need any of the things that today’s actresses cannot survive without. They were mostly naturals when it came to acting and would start early, sometimes as early as 13, and they did not need acting classes because they were already so brilliant. Here are 20 facts about veteran actress Waheeda Rehman She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim fam >> Read More... :

1. Her Discovery

The actress came into Bollywood by pure chance. A legendary actor had come to visit Hyderabad for a very brief visit, when someone managed to persuade him to be present during a Telugu film’s premier. This film also happened to star a debutant, Waheeda Rehman, who was facing the camera for the first time and was all of 16. She impressed Guru Dutt Born on 9th July 1925, Guru Dutt was an Indian act >> Read More... so much just by her screen presence that Guru Dutt gave her an invitation to Mumbai.

2. Her First Bollywood Film

As soon as Waheeda came to Mumbai, she was given the chance to work in CID Crimes happens to anybody in this world. You canno >> Read More... , which Raj Khosla Raj Khosla was a director in the Indian film indus >> Read More... , who was then Guru Dutt’s chief assistant director was directing. The film also starred Guru Dutt’s close friend, Dev Anand Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by fil >> Read More... . After that, Waheeda stayed associated with Guru Dutt for the next six years, in which she could only collaborate with his production company for five films.

3. Her Secret To Success

Waheeda Rehman was a complete natural. It would just come to her the moments she looked at the camera. And when you saw her on-screen in black and white, you would not know if you were seeing a human or a goddess. She would look as though she was just being herself, and still manage to stun the viewers with how photogenic she was. Nutan was also somewhat like this, except that Waheeda was a lot more sensuous, which she would amalgamate with dignity and grace.

4. Her Many Relationships With Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More...

In the film Reshma and Shera, the actress played ‘ Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt was a great actor, director, producer, >> Read More... ’s love interest and ‘Amitabh Bachchan’s sister-in-law. Then in ‘Trishul’, she played his mom, then she payed his wife in the film “ Kabhie Kabhie Kabhie-Kabhie was a TV serial premiered on Zee TV >> Read More... ” and finally, in Delhi 6, she again played his wife.

5. Marriage

In 1974, on the 27th of April, she got married to ‘ Kamaljeet Kamaljeet was an Indian actor in the Bollywood fil >> Read More... ’, who she had starred with in the film Shagun. Then went on to have two children, who they named Kashvi and Sohail. The actress herself was born in the year 1938, in Hyderabad, and spent her school years and childhood in Vizag.

6. Her First Dream

Acting is not a very sure shot field, so not a lot of people decide to keep it as their priority. 16 year old Waheeda Rehman had very different plans that did not even come close to becoming a famous actress who ruled the industry. She had originally wanted to become a doctor, but fate had its own plans and she ventured into acting at an early age.

7. Guide Guide is a Telugu education TV show which aired on >> Read More...

days, it is very rare for a mainstream actor to be a part of artistic films that focus more or on the art than on making money. However, back in the days, actors would frequently play the leads in such films and subsequently succeed too. Waheeda Rehman and Dev Anand too were a part of the blockbuster ‘Guide’, that had been loosely based on one of R. K. Narayan’s novels. First it was made in English, and then in Hindi.

8. Her Range

The actress has frequently proven how vastly talented she is. She has been a part of almost every genre of film and done every sort of role, from that of a teenage heroine to that of an aged mother and grandmother. She has also been a part of regional cinema, having done Bengali, Telugu and Tamil films in the span of her career.

9. Her Influence On Nanda Nanda is a famous yesteryear actress, who had work >> Read More...

Actress ‘Nanda’ was another beautiful and veteran actress just like Waheeda and had worked with several actors and production houses. People were constantly awestruck by her beauty, including a lieutenant colonel from Maharashtra, who was a distinguished gentleman. They would send proposals for marriage to her mother and she would reject them all. Her brothers too would send her marriage proposals, which she would also reject. The only marriage proposal she did accept was that of filmmaker Manmohan Desai Manmohan Desai is an Indian film producer and dire >> Read More... , who was then a middle aged man. This was after persuasion from her best friend Waheeda Rehman. However, this marriage also could not happen, because Manmohan died in an accident, where he fell off the terrace of his residence in Mumbai.

10. Dev Anand

The first film in which Waheeda had been signed for was CID. The film was produced by Guru Dutt and had Dev Anand in the lead, who by then was already a big star. It is said that he was so handsome, girls would fall off their terrace as they looked at him. So the shy girl Waheeda did not know how to address such and resorted to Mr. Dev Anand.

11. Dev’s Reaction

When the heroine of his new film came up to him and said Good morning Mr. Anand, a surprised Dev Anand looked left and right, wondering who was being addressed. When Waheeda said she was addressing him, the actor forbade her to so henceforth, as it would create formality between them, and then he would not be able to romance her in the film. It took a lot of effort on Dev’s part to finally start calling him Dev.

12. Government Awards

In all, the actress has been honored with four awards from the government. In 1971, she was given the National Award for best actress for her the film Reshma Aur Shera, which had released in 1971. Then, in 1972, she was awarded with the Padma Shri. In 2006, she was awarded the NTR National Award and finally in 2011, she was honored with the Padma Bhushan.

13. Filmfare Awards

In all, the actress has won the Filmfare awards thrice. Her first award was for the best actress for her movie Guide, which she won in the year 1966. Then in the year 1968, she won the same award for Neel Kamal. Finally, in the year 1994, she was awarded the award for Lifetime Achievement.

14. Her Involvement With Guru Dutt

Guru Dutt had been a driving force in Waheeda Rehman’s life, as he was the one brought her incredible talent to Bollywood. Rumors of something brewing between them went around for a long time, but the actress never accepted them. When probed, the actress just refused to comment.

15. Her Love For Africa

The actress has many hobbies, but she has particularly loved photography for quite a while now. She was in love with the art since her younger days and therefore wanted to visit Africa’s National Parks.

16. Her Breakfast Cereal

Today in India, most people think of Kellogg’s when they think of breakfast cereal. However, it was actually Waheeda and a friend of hers who had invented cereal in our country. In fact, Kellogg’s had only just begun to enter into India’s markets when India’s Farmhouse Cereal, which was owned by Waheeda and her friend, was already a well -known brand in the country.

17. Her Sevaiyyas

Waheeda is also known to be a great cook. Especially on the occasion of Id, when she prepared sevaiyyas, which have become popular over the years.

18. Loss Of Her Parents

When Waheeda’s father died, Waheeda had to bid adieu to her lifelong ambition of getting a medical license and she ventured into acting. Then, when in the year 1955, Guru Dutt offered her the film ‘CID’, she left for Mumbai to pursue greatness, but her mother died in that year. Waheeda had been offered the role in CID during the success party of her Telugu film “Rojulu Maarayyi”.

19. Her Notable Works

Although the actress has been a part of her several films, her first notable film was in the year 1957, and was called ‘Pyaasa’, then in the year 1958, she appeared in 12 o’ clock. Then came "Kaagaz Ke Phool", in 1959, then in 1962, she did "Sahib Bibi Aur Gulaam". There was also "Solva Saal" which released in 1958, "Baat Ek Raat Ki" in 1962, in 1964, came ‘Kohra’, then Guide in 1965, which was followed by "Teesri Kasam" in 1966. In 1968, came "Neel Kamal". In the same year, she also gave another blockbuster, called ‘Aadmi’. Some more of her best films were ‘ Lamhe Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Namkeen’, Kabhie Kabhie and ‘ Khamoshi Click to look into! >> Read More... ’.

20. Current Age

Born in the year 1938, on the 3rd of February, the actress is 78 years old today.