Hindi Actress Biography
Raakhee (Hindi: राखी, Bengali: রাখি মজুমদার) (born 15 August 1947) is an Indian film actress, who has primarily appeared in Hindi films, as well as several Bengali films. She is popularly known as Raakhee Gulzar after her marriage with lyricist-director Gulzar. In four decades of acting, Raakhee won three Filmfare Awards and a National Film Award, among others. At the Filmfare, Raakhee has been nominated 16 times (8 for Best Actress and 8 for Best Supporting Actress), making her the overall most-nominated performer in the female acting categories.
Rakhee was born in Ranaghat, in the Nadia district of West Bengal on early hours of 15 August 1947, it was here that she received her early education in a local girls' school. Her father who had a flourishing shoe business was uprooted from his native village in East Pakistan, modern day Bangladesh, during the partition and thereafter he settled in West Bengal [1][2]
While still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly thereafter.
[edit]Career
Raakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta at the age of 20, after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970. It went on to become a big hit including its song 'Jhilmil sitaron ka aangan hoga...'[3]
She again shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. Consequently she established herself as a popular and major Hindi heroine acting with the best co-stars and directors, in several blockbusters like Heera Panna (1973), Daag (1973), Blackmail (1973) and Tapasya (1976).
To her great advantage she formed an extremely popular romantic pairing with leading Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. They went on to star in no less than eight hit films: Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Kasme Vaade (1978), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Jurmana (1979), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), and Bemisal (1982). With her main focus on good roles rather than star status, Raakhee raised eyebrows when she did not hesitate to play Amithab's elder sister-in-law in Shaan (1980) and even his mother in Shakti (1982), when their romantic pairing was still at the height of its popularity. She also played his dead mother in Lawaaris (1981). She acted in other Bengali films such as Paroma (1984) to great acclaim.
Towards the mid-1980s and 1990s she played elderly mother—usually a bereaved and bitter widow whose husband died at the hands of ruthless villains—or supporting roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999).
Her last film was Shubho Mahurat in 2003 for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she has since retired from the film industry.
[edit]Personal life
In her second marriage, she married film director, poet and lyricist, Gulzar. The couple had a daughter, Meghna Gulzar (Bosky), though when their daughter was only one year old, they separated but never divorced. Meghna Gulzar grew up with her father Gulzar and after completing her graduation in films from New York University, went on to become a film director, of films like Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan,[4] and also authored the biography of her father Gulzar, in 2004.[5]
At one point, Raakhee stayed in her bungalow, Muktangan on Sarojini Road in Khar, Mumbai, later she sold off the property and moved to an apartment two buildings away, though the new high rise is still called by the same name, as she had wished. These days she mostly stays in the Panvel farmhouse on Mumbai outskirts.[6]
Nirupa Roy (4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films. Roy was mostly known for portraying character roles of the Indian mother. She played leading roles in her early films and started playing mother roles during the 1970s–80s. Her acting career spanned more than 50 years, and she acted in more than 250 films. She was referred to as the "queen of misery" in Hindi film circles.
Nirupa Roy was born as Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad, Gujarat.
She was married to Kamal Roy when she was 15 and moved to Mumbai. They have two sons, Yogesh and Kiran. She was very friendly with actress Shyama.
She died, after having a cardiac arrest, in Mumbai on 13 October 2004 at the age of 73. She was regarded as the greatest "Maa" of all times in Bollywood.
[edit]Career
In 1946, Roy and her husband responded to an advertisement in a Gujarati paper looking for actors. She was selected and started her acting career with the Gujarati film Ranakdevi. The same year she acted in her first Hindi film, Amar Raj. One of her popular films was Do Bigha Zameen (1953). She largely played mythological characters in the films of the 1940s and 50s. Her image of a goddess was very strong and people would visit her home and seek her blessings.
Among her co-stars were Trilok Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Balraj Sahni and Ashok Kumar.
In the 1970s, her roles as mother to the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother. Her role in Deewar (1975) and its dialogues with reference to a mother and son are used as clichés. She often lost her kids in her movies and was given the worst babysitter award in MTV Fully Faltoo awards (a parody of the Filmfare Awards). She is considered as one of the best character artistes in Indian cinema.
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Raakhee (Hindi: राखी, Bengali: রাখি মজুমদার) (born 15 August 1947) is an Indian film actress, who has primarily appeared in Hindi films, as well as several Bengali films. She is popularly known as Raakhee Gulzar after her marriage with lyricist-director Gulzar. In four decades of acting, Raakhee won three Filmfare Awards and a National Film Award, among others. At the Filmfare, Raakhee has been nominated 16 times (8 for Best Actress and 8 for Best Supporting Actress), making her the overall most-nominated performer in the female acting categories.
Rakhee was born in Ranaghat, in the Nadia district of West Bengal on early hours of 15 August 1947, it was here that she received her early education in a local girls' school. Her father who had a flourishing shoe business was uprooted from his native village in East Pakistan, modern day Bangladesh, during the partition and thereafter he settled in West Bengal [1][2]
While still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly thereafter.
[edit]Career
Raakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta at the age of 20, after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970. It went on to become a big hit including its song 'Jhilmil sitaron ka aangan hoga...'[3]
She again shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. Consequently she established herself as a popular and major Hindi heroine acting with the best co-stars and directors, in several blockbusters like Heera Panna (1973), Daag (1973), Blackmail (1973) and Tapasya (1976).
To her great advantage she formed an extremely popular romantic pairing with leading Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan. They went on to star in no less than eight hit films: Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Kasme Vaade (1978), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Jurmana (1979), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), and Bemisal (1982). With her main focus on good roles rather than star status, Raakhee raised eyebrows when she did not hesitate to play Amithab's elder sister-in-law in Shaan (1980) and even his mother in Shakti (1982), when their romantic pairing was still at the height of its popularity. She also played his dead mother in Lawaaris (1981). She acted in other Bengali films such as Paroma (1984) to great acclaim.
Towards the mid-1980s and 1990s she played elderly mother—usually a bereaved and bitter widow whose husband died at the hands of ruthless villains—or supporting roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999).
Her last film was Shubho Mahurat in 2003 for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she has since retired from the film industry.
[edit]Personal life
In her second marriage, she married film director, poet and lyricist, Gulzar. The couple had a daughter, Meghna Gulzar (Bosky), though when their daughter was only one year old, they separated but never divorced. Meghna Gulzar grew up with her father Gulzar and after completing her graduation in films from New York University, went on to become a film director, of films like Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan,[4] and also authored the biography of her father Gulzar, in 2004.[5]
At one point, Raakhee stayed in her bungalow, Muktangan on Sarojini Road in Khar, Mumbai, later she sold off the property and moved to an apartment two buildings away, though the new high rise is still called by the same name, as she had wished. These days she mostly stays in the Panvel farmhouse on Mumbai outskirts.[6]
Nirupa Roy (4 January 1931 – 13 October 2004) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films. Roy was mostly known for portraying character roles of the Indian mother. She played leading roles in her early films and started playing mother roles during the 1970s–80s. Her acting career spanned more than 50 years, and she acted in more than 250 films. She was referred to as the "queen of misery" in Hindi film circles.
Nirupa Roy was born as Kokila Kishorechandra Bulsara in Valsad, Gujarat.
She was married to Kamal Roy when she was 15 and moved to Mumbai. They have two sons, Yogesh and Kiran. She was very friendly with actress Shyama.
She died, after having a cardiac arrest, in Mumbai on 13 October 2004 at the age of 73. She was regarded as the greatest "Maa" of all times in Bollywood.
[edit]Career
In 1946, Roy and her husband responded to an advertisement in a Gujarati paper looking for actors. She was selected and started her acting career with the Gujarati film Ranakdevi. The same year she acted in her first Hindi film, Amar Raj. One of her popular films was Do Bigha Zameen (1953). She largely played mythological characters in the films of the 1940s and 50s. Her image of a goddess was very strong and people would visit her home and seek her blessings.
Among her co-stars were Trilok Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, Balraj Sahni and Ashok Kumar.
In the 1970s, her roles as mother to the characters played by Amitabh Bachchan made her name synonymous to the impoverished suffering mother. Her role in Deewar (1975) and its dialogues with reference to a mother and son are used as clichés. She often lost her kids in her movies and was given the worst babysitter award in MTV Fully Faltoo awards (a parody of the Filmfare Awards). She is considered as one of the best character artistes in Indian cinema.
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