Waheeda Rehman
Gender: Female
Born: 14th May 1936 (currently 76 years old)
Nationality: India
Movies: 15, Park Avenue, Abhijan, Chukkallo Chandrudu, Lamhe, Rang De Basanti, Teesri Kasam, Om Jai Jagadish, Kaagaz Ke Phool, Reshma Aur Shera, Aadmi, Mahaan, Coolie, Solva Saal, Bees Saal Baad, Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Namkeen, C.I.D., Pyaasa, Aadalat, Prem Pujari, Namak Halaal, In Search of Guru Dutt, Mujhe Jeene Do, Dil Diya Dard Liya, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Patthar Ke Sanam, Ek Phool Char Kaante, Mashaal, Chandni, Sawaal, Kabhi Kabhie, Water, Phagun, Man Ki Aankhen, Shagoon, Mere Humsafar, Zindagi Zindagi, Dil Ka Raja, Dharti, Trishul, Baat Ek Raat Ki, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara, Delhi 6, Rakhi, Jyoti Bane Jwala, Sunny, Dharam Kanta, Guide, Ram Aur Shyam, Neel Kamal, Khamoshi, Kala Bazar, Jayasimha, Bayen Haath Ka Khel, Rojulu Marayi, Baazi, Maqsad, Kohra, Naseeb, Main Sunder Hoon, Alibabavum Narpadhu Thirudargalum, Palki, Man Mandir, Subah-o-Shyam
Waheeda Rehman (born14 May 1936), is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950's, 60's and early 70's most notably C.I.D. (1956) and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa (1957), 12 O'Clock (1958), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam. Her other notable works inculde Solva Saal (1958), Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962), Kohra (1964), Guide (1965), Teesri Kasam (1966), Aadmi and Khamoshi (1969).
One of the most prominent actresses of the golden era, Waheeda Rehman was born into a traditional Telugu-speaking Muslim family in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, British India. She and her sister learnt Bharatnatyam at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, where Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among nattuvanars taught and performed on stage together. Her father, who was a District Commissioner, died while she was still in her teens.
It is a common misconception that Rehman was born in Hyderabad. “It’s a long story,” she says, “When I was in Chennai, I did three to four Tamil and Telugu movies. In the first one, Kaalam Maari Pochu along with Gemini Ganesan a bilingual film which was made in Tamil
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