Asha Parekh
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Mini Biography : Asha Parekh was born in a middle-class Gujarati household to a Hindu father and a Muslim mother on October 2, 1942 in India. Since she was an only child, she became the center of her parents’ lives. Her mother enrolled her in classical dance classes at an early age, and Asha excelled at dance to the point where she performed at stage shows. Famed film director Bimal Roy saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the tender age of ten in Baap Beti (1954). The film’s failure disappointed her, and even though, she did a few more child roles, she quit to resume her schooling. At sixteen, she decided to try acting again and make her debut as a heroine, but director Vijay Bhatt fired her from Goonj Uthi Shehnai(1959) claiming she wasn’t star material. Almost immediately, film producer S. Mukherjee and writer-director Nasir Husain cast her as the heroine in Dil Deke Dekho(1959) which made her a huge star. The film also led to a long and fruitful association with Nasir, who later became producer, and would cast her in the heroine role in six more films. Shammi Kapoor became her favorite hero and friend. They worked together on three more films, most notably the huge hit Teesri Manzil (1966). A fallacy that surrounded her was that she was generally considered a glamorous dancer/tomboy and not a serious actress until director Raj Khosla cast her in the tragedienne role in the hit film Do Badan(1966). The truth was directors and audiences knew early on that she had genuine acting talent. She easily compensated for non-actors like Joy Mukherjee and Biswajit, and she held her own against acting giants like Ashok Kumar. Important directors were casting her and repeating her in their films, but Asha also brought out jealousies from her female co-stars. Simi Garewal claimed that Asha tried to cut her part down in “Do Badan”, but Asha insisted that she never did that, and if that had been the case, Simi would not have won the Filmfare Award as Best Supporting Actress. The “Do Badan” team stood by Asha, especially the director, Raj Khosla, who would cast her in three more films, and Asha’s leading man Manoj Kumar would direct and star opposite her in his blockbuster “Upkar” (1967) which won the Filmfare award for Best Film. Although Asha earned the title “Jubilee Girl” because of the continuous string of box office successes like Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961), Gharana (1961), Shikar (1968), and Aan Milo Sajna (1970), she also hit a bump with Raj Khosla’s flop Chirag(1969). But it also garnered her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress and Khosla didn’t blame her for the film’s failure and in fact, cast her soon again and came up with a huge hit, Mera Gaon Mera Desh(1971). However, success brought controversy. |
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