Raakhee Gulzar's last Hindi film was Dil Ka Rishta (2003), where she played Aishwarya Rai's mother (Tia's mom). Her absolute last film before a long hiatus from regular acting was the Bengali movie Shubho Mahurat (also 2003), for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. She largely stepped away from films after 2003 (with only sporadic Bengali projects much later, like Nirban in 2019 and Aamar Boss in 2025).
What most of new gen doesn't recognise or understand, Raakhee was considered one of the great beauties of Indian cinema - who was also a phenomenal actress. Shoort, moon-faced, and with that signature husk and dialogue delivery, Raakhee - now age 78 - has won several major awards over her career, with the most consistently cited major wins being her two National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards. She finally was awarded the Padma Shri (India's fourth-highest civilian honour) in 2003 for contribution in the field of Arts.
Ash had mentioned that she wanted to work with Raakhee as her mother said there was a resemblance between the two - we didn't see it back then, but thanks to Instagram and other social media handles, you can find, rare, vintage postcards of Raakhee from the early days and she was indeed a striking Bengali beauty.
No comments:
Post a Comment