Asha Parekh (born 2 October 1942) is an Indian film actress, director,
and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films
throughout her career. She was the highest paid actress of her time
and was one of the most successful actresses of the 1960s and 1970s.
She is considered one of the most influential actresses of all time in
Hindi cinema. In 1992, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the
Government of India for her contribution to the field of cinema.Asha
Parekh is a Gujarati born on 2 October 1942. Her mother, Sudha aka
Salma Parekh, was a Bohra Muslim and her father, Bachubhai Parekh, was
Hindu Gujarati. Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance
classes at an early age and she learned from many teachers, including
Pandit Bansilal Bharati.Parekh started her career as a child artist
under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh. Famed film director Bimal Roy
saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the age of ten in
Maa (1952) and then repeated her in Baap Beti (1954). The latter
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 to make her debut as a heroine, but she was
rejected from Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959) in favour of
actress Ameeta, because the filmmaker claimed she was not star
material. Precisely eight days later, film producer Subodh Mukherjee
and writer-director Nasir Hussain cast her as the heroine in Dil Deke
Dekho (1959), opposite Shammi Kapoor, which made her a huge star.
and producer who appeared in many commercially successful films
throughout her career. She was the highest paid actress of her time
and was one of the most successful actresses of the 1960s and 1970s.
She is considered one of the most influential actresses of all time in
Hindi cinema. In 1992, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the
Government of India for her contribution to the field of cinema.Asha
Parekh is a Gujarati born on 2 October 1942. Her mother, Sudha aka
Salma Parekh, was a Bohra Muslim and her father, Bachubhai Parekh, was
Hindu Gujarati. Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance
classes at an early age and she learned from many teachers, including
Pandit Bansilal Bharati.Parekh started her career as a child artist
under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh. Famed film director Bimal Roy
saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the age of ten in
Maa (1952) and then repeated her in Baap Beti (1954). The latter
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 to make her debut as a heroine, but she was
rejected from Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959) in favour of
actress Ameeta, because the filmmaker claimed she was not star
material. Precisely eight days later, film producer Subodh Mukherjee
and writer-director Nasir Hussain cast her as the heroine in Dil Deke
Dekho (1959), opposite Shammi Kapoor, which made her a huge star.
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