Waheeda Rehman, who made her debut 68 years in the past and went on to behave in cult classics similar to ”Pyaasa” and ”Guide”, was on Tuesday named recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the federal government’s highest recognition within the subject of cinema.

”I’m doubly completely happy as a result of it’s Dev Anand’s birthday. I feel ‘taufa unko milna tha, mujhe mil gaya’,” Rehman instructed PTI on the start centenary of her frequent collaborator.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur made the announcement on X. ”I really feel an immense sense of happiness and honour in asserting that Waheeda Rehman ji is being bestowed with the celebrated Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award this yr for her stellar contribution to Indian Cinema,” Thakur wrote on the microblogging web site.

The award for the yr 2021 shall be introduced in the course of the 69th National Film awards ceremony.

The five-member jury comprised Rehman’s shut good friend and final yr’s Dadasaheb award winner Asha Parekh, actors Chiranjeevi, Paresh Rawal and Prosenjit Chatterjee in addition to filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

Regarded as one of many most interesting actors of the nation, Rehman, additionally an completed Bharatanatyam dancer, made her debut in Hindi cinema with Guru Dutt’s ”CID” reverse Dev Anand. After that dazzling starting got here a string of arthouse and mainstream movies, the actor comfortably straddling the dual worlds of ”Kaagaz ke Phool” and ”Ram aur Shyam”. The exceptional profession spanning greater than six a long time and 90 movies in several languages noticed her segue from black and white to color, and from lead roles to character cameos. Some of her most memorable performances had been with Guru Dutt — ”Pyaasa”, ”Kaagaz Ke Phool”, ”Sahib Bibi aur Ghulam” and ”Chaudhvin Ka Chand”. With Dev Anand got here the a lot liked ”Guide” and ”Prem Pujari”. The filmography consists of ””Khamoshi”, ”Kabhi Kabhie”, ”Reshma Aur Shera”, which acquired her the National Award, and ”Trishul”. Remembering Dev Anand, Rehman, who has earlier received the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan, stated it’s a double celebration. ”It may be very fantastic that his celebration is occurring and I get this honour. I’m actually completely happy and grateful to the federal government that they selected me go give this honour. So, it’s a mixture and celebration of this and Dev sahab’s a hundredth start anniversary,” she added. Born in Chennai, Rehman made her performing debut with the 1955 Telugu movies ”Rojulu Maraayi” and ”Jayasimha”. ”At a time when the historic Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam has been handed by Parliament, her being awarded with this lifetime achievement award is a becoming tribute to one of many main girls of Indian Cinema and one who has devoted her life after movies to philanthropy and the larger good of society. I congratulate her and humbly pay my regards to her wealthy physique of labor that’s an intrinsic a part of our movie historical past,” Thakur stated in his submit on X. Rehman, who now lives in Bengaluru, has develop into selective in her movie selections. In the Nineteen Nineties and 2000s, she starred in character roles in ”Lamhe”, ”Chandni” ”Rang De Basanti” and ”Delhi-6”.

Rehman can also be related to bringing to life a few of Hindi movies hottest songs — ”Kahin pe nigahen, kahin pe nishana” (”CID”), ”Aaj phir jeena ki tamanna hai” and ”Piya tose naina lage re” (”Guide”), ”Luka chhuppi” (”Rang De Basanti” and ”Genda phool” (”Delhi-6”).

Her most up-to-date movie look was in 2021’s ”Skater Girl”, a coming-of-age sports activities drama.

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