Raakhee (Now Raakhi Gulzar)(bengali,Hindi)

     

Raakhee (Now Raakhi Gulzar)

(bengali,Hindi)

Raakhee (born August 15, 1947) popularly known as Raakhee Gulzar (Hindi: राखी गुलजार) after her marriage with Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra), is an Indian Bollywood actress. Her career spans from the late 1960s to 2003.

Personal life and education

Raakhee originally from the state of West Bengal.

While still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly and unhappily thereafter.

She also married film director, poet and lyricist, Gulzar. She has separated from Gulzar but never divorced him.

She has a daughter called Meghna (Bosky) who had directed two films named Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan.

Career

Raakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970.

She shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. She has since starred in many more Hindi blockbuster films most notably Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979) Lawaaris (1981) Jurmana (1979) and Bemisal (1982) all with Amitabh Bachchan . She also did some memorable films like Daag (1973), Tapasya (1976) . She also acted in other Bengali films such as Paroma (1984).

Towards the mid 1980s and 1990s she played elderly mother or supporting roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999).

Her last film was Shubho Mahurat in 2003 for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and she has since retired from the film industry.

Awards and nominations

Won

• 1973 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Daag: A Poem of Love
• 1976 - Filmfare Best Actress Award for Tapasya
• 1989 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Ram Lakhan
• 2003 - National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shubho Muhurat

Nominated

• 1972 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Aankhon Aankhon Mein
• 1976 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Kabhie Kabhie
• 1977 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Doosra Aadmi
• 1977 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Doosra Aadmi
• 1978 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Trishna
• 1979 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Jurmana
• 1981 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Baseraa
• 1985 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actress for Saaheb
• 1993 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Anari
• 1995 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Karan Arjun
• 1997 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Border
• 1998 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actress for Soldier

Filmography

• Badhu Bharan (1967)
• Baghini (1968)
• Jeevan Mrityu (1970) ... Deepa
• Sharmilee (1971) ... Kanchan/Kamini
• Reshma Aur Shera (1971) ... Gopal's Wife
• Paaras (1971) ... Barkha Singh
• Lal Patthar (1971) ... Sumita
• Pagli (1972)
• Wafaa (1972) ... Saraswati
• Shehzada (1972) ... Chanda
• Yaar Mera (1972)
• Shaadi Ke Baad (1972) ... Shobha
• Janwar Aur Insaan (1972)
• Beimaan (1972)
• Anokhi Pehchaan (1972)
• Aan Baan (1972) ... Rekha
• Aankhon Aankhon Mein (1972) ... Parvati
• Heera Panna (1973) ... Roma
• Daag (1973) ... Chandni
• Blackmail (1973) ... Asha Mehta
• Banarasi Babu (1973)
• Joshila (1973) ... Sapna
• 27 Down (1974) ... Shalini
• Chameli Memsaab (1975)
• Mere Sajna (1975)
• Angaarey (1975)
• Tapasya (1976) ... Indrani \"Indu\" Sinha
• Kabhi Kabhie (1976) ... Pooja Khanna
• Doosara Aadmi (1977) ... Nisha
• Trishna (1978) ... Aarti S. Gupta
• Kasme Vaade (1978) ... Suman
• Trishul (1978) ... Geeta
• Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978) ... Kaamna
• Hamare Tumhare (1979) ... Maya
• Jurmana (1979) ... Rama Sharma
• Kaala Patthar (1979) ... Dr. Sudha Sen
• Lootmaar (1980) ... Raksha Bhagat
• Aanchal (1980) ... Shanti
• Shaan (1980) ... Sheetal Kumar
• Rocky (1981) ... Parvati
• Laawaris (1981) ... Vidya
• Dhuaan (1981)
• Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981)
• Anusandhan (1981) ... Rajni
• Baseraa (1981) ... Sharda Balraj Kohli
• Shradhanjali (1981)
• Yeh Vaada Raha (1982) ... Mrs. Sharda Rai Bahadur
• Taaqat (1982)
• Shriman Shrimati (1982) ... Parvatidevi
• Bemisal (1982) ... Kavita Chaturvedi (Sakhi)
• Dil Aakhir Dil Hai (1982) ... Kusum Desai
• Shakti (1982) ... Sheetal
• Bandhan Kachche Dhaagon Ka (1983)
• Zindagi Jeene Ke Liye (1984)
• Paroma (1984) ... Parama
• Anand Aur Anand (1984) ... Mrs. Arun Anand
• Zameen Aasmaan (1984)
• Saaheb (1985) ... Sujata Sharma
• Zindagani (198]) ... Sumitra Devi
• Muqaddar Ka Faisla (1987) ... Laxmi
• Dacait (1987) ... Devi Choudhrain
• Gold Medal (1988)
• Falak (1988) ... Durga Verma
• Ram Lakhan (1989) ... Mrs. Sharda Pratap Singh
• Santosh (1989) ... Rachna
• Jeevan Ek Sangharsh ... Dharam Verma
• Saugandh (1991) ... Ganga
• Pratikar (1991) ... Saraswati Devi
• Rudaali (1993) ... Bhikni/Euli
• Pratimurti (1993)
• Khal Nayak (1993) ... Mrs. Aarti Prasad
• Kshatriya (1993) ... Maheshwari Devi
• Dil Ki Baazi (1993) ... Nirmaladevi
• Anari (1993)
• Baazigar (1993) ... Mrs. Shobha Sharma
• Karan Arjun (1995) ... Durga Singh
• Kismat (1995) ... Geeta
• Border (1997) ... Dharamvir's mother
• Jeevan Yudh (1997) ... Mrs. Rai
• Ankhon Mein Tum Ho (1997) ... Ranimaa (Mrs. Burman)
• Sham Ghansham (1998) ... Ganga Satyadev Singh
• Barood (1998) ... Gayetri Sharma
• Soldier (1998) ... Geeta Malhotra
• Baadshah (1999) ... Chief Minister Gayatri Bachchan
• Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love (2001) ... Pratima Kapoor
• Talaash: The Hunt Begins (2003) ... Purnima
• Dil Ka Rishta (2003) ... Mrs. Sharma
• Shubho Mahurat (2003) ... Ranga Pishima
• Classmates (2009)