Waheeda was born in a Tamil and Urdu-speaking family in Chengalpattu-Tamil Nadu, India. Her father was the District Magistrate which led him to be posted in several places. Tragedy visited her in 1948 when her dad passed away. Her mom passed away in 1955. A year after her dad's death she appeared in a Telegu movie 'Rojulu Marayi'. Her role was as ...
Starred in the shelved film " Brides Wanted". (2004). Starring Waheeda Rehman, Girish Karnad, Anuj Sawhney, Sara Jane Dias. Directed by Girish Acharya. The film was about a NRI who gets help from his grandmother to find a bride.
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Waheeda Rahman played both mother and lover to Amitabh Bachchan. She played the love interest of Big B in 'Adalat' (1976) and mother in 'Trishul' (1978).
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Often mistaken as the sister of actress Zeb Rehman ( Preetibala).This is because they have the same surname.
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Often mistaken as a sister of actress Sayeeda ( Brij' s wife). This is because Waheeda has a sister named "Shahida".
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Often mistaken as the sister of actress Sayeeda ( Brij Sadanah wife ). This is due to Waheeda Rehman actually having a sister by the name of Sayeeda Rehman. She was also a bharat natyam dancer who performed on stage.
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Son's name is Sohail Rekhy.
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Her daughter Kashvi Rekhy was the script supervisor in the movie Mangal Pandey (2005). She was credited as Rashvi Rekhy.
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Waheedha Rehmaan was 2nd highest paid Hindi actress from 1966-1969 with Nanda and Nutan and 3rd highest paid Hindi actress from 1959-64.
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Her husband Kamaljit Singh was in love with her since 1964 when they worked together in the film Shagoon (1964).The film flopped but they continued to meet each other and in 1974 he proposed her and they married on 27 April 1974.
Nanda and Waheedha are very close friends and both spend a lot of time together, and often go out to eat out, including Dahi, Bhel, and Pani Puri - right outside Elco Arcade in Bandra, West.
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Her husband adopted the name of Kamaljit Singh to enter in films but his actual birth name was Shashi Reiki. He tried his hand in acting in early 60's but failed so went to become a businessman from 1965 and got settled in his business by early 70's.
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