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Raakhee Gulzar

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Raakhee Gulzar (Hindi:राखी गुलजार) (born August 15, 1947 in India), also known as Raakhee or Rakhi, is an Indian Bollywood actress originally from the state of West Bengal. Raakhee Gulzar's career spans from the late 1960s to 2003.

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 Muhurat in 2003 for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and she has since retired from the film industry.

Personal life

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

She is now married to famous film director, poet and lyricist Gulzar. She has separated from Gulzar but never divorced him. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003. She has a daughter called Meghna (Bosky) who had directed two films named Filhaal starring Sushmita Sen, Tabu, Sanjay Suri and Palaash Sen and Just Married starring Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol. Meghna also directed one of the part Puranmasi of Sanjay Gupta's Dus Kahaniyaan.

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