Asha Parekh (October 2, 1942) was one of the top female stars in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973 and is said to have performed in more hit films than any other heroine.
Asha Parekh was born into a middle-class Gujarati household on October 2, 1942 in Bangalore, Karnataka to a Hindu father and Muslim mother. Since she was an only child, she became the centre of her parents' lives. Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance classes at an early age and Asha excelled at dancing to the point where she performed at stage shows and private functions. She started her career as a child artiste under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh in the film Aasmaan (1952). Famed film director Bimal Roy saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the tender age of twelve in Baap Beti (1954). The film's failure disappointed her and even though she did a couple more child roles, she quit to resume her schooling. At sixteen she decided to try acting again and make her debut as a heroine, but she...
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Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki is a 1978 Indian film directed by Raj Khosla and Sudesh Issar. It's about a man (Vijay Anand) in love with his mistress (Asha Parekh) but is married to a strong woman (Nutan). The mistress dies after giving birth to a son, and the wife raises him along with her own son. When they grow up, the mistress's son (Vinod Khanna ) and the wife's son become adversaries. The film became a huge hit and was the recipient of the 1978 Filmfare Best Movie Award. Nutan won the Filmfare Best Actress Award.
The title song sung by Lata Mangeshkar became an instant classic.
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As a daku, Vinod Khanna's role gave him visibility and made him a star. Dharmendra plays a reformed criminal who helps a one armed retired army man protect a village from the dacoits. Asha Parekh played Dharmendra's love interest. However, it was supporting actress Laxmi Chayya who stole the film by dancing circles around Dharmendra and Asha to the evergreen hit "Maar diya jaaye ya chhod diya jaaye, bol tere saath kya sulook kiya jaaye". As the audience holds its collective breath, the sexy vamp cuts the ropes that bind the hero’s hands after she has drugged the villains.
The film is particularly noted for a rural setting, and it became a super hit, taking second place at the box office for 1971.[1] It is also said to have many elements that inspired one of the box office champs of all time, Sholay(1975). [2]
The climax fights are still remembered for the realism and are very convincing although a single man is fighting a horde of bandits.
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Kati Patang is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It became a box office success. It stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations. The film is based on a published story by Cornell Woolrich titled I Married a Dead Man and had been filmed before as No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck. It would be remade by Hollywood again as Mrs. Winterbourne (1996).The movie also features Rajesh Khanna, Nasir Husain, Bindu and Prem Chopra.Madhvi (Asha Parekh) is an orphan living with her maternal uncle, who arranges her marriage with someone she does not know, so she runs away to her lover, Kailash (Prem Chopra), only to find him in the arms of another woman, Shabnam (Bindu). She returns to her maternal uncle, only to find him dead. She then runs away from there, and meets with a friend, a widow and her child at a railway station. The three travel together by the same train. Unfortunately, the train meets...
Pyar Ka Mausam is a 1969 movie under Nasir Hussain films banner. It starred Shashi Kapoor ,and the Nasir Husain fixture- Asha Parekh. It also had Bharat Bhushan , Nirupa Roy , Madan Puri and another Nasir Husain fixture Rajendranath. Two more Husain fixtures wrote the memorable songs: lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri and music composer R.D. Burman who also acts as comic relief in the film. The story was on Nasir Husain's favorite theme, a separated family whose members get separated at the start of the movie and after much action are reunited at the end of the movie. The theme song (Tum bin jaoon kahan) is sung thrice by Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. The song is a key part of the movie like the key songs in later movies of Nasir Hussain ( Yaadon Ki Baraat and Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin ).The key song helps in uniting long lost family/lovers in all three films. The film became a Silver Jubilee Hit. ...
Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke is a 1969 film directed by Raghunath Jhalani. It became a box office hit. The film stars Dharmendra , Asha Parekh, Balraj Sahni,Nazima, Bindu, Aruna Irani, and Rajindernath. The music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and the lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
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Upkar was a 1967 Indian Hindi film directed by Manoj Kumar. Manoj Kumar started his Mr Bharat persona and his brand of patriotism with this film. He played a village man, who sacrifices everything to get his brother educated. His brother ( Prem Chopra) goes abroad and comes back a selfish man wanting his share of the property.Also stars Asha Parekh as a doctor promoting planned parenthood, Kamini Kaushal and Pran in his first positive character role.The film won the top spot at the box office in 1967[1] and won several major awards....,
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Aaye Din Bahar Ke is a 1966 Hindi film produced by J. Om Prakash. It became a box office hit. The film stars Dharmendra, Asha Parekh,Nazima, Sulochna, Balraj Sahni and Rajindernath. The film is a musical romance with music given by Laxmikant Pyarelal. Anand Bakshi is the lyricist.
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Teesri Manzil ("Third Floor") is a 1966 Hindi film by Nasir Hussain films. It starred his regular stars Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. Nazima, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Iftekhar , Helen, K. N. Singh and Salim were part of the supporting cast. The film became a hit at the box office at the time of its release.Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.[1]Anil Kumar "Sona" (Shammi Kapoor) finds a young woman named Roopa jumping from the third floor of the hotel at night where he regularly performs as a musician named "Rocky." Roopa's younger sister (Asha Parekh) believes that her sister committed suicide because of a supposedly ruined affair with Rocky, so she comes to seek vengeance. She and Anil fall in love, but he doesn't know how to tell her that he and Rocky are the same person. A rich older man (Premnath) pretends to be Anil's uncle to impress Sunita and her father. A police detective reveals that Roopa didn't commit suicide but was actually...
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