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Raakhee Biography

Raakhee Rakhee is an Indian Bollywood actress of the 60s and 70s who is married to lyricist Gulzar.

PERSONAL
Rakhee was born in West Bengal on August 15th 1947. She had an arranged marriage at a very young age to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas. She was never happy in her married life, and got divorced in a short span. She married the lyricist Sampooran Singh Kalra who is popularly known as Gulzar. They now stay separately though they have not officially filed for divorce.

Meghna who is the director of movies like Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan is Rakhi's daughter. At one phase of her life, Rakhee became an alcoholic and used to drink a lot.

PROFESSIONAL
Rakhee started her career with a Bengali film Badhu Baran in 1967 and in 1970 she got the offer for Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu, where she was seen opposite Dharmendra.

In the 1971 film Sharmilee, she was paired up with Shashi Kapoor and enjoyed a lot of popularity. It was then followed by many more blockbusters like Heera Panna (1973), Daag (1973), Blackmail (1973) and Tapasya (1976).

Her hit list didn't stop till 1982 as she added nine more to the list namely Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Kasme Vaade (1978), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Jurmana (1979), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), Lawaaris (1981) and Bemisal (1982).

Rakhee created great onscreen chemistry with superstar Amitabh Bachchan but she has also played Amitabh's sister-in-law in Shaan(1980) and his mother in Shakti (1982). During the late 80s, Rakhee started playing the role of a mother in films like Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999). The most recent and the latest one was Dil Ka Rishta(2003).

AWARDS WON
For her performance in Tapasya(1976), she received the Filmfare Best Actress Award and Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for Daag: A poem of love(1973). She also won the Padmashri Award in 2003.

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