Rakhi old actress biography

In her four decades of acting, she has worked in more than films. In , she received Padma Shri , India's fourth-highest civilian award. Raakhee made her film debut with the Bengali film Badhu Bharan She had her first Hindi film with Jeevan Mrityu Raakhee married poet, lyricist and author Gulzar in with whom she has a daughter, writer and director Meghna Gulzar.

Raakhee was born in a Bengali family at Ranaghat in the Nadia district of West Bengal in the early hours of 15 August , just hours after the independence of India. Her father had a flourishing shoe business in his native village located in Meherpur, East Bengal which was then a part of Nadia district of undivided India modern-day Bangladesh , before the partition of India , and thereafter he settled in West Bengal.

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In , the year-old Raakhee acted in her first Bengali film Bodhu Boron and Baghini , after which she was offered the lead role in Rajshri Productions ' crime thriller Jeevan Mrityu opposite Dharmendra. In , Raakhee played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor in the musical romance Sharmeelee , and also starred in the dramas Lal Patthar and Paras ; all three films emerged as commercial successes and she quickly established herself as a leading actress of Hindi Cinema.

Shehzada opposite Rajesh Khanna and Aankhon Aankhon Mein opposite a relative newcomer Rakesh Roshan showcased her comic abilities, though their box office returns was unsatisfactory. In , Raakhee's career peaked after starring in two movies that garnered her widespread acclaim.

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The film had been written with Raakhee in mind, and she had agreed to do it during the making of Daag. Citing her as having "one of the most gorgeous faces to have been seen on the Hindi screen", Filmfare magazine retrospectively called it "a perfect ode to her exquisiteness: Her wine eyes, a prism of myriad emotions. Her poignant voice holding back the surging sadness.

She played the beautiful muse, whose parting leaves poet Amitabh Bachchan devastated. From initially being compared to actress Nimmi , given her hazel eyes, and later to Meena Kumari , given her proclivity towards the tragic, Raakhee cut through it all to stand apart".