The forthcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival has decided to honour yesteryear veteran actress Waheeda Rehman with the Lifetime Achievement Award at an eight-day film extravaganza which starts on 18 October.
“This year we have decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Waheeda Rehman for the extraordinary work she has put in the last 60 years,” Shyam Benegal, filmmaker and MAMI chairman said in a statement.
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The forthcoming 14th Mumbai Film Festival has decided to honour yesteryear veteran actress Waheeda Rehman with the Lifetime Achievement Award at an eight-day film extravaganza which starts on 18 October.
“This year we have decided to award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Waheeda Rehman for the extraordinary work she has put in the last 60 years,” Shyam Benegal, filmmaker and MAMI chairman said in a statement.
The yesteryear actress established a great working relationship with Dev Anand, and together as a pair had number of successful films to their credit. The box office hits of the pair include C.I.D. (1956), Solva Saal(1958), Kala Bazar (1960), Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962) and Guide (1965); box office duds were Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1961) and Prem Pujari (1970). She reached her peak with Guide (1965) and was much in demand. She was cast as "Gulabi" in Satyajit Ray's Bengali film Abhijan in 1962.
The 76-year-old veteran actress has to her credit old hits like Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam, Kagaz Ke Phool and Teesri Kasam among others.
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