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Asha Parekh Biography, Awards, and Achievements, age, husband, kids, Dadasaheb Phalke award 2022

Asha Parekh is a famous actress in Indian cinema. Asha Parekh’s name is counted among the famous actresses of the 60s or just say that that period was of Asha Parekh.

 

Asha Parekh Biography, Awards, and Achievements, age, husband, kids, Dadasaheb Phalke award 2022
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Asha Parekh has worked as an actress in Bollywood’s top films in her film career. From 1959 to 1973, the face of Asha Parekh appeared in all the blockbuster films of Bollywood. Asha Parekh started her film career at the age of just 17 when she first appeared in the film Dil De Ke Dekho opposite Shammi Kapoor.

She has also been awarded the Padma Shri, India’s second highest civilian award, for her best acting in the cinema world. Not only this but now Asha Parekh will be honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2022, the highest award in the world of cinema.

Asha Parekh will be the 7th woman to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Asha Parekh Biography, Awards, and Achievements, age, husband, kids, Dadasaheb Phalke award 2022


On 27 September, ANI reported through a tweet that Asha Parekh would be honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year in 2022. She will be honored with this award at the age of 79 during the 68th National Film Awards.

After 22 years, a woman is going to get the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The last time in the year 2000, famous singer Asha Bhosle was honored with this award, she was the 6th woman to receive this honor.

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in the film industry and every actor and actress aspires to win or receive an award in their life.

Asha Parekh will be honored with this award on 30 September 2022. Asha Parekh will be the seventh woman in the film industry to receive this award. Earlier, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Devika Rani, Durga Khote, Ruby Meyer, and Kanan Devi have been honored with this award.


Today we know the biography of Asha Parekh, the best actress in the Indian cinema world, and some special things related to her life.

 

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Birth and early life of Asha Parekh | Asha Parekh Biography


Asha Parekh was born on 2 October 1942 in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra. In the sixties, she did many blockbuster films in Indian cinema, in which Chirag, Kati Patang, and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan were very popular and super hit.

Asha Parekh was the most beautiful and best actress of her era. Her performance in the film was always the best, which was the reason why she was also the most expensive heroine of Bollywood at that time.

Asha Parekh, the famous actress of her era, is also known as Jubilee Girl due to her excellent acting. Asha Parekh was born in a middle-class Jain family in Gujarat who lived in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra, to earn their livelihood.

As a child, Asha Parekh had many dreams about her future life. Sometimes she wanted to become a doctor and sometimes an engineer. But it is said that a person’s future goes where his/her fate wants him/her.

Asha Parekh was very much associated with music and dance in her childhood in which she had a special interest. Seeing these interests, Asha Parekh’s mother decided that she would further enhance her talent.

Asha Parekh’s mother started sending dance institutes to learn dance. Initially, Asha Parekh enrolled in various dance institutes and gradually became proficient in classical music and dance.

During this time Asha Parekh Ji also came in contact with Pandit Bansilal Shastri who was a famous classical dance teacher of that era. After coming in contact with Pandit Bansilal, Asha Parekh became proficient in classical dance and started doing dance shows in the country and abroad.

Later on, she opened an institution named Kara Bhavan to teach dance. This organization is as active even today, through which Asha Parekh teaches dance.

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Asha Parekh Biography

 

Full Name Asha Parekh
Famous Name / Nick Name Asha, Jubilee Girl
Post / Fame Famous Actress, Chairperson of Film Censor Board
Awarded Padma Shri Award,Dadasaheb Phalke Award-2022
Date of Birth               2 October 1942
Place of Birth Mumbai, Maharashtra (India)
Age 79 (in the year 2022)
Citizenship Indian
Profession Actress, Producer, Dancer
Religion Jain
Caste Vaishy
Marital Status Unmarried (Not Married)
Knowledge of languages ​​Hindi, English, and Gujarati


Personal life of Asha Parekh-


Asha Parekh was a very lively and active actress in her career. Even today, she runs the dance academy with the same activism. Apart from all this, Asha Parekh is also not behind in social welfare. Asha Parekh is an actress dancer as well as a social executive. In view of her social welfare spirit and social work, a hospital in Mumbai has been named after her. The name of this hospital is Asha Parekh Hospital.

Asha Parekh never married though she had a good relationship with the film director of that era, Nasir Hussain. Asha Parekh was left completely alone after the death of her parents, after which she became very mentally disturbed.

But during this trouble, Nasir Hussain became a good friend and supported her, and helped her to reach big heights. Nasir Hussain slowly raised Asha Parekh from mental stress through his friendship philosophy and guidance. After some time Asha Parekh and Nasir Hussain also came into a relationship but Nasir Hussain was married, and Asha Parekh did not talk about marriage because she did not want to destroy their house.

However, when Nasir Hussain’s wife died, he also fell completely alone, during which Asha Parekh wanted to talk to him, but in the year 2002, Nasir Hussain Ji passed away from this world.

Asha Parekh also wanted to adopt a child but due to being medically ill, the doctors refused to adopt the child.

Asha Parekh considered Shammi Kapoor as her favorite actor with whom she had her first hit film under the direction of director Nasir Hussain. She used to call Shammi Kapoor Chacha and his wife Chachi, with whom she had a very special relationship.

 

Asha Parekh’s career and film journey

Asha Parekh was very expert in acting since childhood, her mother knew that her daughter had all the qualities to become an actress, and her mother supported her to become an actress from the beginning.
 

Asha Parekh started acting in the film world as an actress only at the age of 16.

 

In 1952, at the age of just 10, she made her acting debut as a child artist in the film Assam.
    

Asha Parekh used to do stage dance shows in the days to come, during which she met the Bollywood film director of that era, Vimal Rai.
    

Vimal Rai was very impressed by Asha Parekh’s dancing skills and asked Asha Parekh to work in the film. Since then the film career of Asha Parekh started.
    

In 1954, Asha Parekh appeared in Vimal Rai’s film Baap Beti, but during her childhood, there was the only disappointment in the film world, after which she took her mind off the film world for some time and started writing studies.    

But once again at the age of 16, Asha Parekh started finding a character for herself in the world of cinema. During this, she met Vijay Bhatt, the director of the film Goonj Uthi Shehnai. Asha Parekh also auditioned for this film but later Vijay Bhatt rejected her by showing her the way out. But still, Asha Parekh did not give up and kept trying.
    

Her successful career started with the 1959 film Dil De Ke Dekho in which she appeared as an actress opposite Shammi Kapoor. It was her first hit film which was a huge success at the box office.
    

The film was produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Nasir Hussain. It was thanks to Nasir Hussain that Asha Parekh got a chance to work in this film. The film earned a lot at the box office and made Asha Parekh a superstar overnight.
    

Even after this, Asha Parekh did hit films with director Nasir Hussain, who earned a lot at the box office. During this, Asha Parekh became very close to Nasir Hussain and their relationship went beyond friendship. However, Asha Parekh never proposed marriage to Nasir Hussain as she knew that Nasir Hussain was married.
    

During her film career, Asha Parekh acted in a total of 90 films and most of these films were huge hits. Asha Parekh appeared in films like ‘Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai’, ‘Gharana’, 1961’s ‘Chhaya’, ‘Meri Surat Teri Aankhen’, and ‘Bharosa’.
    

Apart from this, she appeared in the 1963 films ‘Bin Badal Barsaat’, ‘Baharon Ke Sapne’, and the 1967 film ‘Upkar’.
    

In the year 1959, she worked in the film Aaya Sawan Jhoom ke, which was quite late, apart from this she also worked in films like Chirag and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, etc. Her performance in the 1978 film Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki was superb.
    

In the sixties, Asha Parekh made a flurry of films in the cinema world and it was considered to be her own.
    

Later in the year 1994, she was made the chairman of the Indian Cinema Censor Board. This was the first time a woman was made the chairman of the Indian Cinema Censor Board.

Asha Parekh’s achievements and honors

Asha Parekh has received many accolades for her best acting in the world of cinema, along with she has also achieved many achievements in dance and acting.

    

  • In 1992, Asha Parekh was awarded the Padma Shri award for her outstanding performance in films.
        
  • The year 2002 was also very memorable for her as this year she received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

        

  • In 1971, she was awarded the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film Kati Patang.

        

  • Later on, she was also honored with the Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce.

        

  • Apart from this, the Film Federation of India also honored him with the Golden Jubilee Award. Not only this, but Hindustan Times also gave him the Stylish Icon Award.
 
  • In the year 2017, there was also talk of Khalid Mohammad writing a biography of Asha Parekh, titled The Hit Girl.

    

  • Asha Parekh was the first woman to be appointed as the Chairperson of the Film Censor Board of India from 1994 to 2002.


FAQ

Q-Who is Asha Parekh?


Asha Parekh Bollywood film industry actress who worked in several Hindi films in the sixties including popular films like Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki and Kati Patang. Apart from this, he also worked on films in different languages.

Q-What is the name of Asha Parekh’s husband?


Asha Parekh never married, although she had a relationship with Hindi film director Nasir Hussain.

Q-What awards has Asha Parekh received?


Asha Parekh has been honored with the Padma Shri award. Apart from this, he has been honored with Filmfare Award, Living Legend Ward, and Life Time Achievement Award. This year Asha Parekh will also be honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.


Q-What is Dadasaheb Phalke Award?


Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award in the film industry which will be given to Asha Parekh on 30 September 2022.

Asha Parekh Which woman is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?


Asha Parekh is the 7th woman to receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Apart from him, artists including Lata Mangeshkar Asha Bhosle have received this highest award in the film industry.

Q-Asha Parekh is going to be honored with which award?


It was announced on 27 September 2022 that Asha Parekh would be given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award on 30 September 2022.

Q-When did Asha Parekh get the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?


Asha Parekh will be honored with Dadasaheb Phalke Award on 30 September 2022. It was announced on 27 September 2022.

Q-Why is the Dadasaheb Phalke Award given?


Artists are honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for Lifetime Best Acting, Singing, Direction, etc. in the film industry. This is the highest award in the film industry.

Q-Where was Asha Parekh born?


Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. In 2018, it was the second largest city in India and the seventh largest in the world in terms of the census after Delhi.

Q-How old is Asha Parekh?

79 years (2 October 1942)

Q-Is actress Asha Parekh married?


Parekh has remained unmarried, claiming that her out-of-reach reputation made people hesitant to ask for her hand in marriage.

Q-Why didn’t Asha Parekh get married?

Started as a child artist

In the year 1952, at the age of 10, he got a film as a child artist, whose name was ‘Maa’. In fact, when the famous filmmaker of that era, Bimal Roy, saw a dance of Baby Asha, he gave her a role in his film ‘Maa’.

Q-When did Asha Parekh get married?


Asha Parekh has worked in many great films. Apart from films, she has also been in the headlines for her personal life. Asha Parekh is 79 years old today and she has never married.

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