Raakhee Gulzar was born on August 15, 1947 in India. She is an Indian Bollywood actress hailing from the state of West Bengal. She was born in Ranaghat, in the Nadia District of West Bengal on early hours of 15 August 1947. Her father had a flourishing shoe business in East Pakistan in Bangladesh now Bangladesh.
Film Career of Raakhee Gulzar
Raakhee Gulzar`s career spans from the late 1960s to 2003. Raakhee won positive reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 after which she was showered with many superior roles. She appeared in the lead role for the Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970.
The film Sharmilee in 1971 brought her into fame, where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. Since then, she starred in many Hindi blockbuster films, the most famous being among them are Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Kaala Patthar (1979), Trishul (1978), Jurmana (1979), Lawaaris (1981), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981) and Bemisal (1982) all co starring with Amitabh Bachchan. She also did some brilliant films like Tapasya (1976), Daag (1973), Heera Panna (1973) and Bengali films such as Paroma (1984). She also acted in Shakti (1982) and Shaan (1980).
Towards the mid 1980s and 1990s she started to play the characters of elderly mothers or supporting roles in films such as Baazigar (1993), Ram Lakhan (1989), Khalnayak (1993), Border (1997), Karan Arjun (1995), Baadshah (1999) and Soldier (1998). Her last film released was Shubho Mahurat in 2003. Eventually she retired from the film industry.
Personal Life of Raakhee
During her teens, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas which ended shortly. She was then married to the famous film director, poet and lyricist Gulzar. She has separated from Gulzar but never divorced him. Meghna (Bosky) Gulzar is her daughter, who had directed two films named Filhaal starring Sushmita Sen, Sanjay Suri, Tabu and Palaash Sen and Just Married starring Fardeen Khan and Esha Deol. Meghna also directed one of the part Puranmasi of Sanjay Gupta`s Dus Kahaniyaan.
Awards and Honours of Raakhee
Raakhee was awarded the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award in 1973 and 1989 for Daag: A Poem of Love and Ram Lakhan respectively. In 1976, she won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for Tapasya. Lately, she also received National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shubho Muhurat in 2003. Other than these, she was nominated for various other awards for almost all the films in her career. Raakhee was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003.
Filmography of Raakhee Gulzar
| Year | Film |
| 1967 | Bandhu Bharan |
| 1968 | Baghini |
| 1970 | Jeevan Mrityu as Deepa |
| 1971 | Sharmilee as Kanchan/Kamini, Reshma Aur Shera as Gopal`s Wife, Paaras as Barkha Singh, Lal Patthar as Sumita |
| 1972 | Pagli, Wafaa as Saraswati, Shehzada as Chanda, Yaar Mera, Shaadi Ke Baad as Shobha, Janwar Aur Insaan, Beimaan, Anokhi Pehchaan, Aan Baan as Rekha, Aankhon Aankhon Mein as Parvati |
| 1973 | Heera Panna as Roma, Daag as Chandni, Blackmail as Asha Mehta, Banarasi Babu, Joshila as Sapna |
| 1974 | 27 Down as Shalini |
| 1975 | Chameli Memsaab, Mere Sajna , Angaarey |
| 1976 | Tapasya as Indrani \"Indu\" Sinha, Kabhi Kabhie as Pooja Khanna |
| 1977 | Doosara Aadmi as Nisha |
| 1978 | Trishna as Aarti S. Gupta, Kasme Vaade as Suman, Trishul as Geeta, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Kaamna |
| 1979 | Hamare Tumhare as Maya, Jurmana as Rama Sharma, Kaala Patthar as Dr. Sudha Sen |
| 1980 | Lootmaar as Raksha Bhagat, Aanchal as Shanti, Shaan as Sheetal KumarRocky as Parvati |
| 1981 | Laawaris as Vidya, Dhuaan, Barsaat Ki Ek Raat, Anusandhan as Rajni, Baseraa as Sharda Balraj Kohli, Shradhanjali, Zindagani as Sumitra Devi |
| 1982 | Yeh Vaada Raha as Mrs. Sharda Rai Bahadur, Taaqat, Shriman Shrimati as Parvatidevi, Dil Aakhir Dil Hai as Kusum Desai, Shakti as Sheetal |
| 1983 | Bandhan Kachche Dhaagon Ka |
| 1984 | Zindagi Jeene Ke Liye, Paroma as Parama, Anand Aur Anand as Mrs. Arun Anand, Zameen Aasmaan |
| 1985 | Saaheb as Sujata Sharma |
| 1987 | Muqaddar Ka Faisla as Laxmi, Dacait as Devi Choudhrain |
| 1988 | Gold Medal, Falak as Durga Verma |
| 1989 | Ram Lakhan as Mrs. Sharda Pratap Singh, Santosh as Rachna, Jeevan Ek Sangharsh as Dharam Verma |
| 1991 | Saugandh as Ganga, Pratikar as Saraswati Devi |
| 1993 | Rudaali as Bhikni/Euli, Pratimurti, Khal Nayak as Mrs. Aarti Prasad, Kshatriya as Maheshwari Devi, Dil Ki Baazi as Nirmaladevi, Anari, Baazigar as Mrs. Shobha Sharma |
| 1995 | Karan Arjun as Durga Singh, Kismat as Geeta |
| 1997 | Border as Dharamvir`s mother, Jeevan Yudh as Mrs. Rai, Ankhon Mein Tum Ho as Ranimaa (Mrs. Burman) |
| 1998 | Sham Ghansham as Ganga Satyadev Singh, Barood as Gayetri Sharma, Soldier as Geeta Malhotra |
| 1999 | Baadshah as Chief Minister Gayatri Bachchan |
| 2001 | Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love as Pratima Kapoor |
| 2003 | Talaash: The Hunt Begins as Purnima, Dil Ka Rishta as Mrs. Sharma, Shubho Mahurat as Ranga Pishima |