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Raakhee (Hindi: राखी) (born August 15, 1947) popularly known as Raakhee Gulzar after her marriage with Gulzar (Sampooran Singh Kalra), is an Indian Bollywood actress. Her career spans from the late 1960s to 2003.
[edit] Personal life and educationRaakhee originally from the state of West Bengal born as Rakhee Mazumdar. While still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly and unhappily thereafter. She also married film director, poet and lyricist, Gulzar. She has separated from Gulzar but never divorced him. She has a daughter called Meghna (Bosky) who has directed a few films like Filhaal, Just Married and Dus Kahaniyaan. [edit] CareerRaakhee won rave reviews for her first Bengali film Badhu Baran 1967 in Calcutta after which she was offered the lead role in her first Hindi film, Rajshri Productions Jeevan Mrityu with Dharmendra in 1970. She shot to fame in the 1971 film Sharmilee where she played a double role opposite Shashi Kapoor. Consequently she established herself as a popular and major Hindi heroine acting with the best co-stars and directors, in several blockbuster films like Heera Panna (1973), Daag (1973), Blackmail (1973) and Tapasya (1976). To her great advantage she formed an extremely popular romantic screen team with the reigning king of Bollywood Amitabh Bachchan. They went on to star in no less than eight hit films; Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1977), Kasme Vaade (1978), Trishul (1978), Kaala Patthar (1979), Jurmana (1979), Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), and Bemisal (1982). With her main focus on good roles rather than star status, Raakhee raised eyebrows when she did not hesitate to play Amithab's elder sister-in-law in Shaan (1980) and even his mother in the film Shakti (1982), when their romantic pairing was still at the height of its popularity. She also played his dead mother in Lawaaris (1981). She also acted in other Bengali films such as Paroma (1984) to great acclaim. Towards the mid 1980s and 1990s she played elderly mother or supporting roles in films such as Ram Lakhan (1989), Baazigar (1993), Khalnayak (1993), Karan Arjun (1995), Border (1997), Soldier (1998) and Baadshah (1999). Her last film was Shubho Mahurat in 2003 for which she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and she has since retired from the film industry. [edit] Awards and nominations
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