- Zarina Wahab
Zarina Wahab is an
India nactor and former model, who was critically acclaimed for starring roles, such asChit Chor ,Gopal Krishna in the 1970s. Like actressWaheeda Rehman before her, Zarina came from aMuslim family in the Southern state ofAndhra Pradesh . She was born inVishakapatnam and is fluent inTelugu andHindi . She was trained atFTII . FilmmakerRaj Kapoor wasn't impressed with her look, when he met her at FTII. So Zarina worked on her appearance and attended film parties and events, and the industry people took notice and decided to cast her in films. [ [http://www.parinda.com/profile/1012/zarina-wahab Zarina Wahab | Parinda.com ] ] She was usually cast as the middle-class, natural beauty. She had a major hit film inBasu Chatterjee 'sChit Chor (1976) and starred in other films, such asGharonda (1977), for which she earned aFilmfare nomination as Best Actress. [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ] She has acted inTelugu , Tamil,Malayalam films, and has become fluent inMalayalam . She met her husband actorAditya Pancholi onKalan Ka Tika . [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031030/cth2.htm The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories ] ] They married in 1986 and have a daughter, Sana and son Suraj. Her husband is almost 15-years younger than her, and their turbulent marriage has been in the gossip columns, regarding her husband's temper and rumors of infidelity. [ [http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/gupshup/kangana-ranaut-030506.html Adityas rishta with Kangana ] ] Yet, their marriage perservered and they are still together. [ [http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1039294 DNA - After Hrs - ‘I have a short memory for bad things’ - Daily News & Analysis ] ] Her daughter Sana Pancholi has tried her hand at acting in 2006. [ [http://www.khaleejtimes.com/CityHome.asp?xfile=data/citytimes/2007/March/citytimes_March222.xml§ion=citytimes&col= City Times - To be or not to be... like mum? ] ] Wahab's roots inAndhra Pradesh remain strong, as she prefers to watchTelugu films, and has encouraged daughter Sana to start out acting in a South Indian film, the way she had.Zarina currently plays older roles in television serials. [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040208/spectrum/tv.htm The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television ] ]
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