Zaheeda Hussain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Zaheeda Hussain

Indian actress

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1944

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profession: actor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Zaheeda Hussain

  • Zaheeda Hussain (born 9 October 1944), commonly known by her mononym Zaheeda, is a former Indian actress, who worked in Hindi films.
  • She is best known for her films Anokhi Raat (1968), Prem Pujari (1970), and Gambler (1971).
  • Born in Mumbai, she is daughter of Akhtar Hussain, who was film producer and son of director Jaddanbai.
  • Her aunt was Bollywood actress Nargis Dutt, and her uncle was character actor Anwar Hussain. In 1971, she famously turned down the role of playing Jasbir/Janice in Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971) after being offered it by Dev Anand, as she found it too bold of a role - the film turned to be a cult hit.
  • After this, a majority of her later films flopped, and Zaheeda eventually retired the film industry.
  • Zaheeda briefly returned to the silver screen in a DD1 serial Aamrapali (TV serial) in 2002.

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