She had arrived on Hindi screen, with a very innocent and a
quintessential beautiful face, which looked all the more alluring in the
Black & White world of Hindi movies. As the cinema went colour, her
elegant demeanor and extraordinary acting capabilities were a whiff of
fresh breeze in those times when a heroine essentially was part of the glamour to attract the audience.
Adopting a very subtle style of performing, over the years, she essayed
a variety of challenging roles, and excelled in each one of them - be
it of a moll in her first movie, a courtesan in love with the dacoit who
has abducted her, an actress outshining her mentor, a married woman
wanting to unshackle herself so that she can dance & discover
herself, a woman caught in the middle of two feuding clans – which got
her a National Award, a nurse fighting & losing in a doomed romance,
a married woman trying to hide her affection for her illegitimate child
– and many more.
Her best features were her eyes &, Oh
boy, she used them so eloquently. Those eyes could express sorrow, joy,
anger, mischief, innocence, coyness and determination –as would be the
demand of the role – and in a manner that could connect with the
audience instantly.
With changing times, she was perhaps the
only actor of her times, who aged gracefully, still retaining her beauty
naturally and her zest for life, which makes her that much more
attractive – even today when she has turned 78.
She is Waheeda Rehman. She is my first crush.
Here is a Pancham special for her, a song with romance at its core.
Kishore Kumar rendering, the way only he could, the lovely verse penned
Anjaan, as Amitabh croons his undyling love for Waheeda on-screen in
Mahaan:
Zinda hoon main tere liye
Jeewan tera hai ho
Mera hai jo sab hai tera
Ab kya mera hai
Meri khushion ki tu jagir
Nazar aati hai
Jidhar dekhun teri tasweer
Nazar aati hai
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