Waheeda Rehman to receive First Centanary Award at 44th IFFI

November 20, 2013

Screenshot_4 Legendary actress Waheeda Rehman will be conferred with the first Centanary Award for the Indian Film Personality at the 44^th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) to be held in Goa. The award has been instituted this year (2013) which consists of a trophy, a cash of Rs. 10 lakh and a citation. This award to Waheeda Rehman acknowledges the creative contribution of an artist who opted for roles which were much more than just the appealing shadow of the male actors of the times.
About Waheeda Rehman:

Born in Chengalpattu near Chennai in 1936
Started acting career with Tamil and Telugu movies. Her first film was Kaalam Maari Pochu along with Gemini Ganesan.
Guru Dutt, her mentor, introduced her in Hindi movies as he offered her a role in film ‘C.I.D.’
Waheeda Rehman & Guru Dutt served the audience with such marvels as ‘Pyasa’. ‘ Kaghaz Ke Phool’, ‘Saheb Bibi aur Ghulam’ and ‘ Chudhvin ka Chaand’.
Preformed impressively with the other megastars like Dilip Kumar (Ram aur Shayam, Dil Diya Dard Liya), Raj Kapoor (Teesri Kasam) and Dev Anand (Guide).
Gathered laurels for her roles in ‘Reshma aur Shera’, ‘Kabhie Kabhie’, ‘Khamoshi’, ‘Delhi-6’and ‘Rang De Basanti’.
Became famous in media as the ‘Quintessential Beauty of Bollywood’
Won the National Award for the Best Actor in 1971 for ‘Reshma Aur Shera’ and Filmfare Awards in 1966 for ‘Guide’ and in 1968 for ‘Neel Kamal’.
Honoured with Padma Shri in 1972 and with Padma Bhushan in 2011.