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Bollywood | Updated Apr 30, 2012 at 06:27pm IST

Mumbai: Yesteryear actress Achala Sachdev, who featured in the popular song 'Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen' from the film 'Waqt', has died following a prolonged illness. She was 88. For the last seven months, the actress was bed-ridden at the Poona Hospital and Research Centre (PHRC), Pune.
"She passed away due to respiratory failure at 5.30 PM yesterday. She was bed-ridden for about six months after she suffered a cerebrovascular (brain attack)," said Sachdev's physician Vinod Shah, who tended to her for more than seven months, told PTI.
Sachdev is survived by son Jytoin, who is in the US and would be going to Pune for the last rites, Shah said. Sachdev, who was staying in Pune for several years, had broken her leg after she fell down in her house about six months ago. She was treated but four days later she suffered a brain infarction in which she lost her vision and movements of upper and lower limbs. Since then, she was being treated at the Poona Hospital and Research Centre, Shah said.
In pics: Goodbye, Bollywood's 'Zohra Jabeen' Achala Sachdev
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Born in Peshawar, Sachdev, who acted in around 150 films, made her film debut with 'Fashionable Wife' (1938). Her most memorable role was as Balraj Sahani's wife in the 1965 blockbuster 'Waqt', where she was part of the legendary song 'Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen'. She was also a part of films like 'Prem Pujari', 'Mera Naam Joker', 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna' and 'Andaz'.
More recently, she played Kajol's grandmother in 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' and Amitabh Bachchan's mother in 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham'. She was last seen in Hrithik Roshan starrer 'Na Tum Jaano Na Hum' (2002). The funeral will be held tomorrow at Pune.

Achala Sachdev

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Achala Sachdev
BornMay 3, 1920 (age 91)
Peshawar, British India
DiedApril 30, 2012
Pune, India
Years active1938-2012
Achala Sachdev (Also spelled: Achla Sachdev) (born 3 May 1920 - died 30 April 2012) was an Indian film actress who started her career as a child. She later became known for mother and grandmother roles in Hindi films. Her most memorable roles were as Balraj Sahni's wife in 1965 film Waqt, and Kajol's grandmother in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).

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[edit]Early life

Born in Peshawar in 1920, Achala made her film debut with Fashionable Wife (1938), and acted in over 130 Hindi films. Achala became an resident of Pune after marrying Clifford Douglas Peters who had a factory in Bhosari.[1] Achala has two children, elder Jytoin from her first marriage and a daughter from second marriage.
In September 2011, Achala slipped in her kitchen and suffered a fracture in her leg. Soon she was diagnosed with multiple emboli in her brain; this led to total paralysis and loss of vision. She passed away on April 30, 2012.[2]

[edit]Career

She has acted in many Yash Raj Films, apart from acting in English language films like the Mark Robson film Nine Hours to Rama (1963) and Merchant Ivory film, The Householder (1963).[3]
Achala Sachdev worked for All India Radio, Lahore prior to Indian partition and then at Delhi All India Radio[4][5]

[edit]Selected filmography

Dekha Pyaar Tumhara (1963)


She gives the girl’s description and Police track her down only to lose her again as she enters a house on the way and hides.
In the house, Madhuri (Naaz) hears Shanti (Achla Sachdev) singingTaron ki gori chaand ki gudiya jage ri nindiya to dolls.
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Life and times of Achala Sachdev
Born in Peshawar in 1920, Achala Sachdev started off as a child actor, later coming to be known for her roles as mother and grandmother in many Hindi films.
She made her film debut with Fashionable Wife (1938), going on to act in more than 130 Hindi films including Prem Pujari, Mera Naam Joker, Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Andaz among others. Her most memorable cameo remains as Balraj Sahni's wife in the 1965 blockbuster Waqt where she was part of the legendary song Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen.
More recently, Sachdev played Kajol's grandmother in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Amitabh Bachchan's mother in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. She was last seen in the Hrithik Roshan starrer Na Tum Jaano Na Hum (2002). In addition to Hindi films, Sachdev also acted in English language films like Mark Robson's Nine Hours to Rama (1963) and Merchant Ivory's The Householder (1963).
Not many people know that Sachdev worked for All India Radio, Lahore, prior to the partition, later working for All India Radio, Delhi.She became a resident of Pune after marrying Clifford Douglas Peters who had a factory in Bhosari. Achala has two children, elder Jyotin from her first marriage and a daughter from her second marriage.

Ae meri zohra jabeen, waqt movie song


her famous role in the film Waqt and her famous song Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen