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Zohra Sehgal is a Actor and Choreographer Indian born on 27 april 1912 at Saharanpur (Inde)
Zohra Sehgal (27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as a dancer in Uday Shankar's troupe, performing in countries like the United States and Japan. She went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films as a character actress with a career-span of over 60 years.
The famous films she was part of, include Neecha Nagar, Afsar (1946), Bhaji on the Beach (1992), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Dil Se.. (1998), Saawariya and Cheeni Kum (2007); and the TV series, The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–87), Amma and Family (1996). At the age of 90, she played the central character in the 2002 film Chalo Ishq Ladaaye. Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, she acted with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for 14 years. She has also acted in English-speaking films such as Bend It Like Beckham.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and in 2004, the Sangeet Natak Akademi. India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama presented her with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. She received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, in 2010. She died in a New Delhi hospital on 10 July 2014 due to cardiac arrest.
Zohra and Kameshwar had two children, Kiran Segal and Pavan Sehgal. Pavan Sehgal works for the WHO. Kiran is a highly reputed Odissi dancer. Pakistani actress Samiya Mumtaz is her grand niece.
In 2012, Kiran Segal, her daughter wrote Zohra's biography titled "Zohra Sehgal: Fatty".
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Zohra Sehgal
Birth name Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan
Nationality Inde
Birth 27 april 1912 at Saharanpur (Inde)
Death 10 july 2014 (at 102 years) at New Delhi (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Vibhushan
Nationality Inde
Birth 27 april 1912 at Saharanpur (Inde)
Death 10 july 2014 (at 102 years) at New Delhi (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Vibhushan
Zohra Sehgal (27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as a dancer in Uday Shankar's troupe, performing in countries like the United States and Japan. She went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films as a character actress with a career-span of over 60 years.
The famous films she was part of, include Neecha Nagar, Afsar (1946), Bhaji on the Beach (1992), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Dil Se.. (1998), Saawariya and Cheeni Kum (2007); and the TV series, The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–87), Amma and Family (1996). At the age of 90, she played the central character in the 2002 film Chalo Ishq Ladaaye. Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, she acted with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for 14 years. She has also acted in English-speaking films such as Bend It Like Beckham.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and in 2004, the Sangeet Natak Akademi. India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama presented her with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. She received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor, in 2010. She died in a New Delhi hospital on 10 July 2014 due to cardiac arrest.
Biography
She married Kameshwar Sehgal, a Hindu. There was initial opposition from her parents, but they eventually gave their approval for the union. They married on 14 August 1942. Jawaharlal Nehru was to attend the wedding reception, but he was arrested a couple of days earlier for supporting Gandhi's Quit India Movement.Zohra and Kameshwar had two children, Kiran Segal and Pavan Sehgal. Pavan Sehgal works for the WHO. Kiran is a highly reputed Odissi dancer. Pakistani actress Samiya Mumtaz is her grand niece.
In 2012, Kiran Segal, her daughter wrote Zohra's biography titled "Zohra Sehgal: Fatty".
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Inqilab (2008)
, 40minutesDirected by Gauhar Raza
Genres Biography
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films
Actors Zohra Sehgal
Cheeni Kum (2007)
, 2h20Directed by R. Balakrishnan
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Tabu, Paresh Rawal, Zohra Sehgal, Swini Khara, Jameel Khan
Roles Buddhadev's mother
Rating67%
Cheeni Kum focuses on Buddhadev Gupta (Amitabh Bachchan). Buddhadev is the 64-year-old chef and owner of London's top Indian restaurant, Spice 6. He lives with his 85-year-old mother (Zohra Sehgal) and his only friend and confidante is his 9-year-old neighbour, Sexy (Swini Khara) who is diagnosed with cancer and been to the hospital seven times. Buddhadev Gupta is an arrogant, ego-centric, pompous man with a singular passion in life — cooking. He is a confirmed bachelor who has never been in love until 34-year-old Nina Verma (Tabu) walks into his restaurant and his life. Nina is a beautiful and charming Indian woman. Cool, calm, quiet, always smiling but independent and strong willed. The two extreme in age, character and attitude, meet and against all odds, fall in love. They decide to get married and like any Indian man, Buddhadev respectfully comes to ask Nina's father, Omprakash Verma (Paresh Rawal), who is a true Gandhian living in Delhi, for her hand. The main problem here is the Buddhadev is older than Nina's father. Omprakash is horrified when Buddhadev asks his daughter's hand and intentionally refuses, he attempts to commit suicide by starving himself to death. Buddha explained to him why he loved Nina and what kind of father is he keeping Nina single for 34 years. He left them with his mother and is horrified when Sexy's father (Vinay Jain) calls him and said that Sexy just died. Omprakash finally realises his mistake and let Nina go after Buddhadev and with his in-laws family, he let them go to London to his restaurant. He bonds with Omprakash when he tells him he got tickets to the cricket match.
Saawariya (2007)
, 2h8Directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ranbir Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Zohra Sehgal, Begum Para
Roles Lilian
Rating52%
The story is narrated by Gulabji (Rani Mukerji), a prostitute who frequents RK Bar, the town's most luxurious club. The bar's lead singer, Ranbir Raj (Ranbir Kapoor), whom she affectionately calls "Saawariya" ("blue lover"), is a free-spirited and kindhearted guy. Despite knowing what Gulabji does, Raj is friendly to her, and unlike other men, is kind to the other prostitutes, trying to brighten their sad lives. When he tells Gulabji that he needs a job and somewhere to stay, she tells him that there is only one woman who'll give him a place to stay: Lilian (Zohra Sehgal) – but she allows only those she likes.
Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya (2005)
, 2h7Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Raqesh Vashisth, Richa Pallod, Anupam Kher, Kader Khan, Navneet Nishan, Saeed Jaffrey
Rating58%
Sunny Khanna (Bapat) is a happy-go-lucky person who has a passion for poetry. He currently lives with his family who have settled in the United Kingdom. Although he and his family members are living together, Western cultures have influenced most of them to an extent of them being hardly the representation of a traditional Indian family.
The Mistress of Spices (2005)
, 1h36Directed by Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Aishwarya Rai, Dylan McDermott, Ayesha Dharker, Nitin Ganatra, Anupam Kher, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Roles First Mother (as Zohra Segal)
Rating55%
Tilo (Aishwarya Rai), an immigrant from India, is a shopkeeper, an unusually strong clairvoyant, and a chosen Mistress of Spices. The Spices she gives to her customers help them to satisfy their certain needs and desires, such as "sandalwood to dispel painful memories; black cumin seed to protect against evil eye."
Veer-Zaara (2004)
, 3h12Directed by Yash Chopra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Manoj Bajpayee, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini
Roles Bebe
Rating77%
Most of the story is revealed as a flashback from the prison cell of Veer Pratap Singh.
Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
, 3h4Directed by Nikhil Advani
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Sushma Seth, Dara Singh
Roles Pardadi
Rating78%
Naina Catherine Kapur (Preity Zinta) is a bespectacled 23-year-old Punjabi MBA student who is quite pessimistic and cynical towards her life and relationships. The movie opens up to Naina visiting Brooklyn Bridge Park in New York City. She relates how whenever she misses her father, she comes to the park. Upon returning home, we see Jenny (Jaya Bachchan), Naina's widowed mother who is on the phone discussing a loan extension for their centrally situated restaurant which isn't doing so well. Upon Naina's father's passing, all the house's responsibilities have fallen on her. Naina begins looking through the mail to find another private and confidential letter addressed to her mother, among many others she periodically receives. She also finds a letter from a Punjabi matrimonial service, Kunwari Kudi (meaning: Single Girl) that her grandmother and her aunts have enlisted in hopes of marrying off Naina to a Sikh sardar man. Naina's grandmother Lajjo (Sushma Seth), and Naina's aunts Kammo (Shoma Anand) and Vimmo (Kamini Khanna) are religious aspiring musicians who often perform for their neighbor, Chadda (Dara Singh) and to the horror and inconvenience of many of their other neighbors. There are also Naina's younger siblings in the home, including Shiv (Athit Naik), Naina's disabled biological brother and Gia (Jhanak Shukla), Naina's adoptive sister. There is much tension in the Kapur household as Lajjo is resentful towards Gia and Jenny as she believes Jenny's decision to adopt Gia is what led to her husband's suicide and the failing financial condition of their family, thus causing her to be affectionate with Naina and Shiv, while being cold to Gia. She thinks that Gia is the main problem in the house. She believes that the problems in the house started after Gia is adopted. There is also much religious tension in the house as Jenny practices Christianity while Lajjo practices Sikhism.
Saaya (2003)
Directed by Anurag Basu
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors John Abraham, Tara Sharma, Mahima Chaudhry, Zohra Sehgal, Rajendranath Zutshi, Harsh Chhaya
Roles Sister Martha
Rating57%
Akash "Akki" (John Abraham) and his wife Maya (Tara Sharma) are doctors. When malaria strikes India on the Burmese border, Maya rushes over to help, despite Akki's disapproval. Akash soon receives the news of her death caused by a bus crash. The bus crashed into water at heavy rains.
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
, 1h52Directed by Gurinder Chadha
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Feminist films, Films about immigration, Sports films, La précarité, Association football films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Parminder Nagra, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Keira Knightley, Archie Panjabi, Anupam Kher, Preeya Kalidas
Roles Biji
Rating66%
Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikh Indians from Hounslow in west London. Jess is infatuated with football but her parents have forbidden her to play because she is a girl. She plays in the park sometimes with her good friend Tony, and his buddies, where her skills draw the attention of Juliette "Jules" Paxton, who plays for the women's team of the local club, the fictional Hounslow Harriers. Their coach, Joe, is impressed with her play and puts her on the team. Jess pretends to have a job to play with the team and Jules and Jess become best friends, despite the fact that both are attracted to Joe. Jess enlists her sister Pinky to cover for her when the team travels to Germany for a big match, but everything unravels when Jules spies Joe and Jess almost kiss, causing a breach between them, and Jess's parents find out and forbid her to continue. Meanwhile, Jules's mother wrongly thinks Jules is a lesbian and the girls' spat is a lovers' quarrel. Jess's parents are confronted by a similar accusation before Jess reveals the truth about her attraction to Joe. While the elder Bhamras are distracted by the elaborate preparations for Pinky's upcoming wedding, Jess continues to play and the Hounslow Harriers make their way towards the top of the league. Joe encourages Jess to come clean with her parents and eventually approaches Mr. Bhamra to explain she has a chance to win a prestigious scholarship, but Mr. Bhamra refuses to believe it. Jess and Jules must sort their differences, make peace with their parents, and overcome cultural prejudice to win the league championship, and earn scholarships to Santa Clara University in California.
Anita and Me (2002)
, 1h32Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about immigration, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Chandeep Uppal, Kabir Bedi, Anna Brewster, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Lynn Redgrave
Roles Nanima
Rating63%
Meena Kumar, a 12-year-old Sikh girl, lives with her family in the predominantly white, working-class, fictional mining village of Tollington in the Black Country in 1972. Meena meets Anita, a white, 14-year-old girl whom Meena comes to idolise. However, Meena finds it harder and harder to fit in as her Indian heritage keeps on resurfacing, and Anita's new boyfriend proves to hold strong racist attitudes toward those he regards as "darkies".
Chalo Ishq Ladaaye (2002)
, 2h21Actors Govinda, Rani Mukherjee, Kader Khan, Zohra Sehgal, Sanjay Suri, Johnny Lever
Roles Dadi
Rating44%
Popular but lonely Bollywood actress, Sapna (Rani Mukerji), lives a fairly isolated life, though publicly she is thronged by fans, and has taken to drinking to ease her loneliness. Intoxicated, she runs her vehicle into a young man named Pappu (Govinda), who suffers minor injuries. He recognizes her and tells her that he is her number-one fan and will do anything for her. She wants him to kill her double-timing boyfriend, Rahul (Sanjay Suri). He agrees to do so, provided she kills his overbearing grandmother, to which she agrees.
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
, 3h30Directed by Karan Johar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor
Rating74%
Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand (Amitabh Bachchan) is a rich businessman, living in India with his wife Nandini (Jaya Bachchan) and two sons Rahul and Rohan. Rahul is the elder son and was adopted by Yash and Nandini at birth; this is known to everyone in the Raichand household, except Rohan. When grown up, Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) comes across the vivacious Punjabi-speaking Anjali Sharma (Kajol), and they eventually fall in love; but their love is forbidden, because Anjali is from a working-class background. Yash and Nandini soon send Rohan to a Boarding School, which all the males in their family have attended. Yash announces his desire for Rahul to marry Naina (Rani Mukherji); but Naina learns that Rahul is in love with Anjali, and encourages him to pursue her. When Yash comes to know of this, he is enraged, and Rahul promises not to marry Anjali. En route to tell her of his promise, he discovers that her father (Alok Nath) has died, and decides to marry her despite his father's hostility. Yash learns of the marriage and disowns Rahul; whereupon Nandini and Rahul share a tearful goodbye. Nandini sends Sayeeda (Farida Jalal), Rahul and Rohan's nanny, to watch over him. Rahul visits Rohan in the Boarding School and begs of Rohan never to ask where he went or why he left, and asks that he take care of Nandini.
The Mystic Masseur (2001)
Directed by Ismail Merchant
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Om Puri, Aasif Mandvi, Ayesha Dharker, Jimi Mistry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Zohra Sehgal
Roles Auntie
Rating58%
The semi-mystical novel by V. S. Naipaul moves between farce and acerbic social commentary on Trinidad, the country of his birth. The characters are mainly members of Trinidad's South Asian subculture and community. The protagonist is a frustrated writer of Indian descent (Ganesh Ramsumair) who rises from poverty on the back of his dubious talent as a 'mystic' masseur - a masseur (Pundit Ganesh) who can cure illnesses. In the end he becomes a successful colonial politician (G. Ramsay Muir).
Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa (2000)
, 2h32Origin Inde
Genres Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Keerthi Reddy, Sanjay Suri, Kader Khan, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever
Roles Elderly Lady
Rating31%
On a visit to scenic Agra, Pooja (Kirti Reddy) meets with a renowned artist, Kabir (Abhishek Bachchan). Kabir is instantly attracted to Pooja, and thinks that Pooja is also attracted to him. But Pooja is only attracted by his talent. On her return, she meets with her boss Mr. Oberoi (Kader Khan) and his son, Raj Oberoi (Sanjay Suri), and she instantly falls in love with Raj. Mr. Oberoi is unhappy with Pooja coming in late to work frequently, and wants to terminate her employment. A fellow employee, Maggi (Johnny Lever) comes to rescue of Pooja, and tells Mr. Oberoi that Pooja has been engaged to Kabir, and shows some photographs that were taken during Pooja's visit to Agra. Pooja reluctantly goes along with this charade in order to keep her job. Kabir is encouraged to know that Pooja has announced her engagement with him. How is she going to convince Mr.
Dillagi (1999)
Directed by Sunny Deol
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Bobby Deol, Urmila Matondkar, Sunny Deol, Zohra Sehgal, Dara Singh, Preity Zinta
Rating53%
Rajvir (Bobby Deol) and Ranvir (Sunny Deol) are devoted brothers. They along with their parents leave their village in Punjab to move to Mumbai. When their mother passes away, Ranvir takes on the responsibility of looking after his younger brother. After some hardship Ranvir manages to turn everything around and he becomes really wealthy. Rajvir on the other hand lives recklessly and without a care in the world.