Actor
Date of birth:
13 Aug 1936
Height:
5' 3"
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(1971)
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Filmfare Awards
(Best Actress)
Filmfare Awards
(Best Actress)
Filmfare Awards
(Best Actress)
Filmfare Awards
(Best Supporting Actress)
Rohit Shetty, unquestionably among the country's most successful commercial directors, however, is not an outsider in the film industry. While his father M B Shetty was a renowned stuntman, his mother Ratna Shetty too was in the industry acting as a stunt double for stars like Hema Malini and Vyjayanthimala.In an interview with ANI, Shetty said both his parents were an inspiration for him."My mom was a stuntwoman. All the 'Seeta aur Geeta' stunts you see and Vyjayanthimala rolling from the staircase, it's her. Her physique was such that," Shetty said.The 1972 film written by Salim-Javed and directed by Ramesh Sippy has an ensemble cast of Hema Malini (in a double role), Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Roopesh Kumar, Manorama, Satyen Kappu, Honey Irani and Pratima Devi.Rohit Shetty recalled how his mother did a sequence in the film in which Geeta, the character played by Hema Malini, was seen sitting on a ceiling fan in the police station. "The fan sequence in 'Seeta Aur Geeta' or in 'Andaz''s song 'Zindagi Ek Safar Hai Suhana' the top angle shots you saw... on the bike of Rajesh Khanna, that's my mom.""So, it's our family business. It's in our DNA -- breaking bones ... breaking our own bones than the others," said the 49-year-old director, whose film 'Singham 3' is slated for release later this year.MB Shetty, a famous stunt director and actor of his time and Rekha Shetty had both met on the sets.Talking about his father, he said, "He was not just a character actor, but also an action director. There was no social media... People were unaware of that. In 'Deewaar', the action in the godown scene, he directed that sequence. He was the one who invented the glass break...going through the glass. He used to get a lot of cuts. He was a very soft-spoken guy and very humble and down to earth as he came from a very humble background and very emotional"As an action director he did films including 'Don', 'The Great Gambler', 'Trishul', 'Deewaar' and 'Shalimar'. Meanwhile, Ratna Shetty also acted in films like 'Darar', 'Bade Ghar Ki Beti' and 'Yaar Gaddaar'. Rohit began his career as an assistant director in Ajay Devgn's first film, 'Phool Aur Kaante' and debuted as an independent director in 2003 with 'Zameen' and in 2006 he struck fame with 'Golmaal'series.
Banu wrote in the caption, "More often than not childhood and teenage memories can be so strange and rib-ticklingly funny. To me, this particular memory of 1958, when I was a young girl, is embarrassing to the tee because today, down the years my association with my favourite filmstar Vyjayanthimala has turned into an alliance wherein she is "Akka" (elder sister) to me and we speak to each other every other week.She recalled her childhood days and mentioned, As I was growing up I had this habit of pasting photos of my favourite heartthrobs on the wall just next to my bed so that first thing I could gaze at them. Just a year earlier I had seen Sahib's fantastic performance in 'AAN' which was specially screened in London. He was so handsome. I was mad for him. Then there were also cutouts of Elvis Presley the King of Rock, towering Rock Hudson, and enigmatic James Dean pasted on the wall. In our home in London we had this letter box which was the cynosure of the eyes of my brother Sultan and my expectant eyes as letters from our mother and friends would come from India. Being homesick we would thirst for them.The Junglee actor continued, My mother knew I was crazy about Indian films so she would intermittently post 'Filmfare Magazine' for our entertainment. It was a mad scramble between my brother and me as to who would be the first to grab the magazine and of course, the letters from home, and this always ended in a tussle scrap, almost becoming a wrestling match wherein Sultan ended up laughing uncontrollably at my pathetic flap of arms in serious attempts to get hold of the magazine.In one such magazine, there was this photo of "MADHUMATI" which was considered bold at that time where Sahib was romantically resting his face on Vyjayantimala's forehead. It was a beautiful photo and in my childishness, I got so jealous of Sahib's proximity to her face that I took a pair of scissors and deftly started to snip away that portion of the photograph, she added.The veteran actor concluded with, Just imagine! I am hysterical with laughter when I recall this. Until then I had never seen her in any film and as fate would have it I grew up to meet, admire, and associate with her as a member of my family. There are many interesting memories with her wherein I hold "Akka' in high esteem and shall narrate it one day.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Saira Banu Khan (@sairabanu)'Madhumati', a 1958 paranormal romantic film was directed and produced by Bimal Roy, and written by Ritwik Ghatak and Rajinder Singh Bedi. It features Vyjayanthimala and Dilip Kumar in lead roles, with Pran and Johnny Walker in supporting roles. The film was released on September 12, 1958, and it was among the highest-grossing film of the year. With 12 nominations, it led the 6th Filmfare Awards and won nine awards, including Best Film, Best Director for Roy, Best Music Director for Chaudhary, and Best Female Playback Singer for Mangeshkar. It held the record for the most accolades given to a single film at the time. Additionally, it received the National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film.