Famous veteran actress Asha Parekh is celebrating her birthday today. Asha Parekh is born in a Gujarati family who was born on 2 October 1942 to Sudha and Bachubhai Parekh. Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance classes at an early age and she learned to dance from many teachers, including Pandit Bansi Lal Bharti. Asha remained unmarried for a lifetime. She was counted among the talented stars between 1959 and 1973. In 1992, she was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

Asha Parekh started her career as a child artist named Baby Asha Parekh. Popular film director Bimal Roy saw her dancing in a stage program and cast her in the film Maa (1952) at the age of ten and then gave her work in Baap Beti (1954). The failure of this movie disappointed her and even though she did a few more child roles, she focused on her schooling. At the age of sixteen, she tried to act again and made her debut as a lead actress. But she was rejected by Vijay Bhatt in the movie 'Goonj Uthi Shehnai' (1959), as the filmmaker claimed that she was incapable of becoming a popular actress. Exactly eight days later, filmmaker Subodh Mukherjee and writer-director Nasir Hussain cast her as the heroine in Dil Deke Dekho (1959) opposite Shammi Kapoor. This made her a big star.

She had a long and fruitful association with Nasir Hussain from this film. He took Asha as a heroine in six films; Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hata Hai (1961), Fir Wahi Dil Laya Hoon (1963), Tisri Manzil (1966), Bahar Ke Sapne (1967), Pyaar Ka Mausam (1969), and Karwaan (1971). She also did a cameo in the film Manzil (1984). Asha Parekh was primarily known as Glamor Girl / Outstanding Dancer in most of her films. Asha Parekh has given many excellent films.

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