Rakhee Gulzar

Raakhee Gulzar ( Majumdar; born 15 August 1947), professionally known as Raakhee, is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi and Bengali films. In her four decades of acting, she has worked in more than 100 films. Raakhee has won several awards including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. In 2003, she received Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.

Raakhee made her film debut with the Bengali film ''Badhu Bharan'' (1967). She had her first Hindi film with ''Jeevan Mrityu'' (1970). Raakhee's career marked a turning point with ''Aankhon Aankhon Mein'' (1972), ''Daag: A Poem of Love'' (1973), for which she won her first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, and ''27 Down'' (1974). She won her first and only Filmfare Award for Best Actress for ''Tapasya'' (1976). She went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema with films like - ''Blackmail'' (1973),''Kabhi Kabhie'' (1976), ''Doosra Aadmi'' (1977), ''Trishna'', ''Muqaddar Ka Sikandar'' (both 1978), ''Kaala Patthar'', ''Jurmana'' (both 1979), ''Barsaat Ki Ek Raat'' (1981), ''Shakti'' (1982), ''Ram Lakhan'' (1989), for which she won her second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, ''Baazigar'' (1993), ''Karan Arjun'' (1995), ''Border'' (1997), ''Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love'' (2001) and ''Shubho Mahurat'' (2003). For the last of these, she won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Raakhee married poet, lyricist and author Gulzar in 1973 with whom she has a daughter, writer and director Meghna Gulzar. In 2022, she was placed in ''Outlook India''s 75 Best Bollywood Actresses list. Provided by Wikipedia