Asha Sachdev

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Asha Sachdev
Sachdev in 2012
OccupationActor
Years active1972–present

Asha Sachdev is a noted Bollywood character actor of the 1970s,[1][2] though she acted in a few early films as a lead actress, including the hit spy film, Agent Vinod (1977).[3] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Priyatama in 1978.[citation needed]

Career

Asha was an alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune and joined Bollywood. She began her career in a low-budget film Double Cross in 1972 wherein she played a bold and dynamic role. Somehow the image stuck and thereafter she was offered only supporting and bold characters. Her bare dare appearance in red hot pants in the Navin Nishchol-Rekha star thriller Woh Main Nahin (1974) created a storm and she was flooded with item dance offers and vamp roles.[citation needed]

She won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her role as Neetu Singh's best friend in Priyatama in 1978. In the role which she wore a simple saree and was bespectacled throughout the film. Some of her notable films are Satte Pe Satta, and Duniya meri jeb mein, Judaai, Premrog.

She was seen playing character roles in films like Fiza, Aghaaz, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom & Aaja Nachle. In television, she worked in early soap opera, Buniyaad (1986), and in 2008, she also appeared in TV series, Jugni Chali Jalandhar on SAB TV, with actor Ranjeet.[4]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Jha, Subhash K.; Bachchan, Amitabh (1 November 2005). The essential guide to Bollywood. Roli Books Private Limited. pp. 1999–. ISBN 978-81-7436-378-7. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Shake a leg with the golden era queens". DNA (newspaper). 21 June 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Shriman Bond". Mint. 19 January 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Ranjeet's little secret is out". The Times of India. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

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