While Asha has always credited her mother for making her the independent person she is today, she also shared how her mother tried to get her married at a point in her life but she refused to tie the knot. At a time when people chose to be mum about mental health issues, Asha had openly spoken about suffering from depression and having suicidal thoughts after she lost her parents.
I lost my parents. I was totally alone and I had to manage everything. It made me depressed. I was feeling miserable and had suicidal thoughts. It was a struggle, I had to take aid of doctors to get out of it. Click here to join our channel indianexpress and stay updated with the latest headlines. She also did a Kannada movie known as Sharavegada Saradara in She once courted controversy over her censoring on the films.
Asha Parekh With Her Filmfare. Asha Parekh Hospital. Asha Parekh And Shammi Kapoor. It was a very bad phase for me. I lost my parents. I was totally alone and I had to manage everything all alone. It did put me in depression. I was feeling miserable and had these suicidal thoughts. A few years later, Asha played Amitabh's bhabhi sister-in-law in Kaalia Although, Gujarati is her native language, she regretted that she was never able to reach absolute fluency, since she was born and raised in Bombay, where Hindi is the primary language.
She credited her mother Sudha Parekh for helping her rehearse with the dialogue. Her first film as a heroine Dil Deke Dekho premiered on her 17th birthday. It became a huge hit, and she became a star. She later said that she couldn't have asked for a better birthday gift. She was devastated and had to be sedated when her mother Sudha Parekh died from cancer. Her mother's last words to her were "Take care of your father".
Her father urged her to get back to living and working again. She did that and she also took care of her father, until a few years later, when he died. She fell into a deep depression, until she went to visit a psychiatrist who helped her come out of it. She comes from a family that was involved in films behind-the-scenes. Her paternal grandfather Motilal Mohandas Parekh financed the film "Parasmani", and one of her granduncles Keshubhai financed the mythological film "Jai Ganesh".
Her mother Sudha Parekh is credited as her costume designer for several of Asha's films. She turned down the opportunity to direct the film Bhairavi , because it didn't appeal to her, and the job went to Aruna Raje. She was hurt when a prominent politician publicly claimed that she lobbied hard for the Padma Bhushan award by climbing 12 floors to his place, when the elevator was out of order.
She handled herself with a quiet dignity and disputed his claim. She said that the elevator wasn't out of order, and that as a seventy-two-year-old woman, she would have landed in the hospital if she climbed all those stairs. She said it was a short, abrupt meeting, where he didn't even offer her a glass of water, and that she certainly didn't plead with him to recommend her for the award.
She liked working with her leading man Guru Dutt in Bharosa and was impressed with his directing style when he stepped in for the film's director who was out sick. Dutt liked Asha too and offered her a role in a film, but when Asha's mother Sudha Parekh was hesitant since the role had a vampish shade, generally avoided by heroines.
She tried to negotiate a huge salary, but Dutt was outraged and told them that he was going to cast Rajshree instead, who also turned it down, and the film was never made. He died just a year after the tense meeting with Asha and her mother. Nearly a decade later, Asha turned down another vamp role in Dastaan , which went to Bindu , even though it meant she missed out on an opportunity to work with Dilip Kumar , whom she adored.
Only child with no siblings. In her memoir, Asha said that her mother Sudha Parekh had suffered two miscarriages, and that's how she ended up being an only child. Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre wanted to sign her to a three-picture deal, but she was already committed to starring in Goonj Uthi Shehnai , so she regrettably turned it down.
It became even more regrettable, since she was fired from Goonj Uthi Shehnai, so it ended up being a double loss. However, Sasadhar Mukherjee soon also offered her a three-picture deal, the first one Dil Deke Dekho made her a big star. After she finished a second film for him titled Hum Hindustani , she was all ready to act in the third film with Joy Mukherjee , but it was never made.
She liked working with famous filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee on Chhaya , who treated her like a student, since she never attended college.
She would forever credit him for changing her reading habits. He liked her too and talked to her about casting her in another film, but it never took off.
She suspected that the comedian Rajendranath Malhotra might have had a crush on her. They worked on several films together, including their debut film Dil Deke Dekho In some of these films, the comedic scenes required her to beat him repeatedly, and he didn't complain about the aches and pains. If anything, he sent her a big, valentine-shaped bouquet of flowers with a card saying "Mujhe Dil Deke Dekhoji". When she asked him what he meant, he blushed and said, "Nothing, nothing.
Just a joke. Don't take me seriously". In her memoir "The Hit Girl", she finally wrote about her romance with her frequent director Nasir Hussain that lasted decades.
She couldn't marry him, since he was already married to assistant choreographer Ayesha Khan , with whom he had two children. She wrote that Ayesha was always kind to her, despite everything, even giving her a gift of gold bangles. Asha's mother Sudha Parekh worked on some of Asha's films as her costume designer. Sudha was in denial about her daughter's relationship, but she still stopped working for Nasir after "Teesri Manzil".
Nasir worked with both Asha and Ayesha together in Baharon Ke Sapne , but that was the last time all three worked together.
After that, he worked with them separately. Asha wrote that she ended the romance because she didn't want to be the other woman. She also didn't want to be the second wife, since it would have wrecked havoc on both their families. Her only double role was in Rakhi Aur Hathkadi where she played mother and daughter.
Dutta, Directed by Paul. When asked if there was a special man in her life: "Of course there was. I'm a normal woman. I may be a nice maiden. But I'm certainly no ice maiden. When asked if she missed having a family of her own: "There was a time when I did. Now, when I see so many marriages on the rocks, I feel I'm better off unmarried.
So many couples are together because they have no choice. Explaining her decision to stop acting in films: "No more bhabhi or mother roles for me. I can't bear to see myself sobbing for some undeserving male who's out busy fighting the goons while I make his favourite dishes in the kitchen. I'd rather be out there doing all the 'dishum dishum'. Her respect for non-Indian films: "At least they are focused, compact and have emotions. No dhishum dhishum or five songs just to move the negligible storyline.
I wish [Indian] films today were not copies of foreign film. There are good Hindusthani topics to pick from. I share my birthday with that other far, far greater Gujarati, Mahatma Gandhi. But unlike him, I was anything but a peace ambassador.
Whenever I entered the studio everyone would run for cover. Today's songs are not very melodious. When you have a romantic song how can you have , boys and girls dancing behind, where do they come and go, it looks very funny to me. Also the way of picturising a romantic song has lost its meaning. I may be totally wrong, but when we had these romantic songs, there was a story to tell in that song, whereas right now there are all exercises and aerobics going on.
There was a time when I did want to get married. I used to love children, I still love children. But now I feel that I am happy I am not married and don't have kids because I don't think I would have been able to cope up with them.
It had beautiful music. And it was a fun film. It was fun working because I think Mr. Vijay Anand was one of the most fantastic directors we ever had. I enjoyed working with all these directors and it's difficult to pinpoint any one of them. But I enjoyed working with Mr. Vijay Anand because technically he used to make fabulous films.
His camera-work was absolutely mind-blowing. The way he used to shoot, the way he used to take his shots was fabulous. Nobody can gauge the public's mind. I can say this from my experience. I backed and distributed a film called Rakhi Aur Hathkadi thinking it will be a big success but it could not last even five days at the box office.
My mother [ Sudha Parekh ] also tried to find a groom for me. However, it wasn't destined. Everyone convinced her that it is not destined for your daughter to get married. So just forget it. She had that regret Divorces are so common that who knows whether my marriage would have lasted or not.
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