Rakhi Gulzar, Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan in a scene from ‘Karan Arjun’.
‘My Karan Arjun will come’, even today’s Gen Z generation cannot forget this dialogue. This dialogue of the film ‘Karan Arjun’ became so famous that even today it is on everyone’s lips. This dialogue has also become the first choice for meme makers. This dialogue was spoken for the lead actors of the film Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, who played the roles of Karan and Arjun in the film. Actress Rakhi Gulzar, who played the role of the mother of both of them in the film, said this dialogue with such conviction that people were convinced that her dead sons would return. This was the power in Rakhi’s acting, she used to express every emotion exactly as the story demanded. From the role of a sad and troubled mother to the beautiful lead actress in her youth, Rakhi Gulzar played every character with full intensity. Not only this, she used to be the first choice of many directors and some special characters were written only for her.
Rakhi was popular
One of the famous actresses of the 70s, Rakhee Gulzar was so popular that Yash Chopra wrote the 1976 blockbuster film ‘Kabhie Kabhie’ after seeing her. Famous lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi wrote the song of the film ‘Kabhie Kabhie Mere Dil Mein Khayal Aata Hai…’ after taking inspiration from Rakhee’s personality. Sunil Dutt was such a fan of Rakhee’s acting that whenever he got a chance to see Rakhee’s acting, his eyes would become moist. Rakhee married famous writer Gulzar and they have a daughter Meghna Gulzar.
Many achievements to the name of the actress
In a film career spanning 4 decades, Rakhee has worked in almost 100 films, for which she has been awarded 2 National Awards, 3 Filmfare Awards and Padma Shri. Rakhee’s life was full of ups and downs. She also had to bear the pain of her husband Gulzar’s infidelity. Not only this, broken by this grief, Rakhee decided to live her life alone. Even after separating from her husband, she never remarried and Rakhi, firm on her principles, never gave up. She once said, ‘I am firm on my wish and self-respect, even if there is financial crunch, but I will never do a film or work that I do not like.’
Rakhi is spending such a life
Rakhi Gulzar recently turned 77. Even at this age, she is living her life alone in the valleys away from the city and glitz. She said, ‘Now I don’t need money, I do my work myself and am living a happy life with animals.’ Her farmhouse in Panvel has many dogs, cows, snakes and birds, which she takes care of herself. Rakhi worked with many superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Dharmendra during her career. She was famous for playing the role of mother of main hero and heroines in many films. Rakhi is the wife of lyricist Gulzar. Both of them never got divorced, but they have been living separately for many years, but still the friendly behavior between them remains.
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