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Also known as: Rakhee Majumdar

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India
Age
79
Films
77
Awards Won
4
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Quick Facts

Full Name
Rakhee Gulzar
Born
August 15, 1947
Birthplace
Ranaghat
Age
79 years
Zodiac Sign
Leo
Height
Weight
Nationality
🇮🇳 India
Religion
Ethnicity
Eye Color
Hair Color
Profession
Actress
Net Worth
Education
Spouse
Ajay BiswasGulzar
Children
1 (Meghna Gulzar)

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Biography

Rakhee Gulzar is 79 years old, an actress, from India.

Raakhee Gulzar, professionally known as Raakhee, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Bengali films. One of the leading and greatest actresses of the 1970s and early 1980s, Raakhee is a recipient of several awards including two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards. In 2003, she received Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award.

Career & Filmography

Movies(77)

Filmography table
YearTitle
2025Aamar Boss
2003Shubho Mahurat
2001Ek Rishtaa: The Bond of Love
1998मेरे दो अनमोल रतन
1998Swami Vivekananda
1998Soldier
1998Barood
1997Jeevan Yudh
1997Ankhon Mein Tum Ho
1997Border

Family

Ajay Biswas
Ajay Biswas
Spouse
Gulzar
Gulzar
Spouse
M
Meghna Gulzar
Child

Relationships

Romantic History

Romantic relationship timeline
PersonStatus
Ajay BiswasMarried
GulzarMarried
Ajay Biswas
Ajay Biswas
Married
Current
Gulzar
Gulzar
Married
Current

Family

Meghna Gulzar
Meghna Gulzar
Child

Awards & Nominations

4 Won0 Nominated
Awards and nominations
YearAwardResult
2003Padma Shri in arts Won
2003National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress Won
1977Filmfare Award for Best Actress Won
1974Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Won

Interesting Facts

  • Whilst still a teenager, Raakhee had an arranged marriage to Bengali journalist/film director Ajay Biswas, which ended shortly afterwards.
  • At the start of her film career, she dropped her surname and was mentioned in film credits only as "Raakhee", by which name she attained stardom, but upon marrying lyricist-director Sampooran Singh Kalra, professionally known as Gulzar, she took his pen name as her surname and is credited thereafter as Raakhee Gulzar.
  • When their daughter was only one year old, they separated.
  • After completing her graduation in films from New York University, Meghna went on to become a director of films including Filhaal... (2002), Just Married (2007) and Dus Kahaniyaan (2007), and authored a biography of her father in 2004.
  • At one point, Raakhee stayed in her bungalow, "Muktangan" (bought from the Marathi playwright P.
  • Later, she sold the property and moved to an apartment two buildings away, though the new highrise is still called by the same name, as she had wished.
  • Meghna said in an interview that "My mother has lived her professional and personal life with tremendous dignity and grace".
  • Presently, she lives a reclusive life in her farmhouse at Panvel on the outskirts of Mumbai, spending time in tending to a huge flock of animals, growing vegetables and reading books.

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