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Jul 12, 2014 · Zohra Sehgal, the Grand Old Lady of Bollywood, passed away in the Capital on Thursday at the age of 102. Born in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, Zohra started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935, and then worked with Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre. It was then that love came calling, as she met Kameshwar Sehgal.
Jul 18, 2014 · July 18, 2014. Get a ringside view of Zohra Sehgal’s life on the stage and screen, in India and England, as she grew to become one of India’s best loved actresses. In this excerpt from Close Up: Memoirs Of A Life On Stage and Screen, a no-holds-barred memoir published by Women Unlimited, catch a glimpse of this feisty, irreverent and candid ...
Jul 11, 2014 · Sehgal’s keen professionalism never faltered throughout an eight-decade-long career that included character roles in countless Hindi and English films, television and plays. A few years ago, in a packed auditorium in Delhi, a fan stood up and requested Zohra Sehgal, who was sitting on stage, to recite “two lines of Abhi toh main jawan hoon ...
Sep 29, 2020 · Zohra Sehgal's stage and film career spanning seven decades is being celebrated on a day Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar, a film in which she played a key role was released at the Cannes Film Festival ...
Apr 27, 2017 · Sehgal was born Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan on April 27, 1912. Her sister was the renowned theatre personality Uzra Butt. Sehgal envied her sister’s fame and attractiveness, says ...
Jul 11, 2014 · Javed Akhtar said it was not possible to write the history of 21st century theatre without Zohra Sehgal. Family and friends bid farewell to veteran actress Zohra Sehgal, who was cremated on Frida (July 11). The last rites of the 102-year-old actress, who died on Thursday, were performed at the Lodhi Road crematorium by her son Pawan in the ...
Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan (Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan; 27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014), was better known by her stage name Zohra Sehgal. She was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935.
