New Delhi:
Bollywood Waheeda Rehman was born on 3 February 1938 in a traditional Muslim family in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu. He was interested in dance and other creative arts while studying at Joseph Convent School in Visakhapatnam. In Chennai, he also took training in Indian classical dance style, Bharatanatyam with his three sisters. Waheeda was one of the best dancers of her batch and at the age of just 17, she made her Telugu film as a dancer in the Telugu film. The film CID by prestigious film director Raj Khosla was the film from which Waheeda Rehman made her mark in the Hindi film industry.

The second Hindi film of his career was thirsty. With this film, at the age of just 19, she became one of the 50s emerging stars. Later she appeared in Solvan year, paper flower, black market, fourteenth moon, Sahib Bibi and Ghulam, twenty years later, guide, stone sanam, Ram and Shyam, Neil Kamal, Khamoshi, Reshma and Shera, sometimes, sometimes, Namkeen, Chandni, Lams, and many other hit films appeared.

Once, in an old conversation with Twiks India, Waheeda Rehman told many things about his childhood. She revealed that she never aspired to become an actress. Waheeda revealed that she wanted to become a doctor, because in those days, medicine was the only profession among Muslim families which were considered a respectable profession. However, she also said that she always wanted to make people laugh and make them cry. This is the reason why he made acting a career. Waheeda was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award for cinematic excellence at the 69th National Film Awards in 2023. Although everyone knows about Waheeda Rahman’s brilliant career, but her personal life has never come into the media headlines. Therefore, today we are going to talk about her husband Shashi Rekhi, who is usually known from her stage name Kamaljeet.

Shashi Rekhi was one of the finest actors of her generation. He appeared in a strong role in films like Sun of India, Shagoon, Heer Ranjha, Tamacha, Mr. India, Kismet Khel and Mr. Lumbu. According to many media reports, Waheeda Rehman fell in love with Shashi Rekhi after Waheeda Rehman and Guru Dutt’s love story was over. After dating each other for some time, Waheeda and Shashi told their parents about their relationship. When Waheeda Rehman told his parents about his relationship with Shashi Rekhi, he rejected it. Waheeda was very upset then, because most of her people who knew had advised her to give up the idea of ​​marrying Shashi. Then Waheeda Rehman spoke to Salim Khan and discussed his problem with him. Then Salim advised him to listen to his heart and inspired him to take the biggest decision of his life. It is a matter of 1974, when Waheeda and Shashi got married and had two children, Sohail Rekhi and Kashvi Rekhi. Shashi Rekhi died on 21 November 2000.