“I was considered for Henna (which the late Raj Kapoor had begun working on) as my grandfather Jugal Kishore Mehra was Raj uncle’s mama (maternal uncle). No point being aadha teetar aadha bater (neither here nor there).” Her teenage son Liaqat Ali Khan, a gold medalist in badminton, is also interested in films.ĭespite the pedigree, it wasn’t easy for Salma to enter films. If she hadn’t possessed the aptitude, I’d have stopped her. I told Sasha that by just being my daughter, you won’t make it, you need to have talent. “Sasha paints and writes poetry but her passion is acting. “My grandmother did Heer Ranjha, my mother Shahjahan, I did Nikaah and now my daughter Sasha will be seen in Aurangzeb,” she smiles. Her mother Nasreen Aagha debuted opposite KL Saigal in Shahjahan (1946). Her maternal grandfather Jugal Kishore Mehra was a noted actor and grandmother Anwari Begum a singing star in the ’30s and the ’40s. He was given the title Aagha there, a kind of knighthood bestowed on a businessman of repute.” This is the fourth generation of Salma’s family in films. We’re Pathans from Amritsar settled in London where I grew up.” She traces the origin of her surname ‘Aagha’, “My father (Liaqat Gul Tajik) traded in precious stones and antiques in Iran. In fact, the perky Sasha sits through the interview as her mother chats over cups of gur ki chai…Īt the onset she busts a myth, “I’m not from Pakistan. Her daughter Sasha Aagha will soon debut in Yash Raj Films’ Aurangzeb. She’s ready with a woman-oriented script, which she wants to direct.
#Salma agha marriage plus
But today the 45 plus actor has hit equilibrium. Simultaneously, her personal life went through its high and low rhythms. Though it was difficult to repeat the success of Nikaah, Salma went on to act and sing in several films in the Asian subcontinent (Pakistan, India and Bangladesh) right up till the ’90s. “Everyone could relate to the song as all of us have been letdown at some point or the other,” she says of the chartbuster, which she’s still asked to sing in her live shows. That year she earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress in addition to winning the Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Award for Dil ke armaan, where the nominees were the formidable Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Not only did replicas of Nilufer’s (her character) shimmery ghararas and jadav jhumkas flood the bazaars but flocks of women (burqa clad and otherwise) found a voice for their silent subjugation through her revolt in the film.
The London-bred Salma Aagha fit into the Indian canvas seamlessly and reminded you of the legendary singing star Noorjehan. Secondly, it introduced a hazel-eyed beauty who could not only portray the angst but could also sing it in plaintive notes. It was the first time that a film tackled the sensitive ‘talaq’ (divorce) syndrome with an empathy hitherto not shown towards women. Soundtrack: Nikaah (1982) (performer: "Dil Ki Yeh Arzoo Thi", "Faza Bhi Hai Jawan", "Dil Ke Arman Ansuon Mein Bah Gaye", "Chehra Chhupa Liya Hai").BR Chopra’s Muslim social Nikaah in 1982 broke new grounds in more ways than one. Producer: Bhabhi Dian Choorian (1986) (co-producer)
She now shuttles between Islamabad and London with Khan and puts out an album of ghazals every few years. She carried on with a few more Pakistani movies then settled with the squash coach Rehmat Khan. Soon Salma was going through another divorce. She was born Apand married at 16 years of age to a prominent Pakistani settled in London. She won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1982 for the ghazal " Dil ke Armaan" in Nikaah. Salma Agha is a popular singer from Pakistan who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s.
0 kommentar(er)
