Anand Mahindra-Giant Dairy Amul praise Waheeda Rehman on her Dadasaheb Phalke Award win at 69th National Award
Anand Mahindra-Giant Dairy Amul praise Waheeda Rehman on her Dadasaheb Phalke Award win at 69th National Award
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman recently bagged a Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 69th National Film Award for her lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
Hailed as one of the greatest actresses of all time in India, Rehman has starred in more than 90 films in a career spanning five decades and
many of them went on to become landmark movies such as ‘Pyaasa’, ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’, ‘Guide’, ‘Teesri Kasam’ etc.
Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra took to X (formerly Twitter), to congratulate the actress for this milestone. Sharing a clip of her evergreen song ‘Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai’ from the 1965 blockbuster ‘Guide’, he thanked the actress for creating magic on the silver screen and entertaining generations. “Amazing Grace, thy name is Waheeda Rehman. Waheeda Ji, thank you for being part of the magic that is India. Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai!
The post has gone viral on the microblogging website, gaining more than 240K views.
Notably, Dairy Giant Amul also celebrated this milestone event, by dedicating an adorable topical for the actress.
The cartoon displays Waheeda posing with President Draupadi Murmu and holding the award with a million-dollar smile on her face. The picture bears the caption ‘Aaj Jeetne Ki Tamannah Hai’, which is a paraphrase of her iconic ‘Guide’ song. The word ‘jeetne’ means victory in Urdu.
Waheeda Rehman over an interview with Doordarshan National, admitted she got extremely emotional at being conferred the prestigious award which wasn’t expected. She revealed she was shocked when Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur called her up to break the news to her, as she had been inactive for over a decade.
She added in the midst of the interview that she had never thought about receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and never dreamt about it. She has received an award after a very long time and thought all the awards that she had to receive she had already received.
She was honoured with Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
She recalled that When Anurag Thakur ji told her (about winning the Dadasaheb Phalke Award), she couldn’t say anything for some time. She thought, how did this come to her?)’ Then she told him that she hadn’t worked in the last 10-12 years. But said, that this is not about her present work. But about the work she has done in her lifetime.
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