Actress Achala Sachdev no more!

Waqt (1965) fame actress Achala Sachdev died yesterday in Pune due to prolonged illness. She was 88.

 

The actress was bed-ridden at the Poona Hospital and Research Centre (PHRC) in Pune for the past six months. She was survived by her son Jytoin.

 

Achala's personal physician Vinod Shah said that she passed away due to respiratory failure at 5.30 PM, yesterday. He also said that she suffered a cerebrovascular attack.

 

Achala was born in Peshawar in 1920. She has featured in around 150 films since her debut in the 1938 movie, Fashionable Wife. Her most memorable role was as Balraj Sahani's wife in the 1965 blockbusterWaqt, where she became a part of the ever-green song 'Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen'. She was also instrumental in the success of films like  Prem Pujari, Mera Naam Joker, Hare Rama Hare Krishna andAndaz. More recently, she played Kajol's grandmother in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge and Amitabh Bachchan's mother in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. She was last seen in the Hrithik Roshan starrer Na Tum Jaano Na Hum in 2002.

 

Galatta.com joins hundreds of Achala fans to pray for her soul to rest in peace.