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Asha Sachdev
Sachdev in 2012
Born
Nafeesa Sultan
(1956-05-27) 27 May 1956 (age 67)[citation needed]
Bombay, Bombay State, India
(present-day Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Nationality
Indian
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1972–present
Relatives
Anwar (brother) Arshad Warsi (half-brother)
Nafeesa Sultan, better known by her screen name Asha Sachdev is an Indian actress known for her roles as a supporting actress in Bollywood films of the 1970s and 1980s.[1][2] She acted in a few early films as a lead actress as well, including the hit spy film Agent Vinod (1977) and the thriller film Woh Main Nahin.[3] She won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for Priyatama in 1978. She was the main lead in successful films like Hifazat (1973) and Ek Hi Raasta (1977). The song "Jis Kaam Ko Dono Aye Hai", picturised on her and Jeetendra from the film Ek Hi Raasta, sung by Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle and composed by Rajesh Roshan remains popular, along with the popular qawwali song "Pal Do Pal Ka " from The Burning Train sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle.
The daughter of actress Ranjana Sachdev and musician Ahmed Ali Khan (Ashiq Hussain) she adopted her stage name, after they divorced, from the name of her step-father. Singer Anwar Hussain is her brother and through her father's second marriage she is the half-sister of actor Arshad Warsi.
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