Saharanpur, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India
Died
10 July 2014(2014-07-10) (aged 102)
New Delhi, India
Occupation(s)
Actress, dancer, choreographer
Years active
1935–2007
Spouse
Kameshwar Nath Segal
(m. 1942; died 1959)
Children
2, including Kiran Segal
Relatives
Uzra Butt (sister) Amna Begum Mumtaz (sister) Khawar Mumtaz (niece) Samiya Mumtaz (grand-niece) Ismat Chughtai (cousin) Hamida Saiduzzafar (cousin) See Mumtazullah Khan family
Awards
Padma Shri (1998) Kalidas Samman (2001) Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2004) Padma Vibhushan (2010)
Actress and Dance Choreographer of repute, Charcoal on Paper by Amitabh Mitra
Zohra Mumtaz Sehgal (born Sahibzadi Zohra Mumtazullah Khan Begum; 27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer. Having begun her career as a member of a contemporary dance troupe, she transitioned into acting roles beginning in the 1940s. Sehgal appeared in several British films, television shows, and Bollywood productions in a career that spanned over eight decades.
Sehgal's most notable films include Neecha Nagar, Afsar (1946), Bhaji on the Beach (1992), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Dil Se.. (1998), Saaya (2003), Veer-Zara (2004) Saawariya and Cheeni Kum (2007); and the TV serials The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–87) and Amma and Family (1996).[1] At the age of 90, she played the central character in the 2002 film Chalo Ishq Ladaaye. Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, she acted with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for 14 years.[2]
Sehgal was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998,[3] Kalidas Samman in 2001, and in 2004 the Sangeet Natak Akademi (India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama) presented her with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime achievement. She received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, in 2010.[4] She died in a New Delhi hospital on 10 July 2014 due to cardiac arrest.[5]
^Zohra Sehgal Encyclopædia Britannica.
^"Zohra Sehgal: Naughty in her 90s!", The Times of India, 8 March 2009.
^"Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^"This Year's Padma Awards announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
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Purandare Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kaloji Narayana Rao Satyajit Ray S. H. Raza ZohraSehgal Uday Shankar Ravi Shankar V. Shantaram Shivkumar Sharma Umayalpuram K...
Purandare Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kaloji Narayana Rao Satyajit Ray S. H. Raza ZohraSehgal Uday Shankar Ravi Shankar V. Shantaram Shivkumar Sharma Umayalpuram K...
Purandare Akkineni Nageswara Rao Kaloji Narayana Rao Satyajit Ray S. H. Raza ZohraSehgal Uday Shankar Ravi Shankar V. Shantaram Shivkumar Sharma Umayalpuram K...
Adajya, and in 2007 acted in William Dalrymple's City of Djinns alongside ZohraSehgal and Manish Joshi Bismil. He also appeared in the solo play Maulana and...
performer associated with the franchise to become a centenarian after ZohraSehgal, Olaf Pooley and Cameron. Other TV appearances include roles in Crane...
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