Saturday 11 July 2015

27th APRIL 1912 - 10th JULY  2014 LEGENDARY ACTRESS ( 8 DECADES ) ZOHRA SEHGAL


Legendary actress Zohra Sehgal passes away at 102

  1. Zohra Sehgal
    Actress
  2. Zohra Sehgal was an Indian actress and choreographer. Sehgal started her career as a dancer in Uday Shankar's troupe, performing in countries like the United States and Japan. Wikipedia
  3. BornApril 27, 1912, Saharanpur
  4. DiedJuly 10, 2014, New Delhi
  5. SpouseKameshwar Segal (m. 1942–1959)
Thursday, 10 July 2014 - 8:50pm IST Updated: Thursday, 10 July 2014 - 9:50pm IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna webdesk





  • zohra-sehgalZohra Sehgal turned 102, this Sunday

Legendary actress Zohra Sehgal, who played character roles with aplomb in a career spanning both theatre and cinema, has died in New Delhi at the age of 102.
Sehgal breathed her last at Max hospital here around 4:30 PM.
"She died of a cardiac arrest this afternoon. She was unwell for last three-four days," daughter Kiran said.
Sehgal will be cremated at the Lodhi Road crematorium at 11 am on Friday.
The news was broken in the night by historian Irfan Habib who tweeted, "Just confirmed that Zohra Aapa is no more..." In another tweet, he said, "Extremely sad to know about d passing away of Zohra Sehgal, a woman who lived a full life on her own terms. Great loss to art and culture. RIP." Sehgal, a vivacious personality, started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. She had appeared in many Bollywood films as a character actor as well as in English language films besides television series and plays.                                                   Often called the grand old lady of Bollywood, she last appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Saawariya" in 2007. 
A Padma Shri awardee, she also received the Padma Vibhushan in 2010.
Below is her profile published on dna on the occasion of 102nd birthday in April, 2014.
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There is something about Zohra. As she talks, the creases across her face tighten. Her eyes glimmer in delight and mischief. Her hand move animatedly, as if trying to make a point by themselves. That is Zohra Sehgal for you, the quintessential Bollywood diva. She may be at the other side of 100, but her zeal and enthusiasm for life would put a 20 year old to shame.
Born on the April 27, 1912, Zohra is an Indian actor and dancer. Born Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan in a traditional Muslim family in Sahranpur, Uttar Pradesh, she was sent to Lahore to pursue her higher education. “I was never a Pakistani. I was always an Indian,” said the 102 year young lady in an interview with ANI, a few years back. Her journey from India to Pakistan and back again, encapsulated the entire Indian freedom struggle. She was a witness to the partition and it pained her a lot, she said.
Acting and dance came naturally to Zohra, after all Uzra Butt, a leading lady with Prithvi theatre, was her sibling. Trained in ballet, the woman was and continues to be a born charmer. “Ballet was difficult at the beginning, but I wanted to learn it,” said Zohra said in an interview in 2012.  She started off her journey with Uday Shankar's dance troupe and has today completed over eight decades of her journey in the industry.
Love came calling when she met Kameshwar Sehgal. The man was a scientist, but his penchant for art is what brought them close. The Hindu boy from Indore, was eight years younger than Zohra. Reluctant to get married, Zohra took time to realise she couldn't live without Kameshwar. Marriage was imminent. In the year 1942, as India fought the Quit India movement, the couple tied the knot. However their togetherness was short lived. After Kameshwars's death in 1952, Zohra knew she had to raise her kids by herself.
Travelling to England to pursue her acting career was a choice that was the most sensible decision she made in her life. The Raj Quartet, The Jewel in the Crown, Tandoori Nights, My Beautiful Laundrette etc. came along. Over the last few years, she dabbled in numerous Bollywood movies too. Her performances in 'Cheeni Kum' alongside Amitabh Bachchan, 'Dil se' alongside Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala, 'Veer-Zara', 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam', 'Dillagi', 'Bend it Like Beckham', 'Sawariya' and many more, were widely appreciated. Zohra, though approached for a slew of films even later, decided she had to stop; after all she was ageing.
“I would have loved to be a beauty when I was younger. I was flat chested, big bottomed, dark skinned and not even appealing. I was mischievous and was nothing less than a prankster,” Sehgal had previously claimed. Even though she regretted doing lot of things, she agrees these mistakes were her best teachers.
As she ushered in her 102nd birthday on Sunday, she admits she is truly blessed.Settled now in Delhi, the agnostic believes the only tragedy in her life would be that the sex-spurred, mystery novels will now have to rest in her shelf (Her eyesight is dwindling). The feet that would once dance across stages and the eyes that could once express any emotion, now move in a different tune. They may not be as crisp and as they once they used to be, but she awaits her future, with a wide smile.
There is more to do, more to live - Zohra Sehgal

Zohra Sehgal

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Zohra Sehgal
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Zohra Sehgal
Born27 April 1912
SaharanpurUnited Provinces,British India
Died10 July 2014 (aged 102)
Delhi, India
Other namesZohra Mumtaz-Ullah Khan
Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan (birthname)
OccupationActress, dancer, choreographer
Years active1935–2007
Spouse(s)Kameshwar Nath Sehgal
ChildrenKiran Segal
Pawan Sehgal
Zohra Sehgal (27 April 1912 – 10 July 2014) was an Indian actress and choreographer.[1] Sehgal started her career as a dancer in Uday Shankar's troupe, performing in countries like the United States and Japan. She went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films as a character actress with a career-span of over 60 years.
The famous films she was part of, include Neecha Nagar, Afsar (1946), Bhaji on the Beach (1992), The Mystic Masseur (2001), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Dil Se.. (1998), Saawariya and Cheeni Kum (2007); and the TV series, The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–87), Amma and Family (1996).[2] At the age of 90, she played the central character in the 2002 film Chalo Ishq Ladaaye. Considered the doyenne ofIndian theatre, she acted with Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for 14 years.[3] She has also acted in English-speaking films such as Bend It Like Beckham.
She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, 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 honor, in 2010.[4] She died in a New Delhi hospital on 10 July 2014 due to cardiac arrest.[5]

Early life and education[edit]

She was born as Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan on 27 April 1912 into a traditional Muslim family in SaharanpurUttar PradeshIndia, to Mumtazullah Khan and Natiqua Begum, belonging to a Rohilla Pathan family of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India. She was third of seven children – Zakullah, Hajrah, Ikramullah, Uzra (Uzra Butt), Anna and Sabira – and grew up in Chakrata, now in Uttarakhand (near Dehradun). She was a tomboy fond of climbing trees and playing games. Zohra lost vision in her left eye as she contracted glaucoma at the age of one year. She was referred to a hospital in Birmingham where she was treated at a cost of £300.
She lost her mother while still young. In accordance with their mother's wishes, she and her sister were sent to Queen Mary CollegeLahore. Strict purdah was observed there and the few males invited to speak did so from behind a screen.[6] As a result of seeing her sister's failed marriage, she decided to pursue a career, rather than get married.[7][8]
Upon graduating, her maternal uncle, Sahebzada Saeeduzzafar Khan, who was based in Edinburgh,[9] arranged for her to apprentice under a British actor. They started from Lahore by car and, en route, crossed Iran, Palestine, before reaching Damascus, Syria, where she met her cousin. Then they traveled into Egypt and caught a boat to Europe in Alexandria.[10]
In Europe, her aunt Dicta took her to try in the Mary Wigman's ballet school in Dresden, Germany, but she had not ever danced, having lived in purdah for so long. Nevertheless, she got admission and became the first Indian to study at the institution.[11] She stayed in Dresden for the next three years studying modern dance, while living in the house of Countess Liebenstein. She happened to watch the Shiv-Parvati ballet by Uday Shankar who was touring Europe. This was to change her life forever as, impressed by the performance, she went back stage to meet Uday Shankar, who promised her a job on her return to India, at the completion of her course.[12]

Career[edit]

While still in Europe, she received a telegram from Uday Shankar: "Leaving for Japan tour. Can you join immediately?"[10] On 8 August 1935, she joined his troupe and danced across Japan, Egypt, Europe and the US, as a leading lady, along with French dancer, Simkie. When Uday Shankar moved back to India in 1940, she became a teacher at the Uday Shankar India Cultural Centre at Almora. It was here that she met her future husband Kameshwar Segal, a young scientist, painter and dancer from Indore, eight years her junior, belonging to the Radha Soami sect.
For a while the couple worked in Uday’s dance institute at Almora. Both became accomplished dancers and choreographers. Kameshwar composed a noted ballet for human puppets and choreographed the ballet Lotus Dance.[13] When it shut down later, they migrated to Lahore in the near western India and set up their own Zohresh Dance Institute. The growing communal tension preceding the Partition of India made them feel unwelcome. They returned to Bombay, with one-year-old Kiran. By now, her sister Uzra Butt was already a leading lady with Prithvi Theatre. Ultimately, she too joined Prithvi Theatre in 1945, as an actress with a monthly salary of Rs 400, and toured every city across India with the group, for the next 14 years.
Also in 1945, soon after her arrival, she joined the leftist theatre group, IPTA, acted in several plays, and made her film debut in IPTA's first film production, directed by Khwaja Ahmad AbbasDharti Ke Lal in 1946; she followed it up with another IPTA-supported film,Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar. In the same year, it became the first Indian film to gain critical international recognition and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.[14][15]
Her involvement remained mostly with the theatre, though she did do a few films in between. During their stay in Bombay, the couple came to know many celebrities, including Ebrahim Alkazi, in whose play, Din Ke Andhere, she played "Begum Qudsia"; K.A. Abbas, in whose plays she acted at the IPTA; Chetan and Uma Anand in whose house the couple stayed when they first moved to Bombay, and his brother, Dev Anand his brother. She did the choreography for several Hindi films, including Guru Dutt's Baazi (1951) and the dream sequence song in Raj Kapoor's film Awaara.[16] Kameshwar, on the other hand, became art director in Hindi films and later tried his hand at film direction.[17]
Zohra Sehgal had been acting on the stage in different parts of India and putting up plays for inmates, including at Ferozepore jail.[10] After staging a play, she stayed on to watch an execution.[citation needed]
After her husband's death in 1959, Zohra first moved to Delhi and became director of the newly founded Natya Academy. She then moved London on a drama scholarship in 1962. Here she met Ram Gopal, a India-born Bharatnatyam dancer, and starting 1963, worked as a teacher in the "Uday Shankar style" of dance at his school in Chelsea, during the short period of its existence.[18] Her first role for British television was in a BBC adaptation of a Kipling story, The Rescue of Pluffles, in 1964. She also appeared in four episodes of Doctor Who during 1964-65, all of them, however, are currently lost. She also anchored 26 episodes of BBC TV series, Padosi (Neighbours; 1976–77). Her career in the next almost two decades remained sporadic, despite several small appearances in many films.[1]
In London, Zohra got her first break in the films and was signed by Merchant Ivory Productions. She appeared in The Courtesans of Bombay directed by James Ivory in 1982. This paved way for an important role as Lady Chatterjee in the television adaptation The Jewel in the Crown (ITV, 1984). Thus starting the second phase of her career, as she went on to appear in The Raj QuartetThe Jewel in the CrownTandoori NightsMy Beautiful Laundrette, et al.

Return to India[edit]

She returned to India in the mid-1990s and lived for a few months in Burdwan. At that time she acted in several films, plays and TV series since. She first performed poetry at a memorial to Uday Shankar organised by his brother, Ravi Shankar in 1983, and soon took it in big way; she started getting invited to perform poetry at various occasions. She even traveled to Pakistan to recite verses for "An Evening With Zohra". Her impromptu performances of Punjabi and Urdu became a norm. After stage performances she was often requested by the audience to recite Hafeez Jullundhri's famous nazmAbhi To Main Jawan Hoon.[12][19][20]
In 1993, a critically acclaimed play, Ek Thi Nani, was staged in Lahore for the first time, featuring Zohra and her sister Uzra Butt now staying in Pakistan. A performance in its English version, A Granny for All Seasons, was held at UCLA in 2001.[21] She became very active in Hindi films in grandmotherly roles in from 1996, with frequent appearances in high budget movies like Dil Se, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Veer Zara, Saawariya, Cheeni Kum. She was 90, when she did the film -Chalo Ishq Ladaye in 2002, whee she was the main central character of the film and Govinda played her grandson.The film Ishq Ladaye had her riding a bike and fighting the villains as well. In 2008, at the United Nations Population Fund (UNPF)-Laadli Media Awards in New Delhi, she was named Laadli of the century and the award ceremony was presided by the Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit.[22][23]
In her career she has acted with heroes across generations - Prithviraj KapoorAshok KumarDev AnandGovindaShahrukh KhanSalman KhanAmitabh Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor. In 2012, she became the longest-living actor to have appeared on Doctor Who, as well as the first centenarian associated with the show. The second is Olaf Pooley, who celebrated his 100th birthday on 13 March 2014.

Personal life[edit]

She married Kameshwar Sehgal, a Hindu. There was initial opposition from her parents, but they eventually gave their approval for the union. They married on 14 August 1942. Jawaharlal Nehru was to attend the wedding reception, but he was arrested a couple of days earlier for supporting Gandhi's Quit India Movement.[6]
Zohra and Kameshwar had two children, Kiran and Pavan. Pavan Sehgal works for the WHO. Kiran is a highly reputed Odissi dancer.
In 2012, Kiran Sehgal, her daughter wrote Zohra's biography titled "Zohra Sehgal: Fatty".

Death[edit]

On 9 July 2014 she was admitted to the Max Hospital in South Delhi after being diagnosed with pneumonia.[5] She died on 10 July 2014, aged 102, after suffering cardiac arrest and was cremated on 11 July at Lodhi Road crematorium, Delhi.[24][25]

Filmography[edit]

Acting[edit]

YearTitle
1943Rahgeer
1946Dharti Ke Lal
1946Neecha Nagar
1950Afsar
1956Heer
1964The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling
1964–1965Doctor Who (TV series)
1967The Long Duel
1967Theatre 625 (TV series)
1968The Vengeance of She
1968The Expert (TV series)
1969The Guru
1973The Regiment (TV series)
1973Tales That Witness Madness
1974It Ain't Half Hot Mum (TV series)
1978Mind Your Language (TV series)
1983The Courtesans of Bombay
1984The Jewel in the Crown (TV series)
1985Tandoori Nights (TV series)
1985Harem
1986Caravaggio
1987Partition
1987Never Say Die
1989Manika, une vie plus tard
1989The Bill
1991Masala
1992Firm Friends
1993Bhaji on the Beach
1994Little Napoleons
1995Amma and Family (TV series)
1997Tamanna
1998Not a Nice Man to Know
1998Dil Se..
1999Khwaish
1999Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
1999Dillagi
2000Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa
2001Landmark
2001Zindagi Kitni Khoobsoorat Hai
2001The Mystic Masseur
2002Bend It Like Beckham
2002Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham
2002Anita and Me
2002Chalo Ishq Ladaaye
2003Saaya
2003Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya?
2004Veer-Zaara
2005Chicken Tikka Masala
2005Mistress of Spices
2007Cheeni Kum
2007.Saawariya

Awards[edit]

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