DSPA RETROSPECTIVE
Asha Parekh
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner, 2020
Asha Parekh is a renowned Indian film actress, director, producer, and an accomplished Indian classical dancer. Credited with superhit films, especially between 1959-1973, she was called the ‘Hit Girl’ in the film industry. Starting off as a child actor, her debut was with ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ (1959) as the lead, which became a big hit, catapulting her into stardom.
She went on to act in over 95 films, with some of the top filmmakers and leading actors of that time like Shakti Samanta, Raj Khosla, Nasir Hussain, Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Shammi Kapoor, Manoj Kumar, Dev Anand and many more.
She won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for ‘Kati Patang’ (1971) and was the recipient of the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (2002), along with many other prestigious recognitions.
Conferred with the Padma Shri (1992), she also served as the Head of the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) during 1998-2001.
Do Badan
Director: Raj Khosla
Producer: Huda Bihari
Right Holder: Goldmines Telefilms
Screenplay: Chandrakant, G.R. Kamath, Masood Mashhadi
Music: Ravi
Cinematographer: V.N. Reddy
Editor: Govind Dalwadi, D.N. Pai
Cast: Asha Parekh, Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal
Vikas comes from a poor family. Studying in college, he aims to get a job soon. He meets Asha who comes from a wealthy family and they fall in love. Vikas’ father dies and he is unable to complete college. Asha arranges a job for him in her father’s company not telling him he is her father. Asha’s father announces her engagement with Ashwini who finds out that Asha is in love with Vikas. Ashwini arranges an accident for Vikas in which he loses his eyesight. Asha reluctantly marries Ashwini but will fate allow Vikas and Asha to reunite.
Teesri Manzil
Director: Vijay Anand
Producer: Nasir Hussain
Right Holder: Zee Studios
Screenplay: Nasir Hussain
Music: Rahul Dev Burman
Cinematographer: N.V. Srinivas
Editor: Vijay Anand  Â
Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Raj Mehra
Rupa mysteriously falls to her death from the third floor of a hotel. Before her fall, she bangs on the door of the hotel drummer Rocky, pleading to let her in. Her death is assumed to be a suicide. A year later, Rupa’s sister Sunita believes the nightclub drummer is to be blamed for her sister’s suspicious death and intends to investigate and avenge it. But on the train journey to Mussoorie, Sunita meets a flirtatious Anil who is actually Rocky (his stage name). They become romantically involved. Rocky’s identity is revealed and together they crack the murder mystery.
Kati Patang
Director: Shakti Samanta
Producer: Shakti Samanta
Screenplay: Vrajendra Gaur, Gulshan Nanda
Right Holder: Samanta Family
Music: Rahul Dev Burman
Cinematographer: V. Gopi Krishna
Editor: Govind Dalwadi
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Asha Parekh, Prem Chopra
