Zohra Sehgal

Zohra Sehgal

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Zohra Sehgal Profile

  • Name:
  • Zohra Sehgal
  • Born:
  • April 27, 1912
  • Spouse:
  • Kameshwar Nath Segal

Zohra Sehgal Biography

Zohra Sehgal is an Indian actress and choreographer who appears in television ads as well. She started her career in 1935 as a dancer alongside Uday Shankar and worked with him for next eight years. Later she appeared in character roles in movies as well as television serials. She is regarded as doyenne of Indian theatre and a few months back, she has celebrated her 102th birthday. Thus she is one of the veteran actors of Indian screen, television and theatre, who has almost witnessed the revolution and reformation that has happened throughout 100 years of Indian cinema. She received the Padma Vibhushan in 2010, Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2004. She has also received Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contributions to the world of art.

 

Zohra was born on 27 April, 1912 into a traditional Muslim family in UP. Her birth name is Sahibzadi Zohra Begum Mumtaz-ullah Khan. She lost her mother at a younger age. She went to Queen Mary College, Lahore for studies.  Seeing the failed marriage of her sister, Zohra decided to pursue a career, rather than get married. Later she joined as an apprentice of a British actor and travelled worldwide. In Europe she got admission in Mary Wigman's ballet school in Dresden, Germany, the first Indian to study in this institution. Once she happened to watch Shiv-Parvati ballet by Uday Shankar and impressed by his work, she joined his group and worked for eight years. Later she has also worked with Indian People's Theatre Association and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for fourteen years.

 

She has appeared as grandmother in numerous movies, televisions serials and advertisements in the recent times. She performed some stunt sequences in Govinda – Rani Mukherjee starrer “Chalo ishq ladaye”, released in 2002. Dil se, Bend It Like Beckham and Cheeni Kum are other noted movies.

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Updated: January 08, 2014

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