Remembering Achala Sachdev, Hindi cinema’s one of the most respected screen mothers, on her birth anniversary.

Remembering Achala Sachdev, Hindi cinema’s one of the most respected screen mothers, on her birth anniversary today (03/05/1920).

Achala was born in Peshawar in 1920. She started her acting journey with a movie called “Fashionable Wife” in 1938. Later, she moved to Pune after marrying Clifford Douglas Peters, who owned a factory in Bhosari.

Her career in the Hindi film industry began early, and she also worked with All India Radio starting from the 1940s. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared in many Hindi films, gaining fame for playing maternal roles. One of her most famous roles was as Balraj Sahni’s wife in the hit movie “Waqt” from 1965, where she was part of the iconic song “Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen”. Many fans started calling her Zohra Jabeen after that.

She acted in several memorable films, including “Azaad”, “Arzoo”, “Amanat”, “Waqt”, “Mera Naam Joker”, “Julie”, “Karm”, “Haqeeqat”, “Himalay Ki God Mein”, “Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke”, “Prem Pujari”, “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, “Chandni”, “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge”, “Kabhi Kushi Kabhe Gham”, and “Kal Ho Naa Ho”. Additionally, she appeared in English movies like “Nine Hours to Rama” and the Merchant Ivory film “The Householder”.

Achala Sachdev passed away in Pune on April 30, 2012, due to respiratory failure.