Legendary starlet Waheeda Rehman will be honored with the 53^rd Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2021. The award will be presented during the 69th National Film Awards ceremony.

Asha Parekh, Chiranjeevi, Paresh Rawal, Prosenjit Chatterjee, and Shekhar Kapur were part of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award Selection Committee.

Read in Hindi: पेशेवर उत्कृष्टता के उच्चतम शिखर पर वहीदा रहमान

Rehman has been critically acclaimed for her roles in Hindi films, prominent among them, ‘Pyaasa’, ‘Kaagaz ke Phool’, ‘Chaudhavi Ka Chand’, ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Ghulam’, ‘Guide’, ‘Khamoshi’ and several others.

In her career spanning over five decades, she has essayed her roles with extreme finesse, leading to a National Film Award for her role as a clanswoman in the film ‘Reshma and Shera’. A Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, Waheeda has exemplified dedication, commitment, and the strength of a Bharatiya Nari who can achieve the highest level of professional excellence with her hard work.

Over the years the veteran actress achieved what very few actresses of her time could. With her acting prowess, Waheeda Rehman went on to win a plethora of awards. She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award for her roles in ‘Guide’ (1965) and ‘Neel Kamal’ (1968). The actress also won the National Award for Best Actress (1971) and was honored with the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1972, later receiving the Padma Bhushan in 2011.

Waheeda Rehman has worked in more than 90 films, in a career spanning over five decades and has received significant critical acclaim.