Veteran actress and Padma Shri recipient Sasikala Sehgal, or Sasikala, passed away in April this year, but left behind an enduring legacy of iconic performances. Known for portraying critically acclaimed negative characters, she has appeared in several successful films like Jhankar Beats and TV shows like Son Pari. On her 89th birth anniversary, we take a look at the five films she appeared in.
Sujata (1959)
Filmmaker Bimal Roy’s progressive drama about Sujatha (Nutan), an orphan, lower caste, adopted into an upper caste family, was nominated for the Palme d’Or and received the National Film Award in India. happened. Sasikala, who plays Sujatha’s half-sister Rama, received a Filmfare Award nomination for her performance in the film.
Wild (1961)
In this iconic Subodh Mukherjee film, Sasikala plays Mala, the carefree younger sister of Shekhar (Shammi Kapoor). Mala rebels against her aristocratic family by falling in love with a general (Anup Kumar) and sets the stage for Shekhar to later choose a woman (Saira Banu) from a humble family.
Aarti (1962)
Arti (Mala Sinha), a hardworking doctor, marries a man named Deepak (Pradeep Kumar), who saves her life, only to be tormented by her former fiancée, Dr. Prakash (Ashok Kumar). Sasikala plays the role of Aarti’s sister-in-law Jaswanti, who is hostile to Aarti and troubles her a lot. He won his first Filmfare Award trophy and Bengal Film Journalists Association (BFJA) award for this film.
Gumrah (1963)
Meena (Mala Sinha) is in love with Rajendra (Sunil Dutt), but marries Ashok (Ashok Kumar), as his wife and her sister, Kamala (Nirupa Roy), die in an accident, leaving her behind. The kids get left behind. Sasikala plays Leela, a woman who blackmails Meena (Mala) by pretending to be the wife of her lover Rajendra (Sunil Dutt). Sasikala once again won the Filmfare and BFJA Awards for her performance.
Rahgir (1969)
Sasikala won her third BFJA Award for this Tarun Majumdar play. The film tells about a man (Biswajit Chatterjee) from an affluent family, who falls prey to his wanderlust and leaves behind his familiar world.
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