This Bollywood actress became famous for her role as a mother and grandmother, worked in the industry for 7 decades

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Even today these stars and their characters are in the minds of people.
At one point, playing such characters had become his identity.
Achala was the youngest in her family.

Entertainment Desk, Indore. Who Was Achala Sachdev: There have been many stars in Hindi cinema who have made a special place in the hearts of people with their acting. They became very famous for their characters in films. Even today these stars and their characters are in the minds of people. One such actress is Achala Sachdev. Achala was the only actress who became famous only for playing the role of a mother and grandmother. She was very much liked in these roles. At one time, playing such characters had become her identity.

This is how he stepped into the film industry

Achala Sachdev earned fame in the industry by playing the role of mother and grandmother till her last days. Achala Sachdev was born on 3 May 1920 in a Punjabi family in Peshawar, Pakistan. Achala was the youngest in her family. Seeing the poor conditions of the house, Achala started working at a very young age.

She started working as an announcer on All India Radio Lahore. After this, she came to Delhi with her family. She used to take interviews of famous personalities of that time. Along with this, she also started getting small roles in films.

Directors used to offer only this role
Achala played the role of Dev Anand’s younger sister in the 1950 film Dilruba. People liked her role in this film so much that she started getting selected for the role of mother and sister in films. Directors also used to offer this role to Achala.

She played the role of a mother in films like Footpath, Sangam, Miss Mary and Dil Ek Mandir. The song Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen from the film Waqt gave Achala Sachdev a new identity. It is said that there has been no actor or actress whose mother or grandmother’s role has not been played by Achala Sachdev.

Worked with all the stars
She has worked in everything from black and white to colourful films. Even though Achala Sachdev played similar roles, she was a great actress. She worked in the Hindi industry for almost 7 decades. The actress’ last film was Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, released in the year 2001. In this film, she played the role of Shahrukh Khan’s grandmother and Amitabh Bachchan’s mother.