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Zarina Wahab (born 17 July 1956^{[citation needed]}) is an Indian actress who predominantly worked in Hindi and Malayalam films. Known for critically acclaimed roles in Chitchor and Gopal Krishna in Hindi and Malayalam cinema with films like Madanolsavam, Chamaram, Palangal and Adaminte Makan Abu.

Zarina Wahab
Wahab at the Stardust Awards in 2016
Born	(1956-07-17) 17 July 1956 (age 66) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present
Spouse	Aditya Pancholi ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2; including Sooraj Pancholi

Early life

Wahab was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh into a Muslim family. She is fluent in her mother tongue Urdu, in addition to Telugu, Hindi and English.[1] She was trained at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune.[2] Wahab has three sisters and one brother.

Career

After receiving negative feedback about her appearance from film producer Raj Kapoor, Wahab worked on her appearance and attended film parties and events. She eventually got noticed and was cast in films.[3] She was usually cast as the middle-class girl after her first leading role in Basu Chatterjee's Chit Chor (1976) in movies like Agar, Jazbaat, Sawan Ko Aane Do, and Raees Zada. She was nominated for a Filmfare Award in the Best Actress category for Gharonda (1977).[4] She has acted in many Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, films. Wahab made a comeback to Malayalam films with Calendar, in 2009[5] and has continued to act in Malayalam movies. She is still remembered for her role in the critically acclaimed Adaminte Makan Abu.[6] She also appeared in My Name Is Khan as the mother of Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh Khan's character).[7] Wahab currently plays older roles in television serials.[8]

Personal life

Wahab met actor Aditya Pancholi on the sets of Kalank Ka Tika.[9] They married in 1986 and have a daughter, Sana and a son, Sooraj. News of their turbulent marriage, her husband's temper and rumors of infidelity have been in the gossip columns.[10] Wahab's daughter is an actress.[11] Her son, Suraj, was arrested in June 2013, in connection with the death of Jiah Khan.[12] He made his Bollywood debut with Sunil Shetty's daughter Athiya Shetty in 2015 in the movie Hero.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1974	Ishq Ishq Ishq	Prema	Hindi
1975	Anokha	Sudha Manchanda
	Gajula Kishtayya	Radha	Telugu
1976	Chitchor	Geeta P. Choudry	Hindi
	Raeeszada	Julie
1977	Gharaonda	Chaya
	Navarathinam	Pushparagam, The Hindi actress	Tamil
	Agar... If	Anju A. Agarwal	Hindi
1978	Tumhare Liye	Rajnartaki
	Madanolsavam	Elizabeth	Malayalam
	Anpadh	Jyoti	Hindi
	Amara Prema	Jaya Mala	Telugu
	Tumhare Liye	Rajnartaki	Hindi
1979	Gopal Krishna	Radha
	Jeena Yahan	Sushma Guest Appearance
	Salaam Memsaab	Radha
	Sawan Ko Aane Do	Chandramukhi
	Naiyya	Geeta
	Do Hawaldar	Paro
1980	Chamaram	Indu	Malayalam
	Naayattu	Bhavani
	Swattu	Rohini
	Mr. Michael	Lilly
	Prathishta
	Pappu	Herself
	Sitara	Dhaniya/Sarita	Hindi
	Aakhri Insaaf
	Taxi Chor	Ruby
	Hema Hemeelu	Seeta	Telugu
	Jazbaat	Sapna/Sangeeta	Hindi
1981	Ek Aur Ek Gyarah	Hirnibai
	Roohi	Sajjo/Roohi
	Aakhri Mujra	Sitara
	Paanch Qaidi	Shanti
	Khoon Ki Takkar	Rajju
	Ammakkorumma	Sindhu	Malayalam
	Palangal	Usha
1982	Sara Varsham	Savitha
	Enthino Pookunna Pookal	Savithri
	Football	Celine
	Veedu	Sumi
	Barrister		Hindi
	Tadap	Shaila
	Maine Jeena Seekh Liya	Reema
	Shiv Charan	Bijili
1983	Kaivarisai	Jaisankar's sister	Tamil
	Dard-E-Dil	Reshma	Hindi
	Chor Police	Anjana
	Paanchwin Manzil	Meena
	Lal Chunariyaa	Kamini
	Parasparam	Meera	Malayalam
1984	Hanste Khelte	Meena	Hindi
	Manasariyathe	Sindhu	Malayalam
1985	Punnaram Cholli Cholli	Vinodini
	Choodatha Pookal	Sreedevi
	Hum Naujawan	Meenakshi	Hindi
1986	Amrit	Savitri Sharma
	Adhikar	Rita
	Inteqam Ki Aag	Seema
	Dahleez	Jameela Ali
1987	Ee Bandha Anubandha		Kannada
	Maashuka		Hindi
	Dozakh	Dancer
	Mera Yaar Mera Dushman
1989	Toofan	Mrs. Laxmi Gopal Sharma
1992	Jai Kaali	Divya
1995	Mera Damad	Kimi/Sunita Choudhry
2001	Zindagi	Geeta
2004	Dil Maange More!!!	Kavita (Nikhil's Aunt & Shagun's Mother)
2005	Kisna: The Warrior Poet	Shanta
2006	Jaane Hoga Kya	Mrs. Krishnan
	Prateeksha	Kunti
2007	Kaisay Kahein	Mrs. Rao
2008	Kabadi Kabadi		Malayalam
2009	Calendar	Thankam Joseph
2010	Aagathan	Malathi Varma
	My Name Is Khan	Razia Khan	Hindi
	Rakta Charitra	Jayalakshmi
			Telugu
	Rakta Charitra 2		Hindi
			Telugu
	Khilafath		Malayalam
	Malik Ek	Shanti, Pralhad's Mother	Hindi
2011	Adaminte Makan Abu	Aishumma, Abu's wife	Malayalam
	Naayika	Herself
2012	Agneepath	Suhasini Chauhan	Hindi
2013	I, Me, aur Main	Nisha Sabharwal
	Himmatwala	Savitri
	Vishwaroopam	Psychiatrist	Tamil
	Aaru Sundarimaarude Katha	Chachi Moothedan	Malayalam
	Olipporu	Olipporali's mother
	Club 60	Mrs. Sinha	Hindi
	Zila Ghaziabad	Satbeer's mother
2014	Bobby Jasoos	Saida
	Love U Crazy Girl	Khushi's mother
2015	Dil Dhadakne Do	Smita Sangha
2016	Chalk n Duster	Indu Shastry
	Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gayaa	Mann's mother
	Anbendraale Amma	Mother	Tamil	Short film
2017	Viswasapoorvam Mansoor	Sairabanu	Malayalam
	Thrissivaperoor Kliptham	Ammachi
	Jia Aur Jia	Jia Grewal's mother	Hindi
	The Door	Mother
2019	Minnaminukalude Aakasham		Malayalam
	The Last Meal	Mother	Hindi
	And the Oscar Goes To...	Ummukulsu	Malayalam
	Priyapettavar	Menon's mother		Photo only
	PM Narendra Modi	Hiraben Modi	Hindi
	One Day: Justice Delivered	Abdul's mom
	Junction Varanasi	Mamta
	Mudda 370 J&K	Suraj's mother
2020	Mai Gayatri Jadhav	Lawyer
	Main Mulayam Singh Yadav	Mulayam's mother
	The Lovers	Nithya's mother
	The Waiting	Mehak
	Guns of Banaras	Guddu's Mother
	Street Dancer 3D	Amrinder's Mother
2021	Mera Fauji Calling	Maa ji
2022	Before You Die
	Hero of Nation Chandra Shekhar Azad	Jagrani Devi
	Lalitham Sundaram	Mary Das	Malayalam
	Virata Parvam	Ravi's mother	Telugu
	Dasara	TBA		Filming
	Ishq Pashmina		Hindi

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Notes
1999	Naya Zamana	Dr.Shubhada Singh, Principal of college	Zee TV
2000	Babul Ki Duwayen Leti Jaa	Prof Nafisa Siddiqui
	Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi	Tulsi's Childhood friend	Star Plus
2001-2003	Heena	Nagma Begum	Sony Entertainment Television
2002	Kammal	Rini Sanyaal	Zee TV
2004	Tumhari Disha	Suhasini Vijayendra Bhonsale
2005	Kohinoor	Mrs Kohli, Iravati Mom	Sahara One
2006	Zaara-Pyar Ki Saugat	Sana Khan -Aamir stepmother
	FIR	Bajrang Pandey's Mother	SAB TV
	Kashmakash Zindagi Ki	Pooja's Mother	DD National
2007	Virrudh	Vasudha Mother	Sony Entertainment Television
2009	Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli	Pratibha Jagmohan Prasad	Zee TV	Later that Character was Played by Natasha Sinha and after that Surbhi Tiwari
2012	Savdhaan India	Rajjo (Episode no 732)	Star Bharat	Only One Episode
	Sajda Tere Pyaar Mein	Mahendra Pratap Mother	Star Plus
	Madhubala Ek Ishq Ek Junoon	Meera Malik Sultan Mother	Colors TV
2016	Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai	Ketki Gaikwad	& TV

Television

• Ek Kiran Roshni Ki on DD National as Roshni's mother
• Zindagi...Ek Bhanwar on DD National as Sharda Baldev Singh
• Love Life & Screw Ups Season 2 as Honey
• Tanaav[13] (2022)

Awards and nominations

• The Global Indian Film And Television Honors for Best Actor In A Supporting Role – Female (2011) for My Name Is Khan
• Nominated–Filmfare Award for Best Actress (1977) for Gharonda
• Nominated–Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress (2011) for Rakht Charitra – I
• Nominated–Stardust Award for Best Actress In An Ensemble Cast (2011) for My Name Is Khan
• Nominated–Stardust Award for Best Actress In An Ensemble Cast (2011) for Rakht Charitra – I

References

External links

• Zarina Wahab at IMDb
• Zarina Wahab at Bollywood Hungama

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