She faced rejection, Raj Kapoor insulted her, then Dev Anand gave her a film without audition, the actress’ luck shone

New Delhi. Actress Zarina Wahab, who made her mark with films like ‘Chitchor’ and ‘Gopikrishna’, has now returned to the screen after staying away from the screen for a long time. She debuted with the film ‘Ishq Ishq Ishq’ released in 1974, in which she appeared in the lead role. When Zarina Wahab entered Bollywood, it was very important to have a fair complexion to become a heroine, but she was dark. Due to her dark complexion, she had to face rejection many times and it was not at all easy for her to enter films.

Zarina Wahab went to veteran actor Raj Kapoor in search of work and Raj sahab rejected her as soon as he saw her. He also told the actress that she would never be able to become a heroine. Zarina was badly broken after this humiliation. Zarina Wahab started her career with the film ‘Ishq Ishq Ishq’. This film could not do wonders at the box office, but after this film, Zarina became quite famous. She started getting film offers.

appeared in many films
Zarina Wahab gained popularity from the film ‘Chitchor’. After this film, she worked in many films like ‘Gharaunda’, ‘Anpadh’, ‘Sawan Ko Aane Do’, ‘Sitara’, ‘Naiya’ and ‘Tadap’. Apart from this, she has appeared in TV serials like ‘Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli’, ‘Tumhari Disha’ and ‘Yeh Zindagi Hai Gulshan’.

The actress was liked at first sight
During a conversation on ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’, Zarina told about her first film, ‘Someone told me that Dev Sahab is casting for his film ‘Ishq Ishq Ishq’, so you can get a role there. I immediately reached the set with all my photos. Without saying anything, without looking at anything, Dev Sahab passed by me and said we are working together, but I wrote my address and went from there’.

She further said, ‘After a week, Dev sahab called me to meet him. I again went to meet him with my photographs. But he did not even look at my photographs. He said, ‘You don’t need to see photographs to see if your face is photogenic’. The actress further says, ‘In those days, the eyes of a film director were like a camera’.

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