Rehana Sultan (born 19 November 1950) is an Indian film actress best known for her debut role in the acclaimed 1970 film Dastak which won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. A graduate of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, she is also known for another bold role in the film Chetna (1970), which got her typecast thus ending her film career, despite its promising start.
Born and raised in Allahabad to Bahá'í parents, she graduated from high school in 1967, and was selected in the same year to study acting at FTII. After she graduated with a sexy role in Vishwanath Ayengar's diploma film Shadi Ki Pehli Salgirah (1967), she got her break in a feature film in Rajinder Singh Bedi's Dastak (1970), making her the first actress from the Institute to land a lead role in the film industry. She won the National Film Award for her role in that film. In the same year she also played the lead role in the film Chetna which was shot in 28 days along with the shooting of Dastak. That film was about the rehabilitation of prostitutes, and her role changed the portrayal of sex workers in Hindi cinema.
Her sexy roles brought her success but also limited her choice of roles in future films. She had roles in Haar Jeet (1972), Prem Parvat (1973), and the famous political satire Kissa Kursi Ka (1977). In 1984, after starring in Vijay Anand’s Hum Rahen Na Rahen (1984) with Shabana Azmi, she married writer-director B. R. Ishara, who had directed Chetna. She also appeared in a Punjabi movie Putt Jattan De (1981) with Shatrughan Sinha.
Awards
1970 - National Film Award for Best Actress for Dastak
1972 - BFJA Award for Best Actress for Chetna
Filmography
1992 Surajmukhi
1985 Aakhri Chaal (TV Movie)
1984 Hum Rahe Na Hum as Kalyani M. Sharma / Madam
1983 Bandhan Kuchchey Dhaagon Ka as Advocate Thakur
1982 Bedard
1983 Putt Jattan De as Jagat Singh's wife
1981 Jwala Daaku as Rambhabai
1980 Agent 009
1980 Sister
1979 Aaj Ki Dhara
1979 Deen Aur Imaan
1978 Nawab Sahib
1978 Assignment Bombay
1977 Ooparwala Jaane
1977 Agent Vinod as Zarina
1976 Sajjo Rani as
1975 Yeh Sach Hai
1975 Zindagi Aur Toofan
1974 Albeli
1974 Khhotte Sikkay as Rani / Paro Ramdin
1974 Ek Ladki Badnaam Si
1973 Bada Kabutar as Rita
1973 Dil Ki Rahen
1973 Prem Parvat
1972 Haar Jeet as Kamal
1972 Man Jaiye as Suman
1972 Savera
1972 Tanhai
1971 Man Tera Tan Mera
1971 Padosi
1970 Chetna as Seema
1970 Dastak as Salma Ahmed
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