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ASHA PAREKH  VS DILIP KUMAR PANAJI: Veteran actress Asha Parekh, who ruled the Hindi film industry in the 60s and 70s, has worked with almost all the stars of that time but she consciously stayed away from one actor, superstar Dilip Kumar. Parekh, who is known for her frank and forthright attitude, said that she refused to be cast with Kumar because of the simple fact that she did not like him. When asked that why the audience did not see the two actors romancing onscreen, Parekh said, "Who I don't like I don't work with." The 67-year-old actress is being felicitated for completing 50 years in the film industry at the ongoing 40th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). She started her career as a child artiste under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh in the film 'Aasmaan' in 1952.  Thereafter noted filmmaker Bimal Roy saw her dance at a stage function and cast her at the tender age of twelve in 'Baap Beti' 1954. Parekh's first...

ASHA PAREKH ,HINDI LEGENDARY ACTRESS  BORN 1942 OCTOBER 2 Asha Parekh (born 2 October 1942) is a Bollywood actress, director, and producer. She was one of the top stars in Hindi films from 1959 to 1973.[2] In 1992, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India. Parekh is regarded as one of the most successful and influential Hindi movie actresses of all time.[3] Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Asha Parekh was born into a middle-class Gujarati Jain family on 2 October 1942 in Mumbai, to a father (who was from Paldi near Pirana, Ahmedabad, Gujarat) and a Dawoodi Bohra Muslim mother.[4] Parekh's religious upbringing involved worshipping Sai Baba.[5][6] Her mother enrolled her in Indian classical dance classes at an early age and she learned from many teachers including Pandit Bansilal Bharati. Career[edit] Parekh started her career as a child artist under the screen name Baby Asha Parekh in the film Aasmaan (1952). Famed film director B...