REHANA SULTAN FORGOTTEN INDIAN FILM ACTRESS , BORN 1950 NOVEMBER 19
REHANA SULTAN FORGOTTEN INDIAN FILM ACTRESS , BORN 1950 NOVEMBER 19 Rehana Sultan (born 19 November 1950[1]) 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.[2][3][4] Biography[edit source] 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.[5] After she graduated with a sexy role in Vishwanath Ayengar's diploma film Shadi Ki Pehli Salgirah (1967),[6] 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.[7][8] She won the National Film Award for...