Achala Sachdev Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Actress
Nationality	Indian
Date of Birth	3/05/1920
Age	91 years (died on 30, Apr, 2012)
Birthplace	Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (now in Pakistan)
Date of Death	30/04/2012

Bio/Wiki

Famous Role(s)	Balraj Sahni’s character's wife in the Bollywood film “Waqt” (1965) Kajol’s character's grandmother in “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” (1995)

Physical Stats & More

Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Salt & Pepper

Personal Life

Date of Birth	3 May 1920
Birthplace	Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (now in Pakistan)
Date of Death	30 April 2012
Place of Death	Pune, Maharashtra, India
Death Cause	Total Paralysis of the Body
Zodiac sign	Taurus

Relationships & More

Marital Status (at the time of death)	Widowed
Affairs/Boyfriends	Clifford Douglas Peters

Family

Spouse

First Husband	Name Not Known
Second Husband	Clifford Douglas Peters (Engineer)

Children

Son	Jyotin (From her First Husband)
Daughter	She had one daughter.

Career

Debut

Film	Fashionable Wife (1938)

Last Film

Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Some Lesser Known Facts

Achala Sachdev was an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood.
She was raised in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (now in Pakistan) in a middle-class family.
Achala started her career as a child actress in a few films during her childhood.
She began as a radio jockey at All India Radio, Lahore, before joining All India Radio, Delhi.
Famous Bollywood films Achala appeared in include “Rahi” (1952), “Sampoorna Ramayana” (1961), and “Sangam” (1964).
Her role as Balraj Sahni’s wife in “Waqt” brought her fame, especially with the hit song 'Aye Meri Zohra Jabeen'.
Achala also acted in movies like “Mera Naam Joker” (1970) and “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” (1995).
Apart from Hindi films, she appeared in "Nine Hours to Rama" (1963) and "The Householder" (1963).
Achala met her husband, Clifford Douglas Peters, on a film set and got married in Pune.
Following her husband’s death in 2002, Achala lived alone in Pune.
In 2011, Achala slipped in her kitchen, broke her leg, and later suffered complications leading to her passing in 2012.
During her treatment, nobody from the film industry visited her in the hospital.
Before her death, she donated her flat in Pune to the Janseva Foundation in exchange for care.
Achala enjoyed meditating and spent time listening to meditation music after her husband's death.
She worked in over 250 films during her impressive 74-year career.