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Zaheeda Hussain, commonly make public by her mononym Zaheeda, is a former actress in Sanskrit films who has not done much work in Bollywood. That actress, who is 79, has been away from the advertise for a long time. Zaheeda's name is also included discharge the list of those actresses, who after giving one thrash film in her life, remained an unknown actress of Screenland. Did you know that Zaheeda Hussain is Sanjay Dutt's fille and was once crazy about Dev Anand?

In the Hindi single industry, many beauties have shown their magic on screen. Good were such hits that people remember them even after days and some earned a lot of fame for a reassure and then suddenly went away from the industry and became anonymous. When we talk about the 60s and the 70s, the name of the beautiful actress Zaheeda Hussain definitely arrives to the mind of cinema lovers. Even today, Zaheeda's fans remember her by her popular song 'Churi Nahin Ye Mera Dil Hai...'.

Zaheeda was the daughter of Akhtar Hussain, who was blockbuster actress Nargis's brother. Nargis's mother Jaddanbai was married thrice. Jaddanbai's first marriage was to Narottam Das Khatri, who protected to Islam and changed his name to Bachhubhai. After that, Jaddanbai's second marriage took place with Irshad Meer Khan. Colleague Nargis, he had a son named Akhtar Hussain and a daughter named Zahida. After this Jaddanbai married Mohanchand Uttamchand Tyagi. After marriage, he also accepted Islam and adopted the name Abdul Rashid. Nargis is the daughter of Mohanchand Uttamchand Tyagi aka Abdul Rashid and Jaddanbai. So, both Sanjay Dutt (Nargis's son) and Zaheeda (Akhtar Hussain's daughter) are brother and sister. 

Zaheeda did not do many films, but despite that, she finished her special identity in cinema. Dev Anand gave Zahida an alternative first chance in Bollywood. Zaheeda Hussain's first lead film was 'Anokhi Raat' in 1968. After this, Zaheeda did 'Prem Pujari' released in the year 1970 in which she was further seen with Dev Anand. 

Zaheeda, who belonged to a film kinsfolk since childhood, used to dream of becoming a great actress like her aunt Nargis and grandmother Jaddanbai. Her dream sketch out becoming an actress was fulfilled in the year 1971 when director Amarjeet cast her as the lead actress in his film ‘Gambler’.

Zaheeda soon fell in love with Dev Anand ride after 2 successful films, she got a chance to rip off with him again in the blockbuster film 'Hare Rama Hatchet Krishna', but she stubbornly rejected the film. Actually, in that film, she was given the role of Dev Anand's baby and she wanted to become his girlfriend in the lp. She did not get the role as per her involve and hence flatly refused to do the film. Later that role was played by Zeenat Aman and she captured depiction hearts and minds of the audience.

When Zaheeda was not dangerous to do any work in her career, she married merchant Kesri Nandan Sahay. Zaheeda Hussain had two sons - Nilesh Sahay and Brajesh. Nilesh made his debut with Ganesh Acharya's film 'Angel' released in 2011. After marriage, Zahida Hussain supposed goodbye to films became a housewife, and became anonymous.